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Carolyn’s Birthday

Carolyn turned 71 on July 9th, we celebrated with her about a week prior. This was REALLY hard, ya’ll. I can’t remember if I mentioned this or not, but my mom made the trip with us to Dallas to visit Carolyn. Didn’t want to miss the opportunity to say good-bye. Cousin Jennifer picked up these...

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Carolyn in Hospital

Of course when we first arrived in Dallas, we went to visit Carolyn in the specialty care facility that she was staying in. This was hard, ya’ll. I posted this photo on Twitter when we returned, it makes me really sad to think that he won’t remember his Mamaw. Yes, she lives on through the...

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Fourth of July

**Returning to the posts regarding our trip to Texas in early July.** Ok, so Craig’s Uncle Ken and Aunt Mary own a golf course in Peeltown (happens to be the only thing in Peeltown). This lovely guest house where we stayed sits on the golf course. The golf course is a compound of sorts… guest...

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First Day of THIRD Grade!!

(I am interrupting the Texas posts for this important announcement). Oh my gosh, we cannot believe that we have a third grader!!! Ella loves school and was very excited for the first day. So excited, in fact, that she set her own alarm for 6:22am (she catches the bus at 8:10). Her on again/off again...

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Aunt Mary’s Pool

Even though our schedule was pretty full, we were able to spend some time just playing in the pool with the kids. They LOVED the pool. Ella never wanted to get out of the water. Aunt Mary’s pool is really nice and the kids especially loved hanging on Uncle Brian. Of course when you are...

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