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Summer

I hope everyone had a wonderful July 4th weekend. We spent a relaxing weekend with my parents and sister. I can't wait to go home for a visit though...this south ga girl is getting a little homesick...

Summer is flying by way too fast. Matt has already started the football count down and planning weekend tailgates. Tyler, we are counting on you for an awesome Clemson-GT celebration :) It is amazing how being in the UK for two months has made this year fly by, but its not over yet. Other trips and events are in the planning stages.. including Boston and hopefully NYC!

Work has started to pick up again, even though it feels like the last quarter just ended. Last week I went to Greenville, SC for training at our GE Assembly plant and then we both headed over to Mt. Airy to celebrate Josh's 1st Birthday. We had a wonderful time with Kevin, Jenn and Emily...and even enjoyed a bonfire complete with smores and firecrackers...

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MIA

Yes, I apologize that I have been missing in action since my return home. I have recieved a few complaints that I have not updated the blog. But life has been a little upside down the past two weeks since I am still working London time and trying to function on EST. Its been great to be able to work from home so I can at least see Matt even though I have been working what feels like 24/7.

Well let's see..upon arriving home I learned that our good friends, Jenny and Trevor our expecting their first baby! Baby Brooks should be arriving sometime in January! Congrats!

But most of all upon coming home I got to see the wonderful surprise my husband accomplished while I was gone...he finished our patio! and of course had sod installed! Much to the approval of our neighbors, but that's a better story in person...just ask Matt!

We have been working hard to add landscaping to the yard. Father's Day weekend we planted around 25 shrubs and flowers. We still have lots of flower bed space to fill...and weed!


We celebrated Father's Day with Matt's family and got to spend some quality time with our sweet nephew Josh! I can't believe just a few more weeks and we will be celebrating his first birthday!








And finally this weekend, we spent in the wonderful state of South Carolina in enemy territory aka Clemson. Congrats to Tyler and Paige! We had a wonderful time at their wedding and hope they are enjoying their honeymoon in St. Lucia. Sorry Tyler, I forgot to buy the tassles!

Thank you for letting us be apart of your special day...sorry I didn't take too many pictures since Rhonda was playing photographer all weekend!

Home Sweet Home

Yes, can you believe it...eight weeks has semi-flown by and I am back on American soil!!

More pictures to post from my last few adventures in the UK and of our wonderful patio that Matt and his dad finished while I was gone!

Working...

Working on a Saturday when its sunny and you are in London...is no fun! Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Here is a sweet picture of Baby Jake. He will be two months old on June 2. I can't wait to get see him!

Oxford in the Rain

So Kyle and I set off for a Sunday stroll in Oxford...well it didn't start out as much of a stroll. For a holiday weekend in the UK, the weather has not been so lovely. When we arrived in Oxford it was pouring rain, we headed to find somewhere for breakfast and to try to wait it out.

So the rain calmed down a bit...but definitely didn't stop so we headed out to explore a few of the colleges of Oxford. First we visited Trinity College, then Merton College and finally Christ Church College. The university is made up of 39 colleges and Merton and Christ Church are two of the oldest and most beautiful. Merton and Christ Church sit near the river and are surrounded by the meadow. We walked down through the meadow paths after the rain had stopped for awhile. Seeing Oxford in person made me really wish I had taken the study abroad trip. Here are a few pictures of the area...

Above is the bridge of sighs....were you use to get your grades!

"sweet city with her dreaming spires" ~Matthew Arnold

And a little something for my favorite little ones:

Quotes

“I'm looking for love. Real love. Ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can't-live-without-each-other love."
~Carrie Bradshaw

I found mine....