Busy, Busy, Busy

Abby at the peach orchard.
Meemaw, Blake and Abby
Jacob being shy! (sorry, no pics of Dylan this go-round)

I can't believe it is already August. Last weekend Meemaw, Grandpa and Uncle Dustin came for a visit. Steve, Abby and Dylan rode up to "the meeting point" to pick up Blake from his summer visit with his mom and their family. They actually got home (with Blake driving the car) about two minutes before Meemaw, Grandpa, and Uncle Dustin got here. It was really perfect timing. We all had a great visit. Grandpa helped Steve with some handy work around the house. Blake, Dylan and Jacob stayed home while the rest of us when to Lane's Southern Orchards (a big peach orchard, restaurant, and store). We had peach ice cream and peach cobbler (yummy)! We also all went up to Macon to the Bass Pro Shop and had dinner at Sticky Fingers which was delicious. Although the visit was quick we had a wonderful time!

Blake, Abby and Jacob start school Monday. Jacob will return to Little Reasons for their pre-K program. Last night Abby had her Kindergarten Open House. She got to meet her teachers, see her classroom, check out the library and meet the school nurse. I was very pleased with how they are handling Abby's food allergies. The biggest event of the evening... there is another Abby in the class. Abby thinks that is almost as neat as the reading loft in her classroom. Blake also had his Open House last night. He is going to have a full load this year with Algebra II and Chemistry as his two most challenging classes. We know he'll do well.

Today, I took Abby to Sweet & Sassy to get her hair cut and her toe nails and finger nails polished. She had Lindsey paint a palm tree on her big toe... very cute. Then, we headed to Kohl's for some tax free weekend shopping. We got her a few new outfits and some shoes. She can't wait to decide what she will wear to school on the first day! When we got home Steve took us all to dinner at the Outback. Now we're all tired and ready for bed.

I will try to post some pictures of the first day of school Monday afternoon. I really can't believe Blake will be in the 10th grade, Abby in Kindergarten and my baby boy heading into his 2nd year of pre-K! Dylan doesn't start school for a few more weeks, but he will be in the 8th grade in S.C. Time really does fly!!!