Whew what a couple of weeks...

Our house has been crazy busy these last couple of weeks. We have had many school award ceremonies, graduations, family visiting, and travel to and from Georgia! (I am saving award pictures for another time perhaps for Thankful Thursday!) Last night, we arrived home after a whirlwind trip to Georgia for our niece, Mallory's graduation. We left Thursday night at 8:00pm CST and pulled up to their house at 4:00pm EST on Friday. We drove 1000 miles through the night and made it with 4 hours to spare before her graduation started! She was very surprised and happy to see us. She didn't think we were going to be able to come but we decided it was worth driving through the night to surprise her! This was also 2 of our nieces first time to meet Claire. Needless to say, Claire was loved on all weekend long!

Our nieces.. Mallory, Alisha, and Michaela

All of the cousins after graduation..Gary and I with the graduate..(we don't even look tired!)
Hunter and Michaela (best buds)
Alisha and her husband Turner...

On Saturday, Claire experienced playing with baby kitties, playing at the park, and being a cheerleader! They had 2 kittens that were about 6 weeks old so Claire got to hold one for the first time. She liked it until the nails came out! All of the kids loved the kittens and begged to bring one home. I had to remind them that Dad is very allergic! Saturday afternoon, we spent at the park. Everyone had fun playing on the playground and in the creek that ran through the park. At the park, my niece Michaela and her college friends put on a cheerleader clinic. Michaela cheers on a competition squad at college so they showed us some of the stunts that they perform.

Claire and the kitten... Brianna was in heaven. She had a kitten to love and a baby to spoil!
Brianna loving on Gavin (our niece's cousins baby)
Claire showing her monkey bar skills...
The kids in the creek...they stayed fairly dry until they found the waterfall!

That is Michaela in the air..

Michaela again...
Claire was showing Michaela her flip!Claire was so into everything that they did..the child is fearless..

Look Mom no hands!..

The following videos we took of them doing stunts. The first one is Michaela. The second one is Claire. Is Claire a future cheerleader? I don't know but this mom would prefer if she kept her feet on the ground! I was having a heart attack each time they threw Michaela up in the air and they did it over and over again!

Well, that is enough for now. I am up to my head in laundry and cleaning. Plus need to go to the store.

Be on the look out for school award pictures, Natural Bridge Cavern pictures, zip-line videos, and a surprise we hope to be able to tell you about really soon!