Wednesday, July 28, 2021

8 years and 4 months - you are SO grown! And July is HOT! 😉

Happy 8 years and 4 months, sweet Aspen! 

I can't believe how fast time is going by. It seems like all of a sudden you have turned into a pre-teen. 😲 You told your Mom this week that you didn't need any more "games" or "toys!" You said you wanted things to fish and hunt. You watch over Thomason and Bennett when you all are playing. You play Mario Kart and beat the adults a lot of the time. You can out fish your Dad and Pops! LOL You are growing quickly and I'm so grateful I am able to watch. 

We started the month swimming. You all come to swim several times a week. July has been SO hot... so that's been a really good thing. You three love to have snack time. You love jerky days the best! 😁

You can make your stomach roll. It's SO funny! 


You try to push the limits on most things! LOL You no longer want to ride IN the golf cart but ON the golf cart. 

We drove to the back of the pasture and picked blackberries!

You love to climb! 


You not only want to hang on... you want to hang on with one arm. haha!


You are a trooper with vest time. It's your time to watch Outdoor Boys! 


Happy 4th of July! We realized today just how much your hair needed to be cut... so Dee Dee cut it! 

You love to hold Truett! 

You want to be able to do everything Pops and your Dad can do... you even grilled hot dogs! 




You four are SO cute! 



Angel food cake with fruit... you love all things fruit! 


We did fireworks! 







You love to swim! 

Your Dad loves to play with y'all in the pool! 

Playing with Penny and Archer...


Y'all are headed to the beach and giving us a proper "Thomason" bye! 🥳

Y'all went to Saint Simons for a few days! 





You LOVE the beach! 

You made this sign for Mrs. Susie back on walk day. She hung it in their office and sent me a picture. You thought that was really cool. You love Mrs. Susie and we do too! 

All smiles! 





We were so excited for y'all to be home. We missed y'all so much! 




We went to Frontera's! 

We were so excited to be eating outside! I love this picture of you two! 

This was your first time going to get our trash can ALL by yourself! You were so proud! 

Playing with Pops and Co-Chri! You can hold your own! 


Water balloon fight time! 



You love to wrestle with your Dad!

Sunday night fun time! We go grocery shopping and bring Chipotle home. You bring in as many groceries as your Dad and Pops! SO strong! 

Pops got to drive a Bronco like his will be. SO exciting! 

You went fishing with your Dad a couple of times...

Pops no longer works for his company. He got sideways with his board over some things and submitted his resignation. We've learned people don't always act like you think they will. People will let you down but GOD never will. Your Mom is the only one working there now. It's so strange. Your Mom went with us to clean out his office! I think he will be so much happier away from this craziness. 

We don't always understand why things happen but we DO know He is faithful! 

We brought a bug-out bag home from Atlanta and you were SO excited to get it. 

You and your Dad cooked your catfish! 


You can't wait to hold Truett! 

Playing with Thomason! 




You two have fun together! 

You love you some Fire House! 

Summer, Sarah and Rosemary were in Walnut Grove and we got to see them. 


You were excited that you got to pet a horse! 


Summer did a great job. We were glad they asked us to come and see them! 


We got a snack after leaving the horses!

Always looking for frogs and snakes in the pool! 

Like I said... always pushing the limits! LOL 

Getting ready to go fishing with Pops! 

The last day Pops had his company car. We were really ready to see it go even though we won't all be able to ride together anymore. 


I love to watch y'all play! 

We went to Home Depot to get a few things! You love to drive the cart...


You love your Mama! 💙


You chose to go home with your Mom vs going to Target with us because you wanted to make an omelet. SO cute! 

Bennett got this game at Target...

You wanted this wiring that Pops had and were so excited when we said yes. LOL You couldn't use it but you tried! 

Fishing at Hard Labor with Pops! 

Your Mom drove Pops to Atlanta to take the Expedition back and we went to Monroe to Scoops!


You ate this entire cone! 


Too big to keep but you all had fun catching it! 

Your Mom made gummies with y'all! 

Showing me your new waterproof camera!

Not a fan of the gummies! LOL 


You are really good at Mario Kart...

Wrestling with Pops! 

This cloud looks like Bow Valley! 

It's been SO hot and we've had a lot of rain at night. 


Your Dad brought home a yellow watermelon! 

I LOVE going outside and hearing you call our names! You came to tell me your adventure stories! 

Your Dad came home with things to make a crawfish catcher! SO fun! 


 

I am so grateful for the month we have had. We've made some sweet memories. You've been healthy. We've all been healthy in this crazy pandemic that we are still in. The virus cases decreased over the last couple of months but they say it's back and masks are coming back to various places. Our world is in a crazy place but we know that NOTHING catches God by surprise. I pray daily for our country. I pray we can turn back to our Lord! 

I am SUPER grateful that your Mom is homeschooling y'all again next year. What a blessing to be able to do that. You two are living your best life. You haven't been sick in 18 months. This pandemic has been stressful in ways and a HUGE blessing in other ways. 

You go back to clinic in early September. You have to have a CT scan and your eyes checked and blood work to be able to take Trikafta. We are praying daily that it will have a HUGE impact in your life and your body will receive it well. 

Happy July sweet boy! It's been a fun month. So many things have changed so quickly (Pops doesn't have a job and we got rid of his car and sold our camper) but we are trusting the ONE who sees and knows just as we are trusting Him during these crazy times we are in. 

I'm excited for August. I can't wait to watch you make more memories! 


I love you to the moon and back and back again! Dee Dee 💛

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