I've been a bit behind on posting our adventures, so here's what we've been up to lately!

**My mom and dad kept the turtle sandbox I had as a child and my niece and nephew have played with it off and on over the last few years.  I was wanting to get some type of pool for B this summer, but really didn't want to pay tons of money for a blow-up one that the dogs would destroy in seconds.  So, being such awesome grandparents, my mom and dad gave us the turtle to use (and my niece and nephew gave the "ok").  We always used it, as children, for a pool, and not a sandbox as well.

So, a couple weeks ago, B and I headed over to Mimi and Papa's house to clean out the turtle (the kids had turned it into their "stew pot"), and enjoyed a day with Ash and JP:

At first, B didn't know what to think of the "green bath" since the water was freeeezing, but he quickly realized it was the COOLEST.THING.EVER.  Of course, the diaper didn't last too long, so he thought it was even cooler when he had a naked bootie. :-)

**About a week later we made a trip to the local Me.nar.ds to clean up the flower bed at home.  We love going there b/c B likes to swing on the the playground equipment.  Here's B on our way out:

And, in case you're curious, here's some pre- and post- pics of the flower bed:

B loved crawling through the dirt (don't worry, he did great at not eating any worms!) and just bein' a boy.

**As y'all know by now, Nas.hville was flooded recently.  Our family considers that place our second home.  Will and I would love to move there if we could (maybe we will one day).  Growing up, we always visited family there and loved going to Music.City.  So, when the news of the flooding came, you can imagine the heartbreak.  I headed up a collection of donations (both monetary and supplies).  We were planning to just load up our vehicles, but had so much that we had to rent a U.ha.ul!

We even had to still pile more things in to my vehicle, and then we were off!!

B was just awesome on the way down.  He slept most of the way, which was a plus.  Of course, it rained but my dad went along to help out.  Once we got there to unload, our friend, Suzy, came to help out as well!  She even took off work early!  We always love visiting with her:

I'm so glad we were able to help the people there.  And we are already planning on another trip!

**B also made out great from the trip!  I had bought a few items off of cr.aig.s.li.st, including a swing set.  So we picked up those items and headed home.  Here's B enjoying one of them:

So, there you have it.  Our past couple of weeks in summary.

Oh! But the big-ol' first birthday is coming up and there are ALL SORTS of cute things coming with that!  Can't wait to show everyone!!

Have a wonderful time enjoying your own adventures...whether far away or in your own backyard:-)