The Taylor Family: Summer...where has it gone?

We have been having a great rest of June/beginning of July. I met some of my girlfriends at the Big Back Yard for a playdate and lunch at Chick-fil-a. Chase loves that place! They love the Thunderstorm and getting Chase out of it is not easy!

We went on a 2nd beach trip for a week to Ft. Morgan with Jason's sister's family and our good friends the Rings. The boys golfed and the girls tried to go to the beach, but Hurricane Alex gave us a lot of rain and we got to go to the pool everyday in between the rain. The guys had to go to one course 3 times before they actually got to play Lost Key. It was funny. We ate a lot of good food and had lots of fun shopping and just hanging out. Chase had fun with a lot of his favorite people in one house. The funny story of the trip was "Jake the Snake". By the pool one day in the grass (like 6 ft from the landscaping by the pool) was a HUGE black snake....like 6 ft long huge! Chase threw his football out of the pool and I went to get it and just froze. I thought it was a fake snake some kid had thrown down, then it moved! I FREAKED out and started dancing and screaming. The whole pool was laughing at me. We get ready to go and my nieces look down and it is still there and crawling toward us. I was holding Chase and they were not helping to get the gate open, so I grabbed the gate stick thingy and broke it! We ran faster than any of us ever thought we could! Of course, I was teased relentlessly. I almost didn't go back to the pool the rest of the trip. I am deathly afraid of snakes and that was a little too close for comfort!

We spend the 4th at my mom's with my cousins from Illinois who came down for a visit. It was great to see Roger, Lori and their 13 year old twins, Hannah and Tyler. We only get to see them every couple of years so it was great fun. We took Chase to Mud island with our church play group after we came home from the 4th. After the Monorail, he said "one more time". He loved the water. That is such a nice place to go! I felt like a tourist in my own town. I don't realize half of the wonderful things that Memphis has to offer. Other than that, Jason has been busy with school work and summer baseball. I am loving every minute I get with Chase! He is growing up too fast. Enjoy the pictures of our adventures!

Big Back Yard with Harlan, Eliza Grace, Mariella, and Chase