A Visit to Grandma and Grandpa’s House

One of the trips we made in August was to visit Grandma and Grandpa up in Pennsylvania.  I don’t know how to explain it but their house has always held a special magic and I think that’s especially true for me and my cousins Phil and Paul.  Being a kid there playing in the pond, wrecking driving 4-wheelers, skeet shooting, and family ping pong where you learned how to strut your stuff are the kind of memories that stick with you for a lifetime.  Although as an adult I haven’t been able to spend near as much time there as I would have liked, it was so special for me to bring Sean and Dylan, if only for a day, to hopefully share in that magic and recapture some of those wonderful childhood memories of my own.

Sean’s 3rd Birthday

Our baby turned 3 years old last month – yikes. He had a great birthday at Pop Pop and GG’s house and we were thrilled that so many people were able to come!  We had great food, opened lots of presents and were able to make some time for the boats and wave runners.  Sean didn’t love us singing to him (in fact I think we may have permanently damaged him with the Happy Birthday song) - he was more interested in playing with all of his new toys :)

The “Cool” Family Visits

Earlier last month we had a great visit from Uncle Marshall & Aunt Megan and Cousin Katie and Rob (or as Sean liked to call him, “Bob” (I think Sean will get along splendidly with Mamaw Bryant - haha)).  The boys - John included - were really excited to hang out and everyone kept busy going to the pool, for a ride on the boat and playing guitars.  It’s a heck of a drive from home for all of them and we were so happy that they came and spent some time with us!  I guess this means that it’s our turn to drive up next… :)