Summer, summer, summer, summertime!

Kai and I have been looking forward to summer for several months now it seems.  The pace of our lives just slows down, and things are all together more pleasant.  To kick off summer, we decided we would pack up and head to Florida to see Brent and Laura and pick up the boys.  The highlight of Kai's life is to get to spend time with his cousins, so he is currently on cloud 9.

On the way to Tallahassee, we stopped in Atlanta so I could return something to Athleta.  On a side note, please, Knoxville, get an Athleta.  And a Lou and Grey's.  There is a Kilwin's in Atlantic Station, so Clint customarily insists that we stop there so he can get some Mackinac Island Fudge ice cream.  We amped it up a bit this trip by eating at Which Wich, which Kai thought was incredible.



Once we got there, we spent most of the weekend by the pool.  It was roughly a thousand degrees, so it worked out really well.  Clint and I always debate whether we should get a pool, and this trip may have pushed us over the edge.



The other purpose of the trip, of course, was to eat, so we went to BJ's for dinner one night.  The highlight of BJ's is that they sell skillet cookies, which is basically a frying pan of chocolate chip cookie and ice cream.  Love.  Language.

Too much togetherness, perhaps??








And then, as all things must, the trip came to an end.  BUT!  The boys came back to TN with us for a few days, so it's like a whole other vacation!  The road trip did get a little long though...



The other big news of the week is that Kai FINALLY lost his front tooth!  It's been hanging on from weeks, but apparently the humidity of Florida finally did it in.



I know it's supposed to look cute, but I kind of think he just looks....like he doesn't have solid dental care.  I hate it, and I'll be really glad when his tooth comes back in.  In a frantic rush, I remembered that the Tooth Fairy had to come the night we got back home, so I took some money from Kai's wallet to trade for his tooth.  Luckily, he doesn't ever really know how much money he has.  However, he only had five one dollar bills, so I asked Dilyn to trade me the five ones for a five.  Thank heavens for divine intervention because, apparently, Kai had written his name on all his dollars....hahahaha.  I think he suspects that I double use his money sometimes.

Kai absolutely loves summer because he gets to spend time with the boys.  He loves being with kids, and it makes me so sad that he doesn't have his brother.  However, having Dilyn and Tyler here is pretty awesome, and he is so lucky to have relationships like that.  The one downfall is that they sleep much later than Kai, so we've currently been waiting for them to get up for three hours.  Kai is just camped out on the steps awaiting their first stir...



I'm so thankful for a job that allows me the time to do this.  The school year is really hard, and it's really busy, and we feel so frayed sometimes.  These weeks help my family recharge and go back reenergized.  Here's to Summer 2016!