I can't believe that my last blog post was over a month ago! I think that is the longest stretch I have ever been without blogging, and not to hurt anyones feelings, but, I haven't missed it. We've had so much fun around these parts. Family from Boston, as well as Florida, came to visit. We threw my mom a surprise birthday party and also had a birthday party for my dad. We went on a cruise and started learning French. Cadence attended a cheer camp. We've had multiple library trips and countless days spent with my sister and her children. It's been busy, but boy has it been fun! Everyone tried to tell me that I was going to miss working, and although I realize I'm only going on month two, that's yet to happen. I have thoroughly enjoyed being a SAHM. Cadence and I have gotten to spend so much quality time together and to me, that is priceless!
Our cruise was a lot of fun. We left out of Port Canaveral and six of us went. My sister, my brother, myself and our significant others. Our first port of call was Nassau where we spent the entire day at the Atlantis waterpark, and the second port of call was Royal Caribbean's private island, Cococay, where we paddle boarded and did a lot of relaxing and drinking out of pineapples and coconuts!
Our cruise was a lot of fun. We left out of Port Canaveral and six of us went. My sister, my brother, myself and our significant others. Our first port of call was Nassau where we spent the entire day at the Atlantis waterpark, and the second port of call was Royal Caribbean's private island, Cococay, where we paddle boarded and did a lot of relaxing and drinking out of pineapples and coconuts!
Drinks are more fun served out of pineapples!
Love this man of mine!
Love these two! #boathairdontcare
My mom was in the hospital for so long that she lost all of her muscle function, so she had to go to a rehabilitation facility to gain all of her strength back. She is still in there and probably won't be released until the fall, so continued prayers are very much appreciated. With all of that being said, we wanted to surprise her on her birthday and surprise is what we did! I managed to get her brother, my uncle, who lives in Boston to come down along with his wife, my Aunt Jan. Her sister, my aunt Nancy also travelled up from Florida, along with her son, my cousin and his girlfriend.
My mom was surprised but once she saw Uncle Eddie, Aunt Jan and Aunt Nancy the tears were flowing and there wasn't a dry eye in the house! Thankfully, the rehabilitation facility she is in were great about us throwing a little party for her. This made it so much easier on her too! We spent a wonderful five days with all of them in town and we're missing them so much already, thankfully, we received an invitation to visit Massachusetts and visit with Uncle Eddie and Aunt Jan, so talks of a New England vacation are in the works!
Aunt Jan also speaks fluent French, so Cadence and I got tons of lessons while she was in town. In five short days she had Cadence and myself speaking the numbers one through ten, as well as short phrases here and there. Cadence and I have continued to learn more words and it's been a lot of fun.
Aunt Jan and I
My cousin Brian and his girlfriend Bonnie, along with my crazy crew on the 4th of July
Uncle Eddie and Cadence - these two were peas in a pod!
golf cart ride selfie
Happy Birthday America!
My dads chicken cake I made
Moms mason jar cake! I love baking and decorating.
Moms had such a rough time but she has persevered SO very much and we are all so proud of her. Dad hasn't skipped a beat and has visited with her every single day without fail. This picture explains their love. Dad was so happy to see mom so happy on her birthday.
Family was in town during July 4th and my brother-in-law knew just the right guy who happened to own a barge opposite side of river street, so not only did we get gorgeous Savannah skyline views, we got to watch the 4th of July fireworks with just our crew, on a huge barge, up close and personal with gorgeous Riverstreet/Savannah views all the while still hearing the bands across the way.
Aunt Jan and I have kept in touch a lot since they left to go back home. She teaches Cadence and I small french things via email and like me, Aunt Jan loves to travel and discuss different places, so we have a lot of places to talk about and traveling there when we speak.
We can't wait to visit them in New England and road trip a little along the way!
I hope each of you have had a great summer thus far. It's hard to believe that summer break is almost over and fall will be fast approaching! xo
