Memorial Day in the Mountains

We spent Memorial Day in the NC Mountains with Shannon and Mason along with, her fiance (wahoo!) Gary, and his kids, Justin, Nathan and Hailey.  We had a great weekend together.  The boys - especially Miles - are in love with the idea of having older boy cousins.  They already talk about them incessantly.   :)  We had a great time playing mini golf, fishing, swimming in the pool, hiking and just plain hanging out.









Miles and Mason (still looking more like twins than cousins)


Checking out their next moves















Playing with the lights at night



I loved how our families just meshed together instantly.  Just like families do.  Feeling really blessed and thankful.

Proud

I love the kids' writing assignments.  Love them.

Griffin is 5!

Its so fun to wake up to a yard card on your birthday!



A little party at school the day before his bday....







Griffin's birthday was on the last day of school, so they had a little program for the parents.






Doing the signs for "yes, jesus loves me".  Griffin was little out of synch.  :) Still, so sweet.  Especially since he was holding on longer to the "love" part.


Griffin was so specific about his party this year.  He wanted to invite every friend that he had play dates with during the school year.  No more.  No less.  The boy knows what he wants.  :)












Our neighbors came over for dinner to help Griffin celebrate again.  Check out Griffin's crazy amazing new shark from jack!



I've definitely been "light" on the personal photo taking.  Not one photo of the family on Griff's bday. We had a great time dining outside and eating more cupcakes.  Was great fun -- we love FIVE!