time to catch up~

Well-I finished my semester with UA, not too happy with my grades but atleast I passed! We have been staying really busy around here all the kids have done great in soccer! Allen's team is in first place, they play Tuesday for the championship game! Taylor's team came out in 2nd and I don't think anyone ever took score with Emma's team, haha.

 We drove to Alabama for a few days to visit with Granny because we were afraid we may not get to see her again if we didn't. I am so glad we did. Memaw, Tracy, Geoff, and Bailin came down with us for a little visit. We did a few cool things while they were here. 

Went to Parksdale Farms for a strawberry milkshake! This is the coolest little place, its a farmers market and has awesome strawberry shortcakes and other strawberry desserts, if you ever drive thru Plant City you HAVE to stop here!

Went to Circle B Bar Reserve, this was a pretty neat place. A huge lake to walk around with the gators everywhere! The best part was when we were leaving Mike, Allen and I spotted the cutest little armadillo he just walked around right in front of us!

We went to Busch Gardens, and Geoff Loved the roller coasters. Memaw decided it would be a good idea to stand under the coaster that gets everyone wet, with Bailin in the stroller, he did NOT think this was a good idea!

We also spent a few hours at the beach another day. Always have an awesome time there!

Bailin liked the beach, he ate the sand and played in the water a little bit. It was a tad bit cold so he didn't stay in for long.

We left Alabama on April 26th, the next day my state experienced so much devastation it breaks my heart! The place we lived and played for four years while Mike went to school at Alabama was demolished. Allen wanted to do something for the victims of the tornadoes so he asked if he could have a lemonade stand, so we had LemonAid for Bama! We had a pretty good turn out, we didn't have much advertisement and we are kindof in the middle of a neighborhood in Walden Lakes but the first customer was a girl from across the street who from the clothes I see them wear is a HUGE Gator fan and she gave a good bit of money for a cup of lemonade! The girls thought she was incredibly sweet! I am very proud of my sweet children, they stayed out in the hot sun and even took shifts to go eat lunch and give each other breaks (without an adult advising them on this).