Braves Game

Emma & I went to our very first Major League Baseball Game last week!  

A huge benefit to being so close to Atlanta is the ability to go to The Atlanta Braves games!  Our church went as a group (about 75 of us) and had a section to ourselves!  It was a ton of fun!!!

We decided to take just Emma, which was a special treat!  She really enjoyed all the "baseball" food and snacks and that she didn't have to share them with her little sisters & brother :)

What kind of game would it be without the wave?

This is the only family picture we got the entire night!

We had a great time at our first Braves game!  Hopefully this will be the start of many new traditions here in Georgia!!!

Celebrate Freedom Block Party Part 2

I decided to split the pictures I had from our block party into two posts since there were so many great pictures!  Here are a few of the many pictures we took of our family during the Celebrate Freedom Block Party!!!

I had Jack with me most of the time by myself before the fireworks, thus so many pictures of him!!!  He loves the camera too :)

Uncle Josh's Birthday :)

Happy Birthday to my youngest brother Josh, he turns 26 today!!!  Hope you have a great day today, we can't wait to see you in a few days!!!

Celebrate Freedom Block Party Part 1

On July 3rd our church has their annual Celebrate Freedom Block Party for our community while the city of Kennesaw has fireworks.  Since we are in the heart of Kennesaw hundreds of people come and lay out their blankets and lawn chairs to watch the fireworks on our campus!  Our parking lots were slammed full of cars and people as well as any grassy area!!!

Our college ministry was in charge of cotton candy...

they used one of the nurseries for storage and believe it or not they ran out!

We had juicy watermelon...

Ice cold snowcones...

Hotdog meals (1 hotdog, 1 bag of chips & 1 drink for $1)...

The student ministry was in charge of handing out balloons...

We had popcorn...

7 different jumpies (inflatables-carousel, obstacle courses, slides)...

and a bungee jump station space for 5 bungee jumpers...

Our church provides everything at no cost (except the hotdog meals)!  At dark we all got situated and watched the spectacular fireworks show!  It was a great evening and our kiddos had a blast :)

Another find!

While uploading the pictures from the 4th of July I came across these pictures of the kiddos first experience "camping", a few months ago...

They pitched their own tent...

So proud of all their work...

Set up their sleeping quarters for the evening...

Set out the "camping" chairs...

We cooked hamburgers on Jody's "camping" grill...

Enjoyed sitting in our "camping" chairs...

Enjoyed a LOT of Doritos...

And YUMMY s'mores...

All from the comfort of our own BACKYARD!!!  

I have to confess that everyone could not get a long and the crew ended up inside by 9pm :)  

But the kiddos enjoyed their first camping experience with Daddy!!!