Pieces

 We have three of these beautiful Crepe Myrtle trees in our yard and they are so beautiful!  They were at the height of blossoms a couple of weeks ago.  I'm sad they are fading, but excited that they'll come back each year.

One boring rainy day we used a Pinterest idea for making mini bow and arrows. Here is a tutorial for it, it wasn't hard at all and the boys had lots of fun with them.

Hunter was assigned to clean the toy room and 2 hours later I came up to see this...

 The boys helped make rolls with Josh one Sunday afternoon.  They did a great job.

 Our boys have struggled this summer missing their friends from home.  We lucked out with some fun boys who loved to play soccer.  They put together a fun game and the boys loved every minute.  

 Poor Sasha, McKay is always dressing her up.  I think it hilarious, but I'm pretty sure she doesn't.  

 Another boring day with nothin' to do.  They got some pool toys and a squishy ball and made a baseball game.  

 One of our sweet sister missionaries that we love brought the boys some Germany stuff if they would cheer for Germany in the world cup.  They were only too happy to and Lincoln especially became a raving Germany fan.

This ditty was especially awesome.  

 I love to read biographies with the boys and we have read one on Albert Einstein, Walt Disney, and George Washington this summer.  The boys take notes and then go up one at a time and give a report on what facts they learned for everyone.  McKay decided that he needed to go up and give a little report.  He would mumble a few things and smile.  He was up there for a good 5 minutes.  

 After street contacting with the sisters at Food Truck Alley, I took my family back to get some good food there.  It was some seriously yummy food.  After we found a local art gallery/studio and the artists let the boys come in and see their work and talked about what they do.  It was really cool.

 Yum Yum.  Most of the boys got boring hot dogs and hamburgers, but Palmer tried some pork deal that he said was yummy.  

 We have made some good friend here and have felt so blessed.  They took us to a fun Mexican restaurant and then out for gelato.

 It was pretty amazing.  

 The elders gave us an awesome lesson and then had the boys each take a picture holding our remote and then stuck a colored pencil right in front of the camera.  The pictures turned out looking like they were holding light sabers, it was awesome.  

McKay got invited to his first friend birthday party.  It was pretty great (especially since we all got to come too).  

Bits

 When we got to Georgia, our truck wasn't there (and it wouldn't be there for a week).  McKay and I hung out in the house for the first day.  We tried to get things cleaned up.  We had a couple of visitors from the wonderful ward we had moved into.

The first morning we were here, the boys headed off to scout camp.  It was at a Methodist Church and had a huge number of boys from all denominations.  It was such a good experience for them.  The camp was a week long for about 5 hours each day.  They did so many fun things!

 This was called stick hockey and the boys thought it was the best thing ever.

 McKay also found some things to do...

 We stayed with some awesome people that Josh had met since we didn't have beds or anything.  They let us use their pool during the day and we had a great time.  Our new ward also brought in dinners every night.  We were so overwhelmed at the kindness everyone showed us.

 One of our favorite things about where we live is a pathway right through the gorgeous trees called "The Greenway."  We were excited to show it to the boys.  The first night we saw so many cool things including a turtle swimming around in one of the streams.

 This picture was taken when it was really dark, but the boys have loved catching fireflies.  They are so thick sometimes that the air shimmers with them.

 We have a Magnolia Tree in our front yard and it is so beautiful.  I love it!

 We found lots of things to do on the long boring days when we didn't have our moving truck yet, they boys' favorite was to play hide and seek.  They play it still...a lot.

 Some cute ladies from the ward came over to help me get the house cleaned up and then took us to Firehouse Subs.  We had never been there before and McKay especially loved the hat.

 A cute girl from my new ward, that has become such a good friend took me antiquing.  I had never been before and am a huge fan!

 Our family got so into the World Cup.  One night we had a pizza party picnic in the living room so we could watch it.

 Josh and I go running on The Greenway every day and see tons of rabbits.  We have named two Bonnie and Nigel and the rest of them appear to be their kids.  Once we got there and there were little baby rabbits running everywhere!

 We are all pretty mesmerized by the cardinals we see here.  Josh and I will be running and a streak of red will shoot across our path.  I love it.

 We have lucked out to have a bunch of kids in our neighborhood.  The boys are still working on developing friendships, but have had some fun times with them.

 One night McKay doorbell ditched me for about an hour.  He is hilarious to run away laughing.

 One Saturday morning Josh and I went to the temple and saw these beautiful trees in bloom.

 After the temple, we went to brunch at this darling French cafe.

 These are our favorite donuts here.  They are from a place called Davinci Donuts and are pretty scrumptious.

 We have been loving eating dinner out in our sunroom.

 We live about 20 minutes from Lake Lanier.  One Saturday afternoon we took a picnic there and explored a bit.  It is so beautiful.

 McKay has decided that he and Sasha are best friends.  He regularly dresses her up.

 Palmer decorated our dinner one night.  We had Shepard's pie with US vs Portugal flags in it.

 The rainstorms here are amazing.  We love to sit on the porch and watch them.

 This monster of a frog frequents our nightly walks with Sasha.  He isn't even afraid of Sasha and will just sit there while she sniffs him.

 Nerf wars in the new house have taken on a new meaning.  Josh and the boys love it.  The boys will try to get anyone who visits to have a nerf war with them.

 The boys thought up the perfect place for a hammock, too bad nobody can get to our house as it is across the front porch.

 Fun swim day, we really love our community pool.

 Hunter dragged out his karoeke machine to announce one of the World Cup games.  He did the commentary, punctuated with McKay shouting "Are you ready to rock and roll?"

 McKay has gotten very into reading and begs to be read to all day long.  We love it.

 I went street contacting with the sister missionaries at "Food Truck Alley."  It was so much fun and reminded me of my days as a missionary.

My friend Shelley introduced me to The Fickle Pickle and The Sugar Shack, both of which are delectable.  

Josh and I took the boys to Smashburger for lunch one day and Katy Perry's "Firework" came on the radio, they all started dancing at once.  It was hilarious!

Josh took the boys to his work on a Saturday, they were especially impressed with the hot cocoa machine and the Nerf guns.  I think they have the impression Josh plays all day (maybe he does...:)

Yum, family Cold Stone visit.

I'm boring, all of theses flavors and I always get Sweet Cream and raspberries.  

These poor boys have a mom who is always try to take pictures of them...this is what they think of that!