Adventures At Seay

Ryan and I went down to Seaside, FL with some friends in early June and had so much fun. We are very much "beach" people. But seeing as how Ryan is in school we haven't had a chance to take a beach trip as a family with Cooper. So while we were there realizing how much we had missed the beach we were plotting our next trip (with Cooper.) We rented a condo in Seagrove (right down the road from Seaside) and invited some cousins to come along. We had the BEST time! Cooper thoroughly enjoyed every part of the beach. Sand, waves, swimming, no schedule, all of the awesome food...and his cool room. We ate, played, swam, and knocked over a thousand sand castles. We are so glad he had fun and can't wait to take him back as soon as we can!

Cooper is really getting into celebrating holidays and what they all mean. So we went all out with the 4th this year! A parade in Murray, two nights of fireworks, lake time, and some mini golf to top it off! Talk about loving this country...Here are some pictures of all our 4th fun!

There are so many pictures of us just hanging out at the lake that they needed their own post! We love spending time at the lake and have all sorts of fun that can only be had with lake water in your hair and a bit of a sunburn (though NEVER on my child). Cooper tubed again this year and loved it, but we have a bit of a problem with him letting us go faster than a crawl (he is only 2 after all). We made smores and ate all our favorite lake foods. I'm pretty sure Cooper cleaned out Willow Pond on hushpuppies! Kayaking was a new favorite activity for Coop this year..he asked to go out in the kayaks constantly!

A few weeks after our awesome trip to Chattanooga we headed to the lake to pick up Grammy, Grampy, and Emi. After a few boat rides we were on our way to St. Louis! We hadn't taken Cooper to St. Louis since he was 9 months old and we were so excited to see his reaction to the baseball game (a favorite activity for us) and the Zoo!

I am so behind I can't even begin to tell you about the busy, all over the place summer we have had. Not been in town for more than a week at a time for three months....it is ridiculous! But here's to catching up and getting through a summer's worth of blogging before Cooper starts school next week!

We followed up our trip to meet Thomas the Train with a ride on the Chattanooga incline and a romp through a civil war battle field site. Cooper ran around till he was worn out and we got some great hiking in!