Summer stuff.

A few weeks ago I took the boys down to "the farm/Pa's" in Hickory Flat where my mom and dad reside on the weekends for the most part. We took all three boys, Camden, Walker and Brooks to New Albany, MS (about 25 mins south) to their little sprinkler park. It was so fun, it costs $4/child and they have the run of the place. With it being late in the summer, they were the only children. It was perfect for the boys and even had a slide that the older boys went down about a million times! They loved it, we will have to make this a summer tradition!

Here is Brooks in his new TOMS shoes :) I just love them!

About 3 weeks ago I got the dreaded call at work from the boys daycare. Camden had apparently been playing with a toy in his mouth (no idea why!) and swallowed it! They said he was complaining of belly pain and so Trey rushed to pick him up and take him to the Dr's office. He was fine once Trey arrived and had no pain and wanted to go back to class! He took him anyway and sure enough he had a "foreign body" in his intestines. You can sort of see it on the xray, its the darker white circle toward the middle of his abdomen. But he wasn't in any distress and it was thought that he would just pass is naturally, which I guess he did. We never saw it (even though we tried and I'll spare you the details). And he hasn't had any issues since just gave us one of many scares to come I'm sure!!

We had our Cresswell reunion the last weekend of August. It was so much fun, I guess we forgot to take any pictures because I have only one picture that my Aunt Diane took of me and my cousin Melissa! But all of my Dad's brothers and sisters and their famalies came in town Friday night and we went to the Pickwick state park seafood buffet that night. We tested the limits of the Lunsford lakehouse, we had the following on beds, air mattresses, couches etc: Aunt Diane& Uncle Ricky (from Birmingham, AL), Uncle Eddy in one bedroom Aunt Amy, cousin Miriam, Aunt Nancy (from Grenada, MS) in another, Trey, me, Cam and Brooks in our room (Southaven, MS), Mom, Dad & Walker in another bedroom (Nesbit, MS), Then Tracy, her boyfriend Kyle, Jimmy, Melissa and her husband Robert (Huntsville, AL) were in the kids room (BTW happened to be the smallest of the 5 bedrooms in the house!) It was crazy, but we managed. Mom pulled out all the stops with food and loaded us down with a spread that you wouldn't imagine. Mom, Brooks, Aunt Amy and Miriam made a day trip saturday to Savannah, TN to shop their downtown area. We all took turns on the boat and swam. At night the Cresswells did what they do best tell jokes and legendary stories. Some of the younger crew stayed up until the wee hours of the night just visiting downstairs on the pavillion. All in all, everyone LOVED the place and have vowed to make it an annual tradition since it was pretty central for us all.

Me and my almost sister Melissa Cresswell Wallace

Camden riding his bike in the driveway, one of his new favorite past times!

Last weekend, Trey and I took Cam and Walker to Ole Miss to tailgate in the Grove with Trey's parents. It was really fun and really crowded! Ole Miss was playing University of Texas and they brought a ton of fans with them. The boys loved running in between the tents and collecting acorns, leaves and unattended cupcakes from fellow tailgaters :) Here is a shot of the boys watching their DVD player and snacking with chips. Brooks would not have faired well being pinned in the small area so Mom kept him at the farm and they had a great time. We didnt stay for the game just hung out for most of the day eating, drinking and people watching (which is at an all time high in Oxford!!) Dad, and his 2 brothers & my cousin stopped by to catch up and grab some snacks!

Me and one of the Budweiser salesman's wife Jennifer and I tailgating

The Cresswell brothers and Miriam stopped by for some much needed refreshments

The fam prior to leaving Pa's to head to the Grove

This week some girlfriends of mine asked us to go to the zoo since the weather had gotten so nice so me and Cam joined them (even though he was disappointed he was missing the "community leaders" visit at school where firemen, police officers and other community leaders visit the school) So our friends Abby and her little boy Jackson (3) and Deena and her little one Preston (3) joined us for a great morning of seeing the animals and feeding the giraffes.

The boys looking at the "mingos"

me and Cam at the feeding the giraffe exhibits