We had such a fun July and didn't have much downtime.
We started out the month with George and I attending our third Concerts in the Gardens with our good friends, the Amersons. Concerts in the Garden is a fun Fort Worth summer tradition. The Symphony plays at the Botanical Gardens, and you take blankets, chairs, food, and beverages and sit out on the lawn and enjoy. The third show we saw was the traditional patriotic/4th of July concert with an impressive fireworks show following. We had so much fun!
We celebrated Independence Day with George's family (and a special visitor that was in town - Dom's mom, Sue) over for grilling on Friday and then went to Granbury on the actual Fourth. The girls rode in a boat for the first time and seemed to love it, although they both napped while en route to our lunch destination.
After the Fourth, Daddy George had to go out of town for work for a few days, so Grandmother and Nonnie came and kept us company. We had so much fun with them! With Grandmother, we went to the Zoo and the park and loved every second. With Nonnie, we visited the Splash Pad and played around the house. It's hard for me to take two active toddlers to places like that by myself during the day, so it was great to have an extra set of hands.
After a couple of days here, Nonnie and I drove the girls to West Columbia to spend some time down there. We enjoyed seeing Pawpaw and also many other family and friends, We got to play with Jax and see Allison, Connie, Gloria, Shay, Missy and our beloved Aunt Dixie. We also went to Clear Lake one afternoon and got some playtime with Cousin Caroline and her parents and grandparents. Cousin Caroline had such a cool playroom that we LOVED and also a small bounce house in the backyard that was our very favorite. We were worn out after lots of playing! Later that week, Daddy drove down from Fort Worth and joined us for the weekend, and we got some playtime with Cousin Blaire and Aunt Coco and Uncle Matt. I got to have dinner with Cortney, Megan, Taryn, Kellye and Jenna Saturday evening, which was such a special treat. We hadn't all been together and just able to chat in so long. There's something about friends that have stood by you during school days, college, (literally) weddings and celebrated babies with you that just warm your heart. No matter how much time it's been, we always seem to pick right back up where we left off. I love those girls dearly and am so blessed by their friendship.
We came home and stuck pretty close to our house over the next couple of weeks. But we enjoyed coloring, playing with our best friend, EV, playing (before the mall hours) at the indoor toddler playground at the mall, swimming and trying to stay cool. The end of July was miserably hot, and we started (prematurely) looking forward to relief in the fall!
We had so much fun in July! We can't wait to see what August has in store! <3 font="">
