Nannie's 80th Birthday

Pax and Hunter (he's 6 months older than Pax)

Aunt Kathy and Rochelle

Uncle Brooks and Pax

plus Hunter

Ty, the cashier

Riding his tricycle

Me, Marty, and Rochelle

Happy 80th Birthday, Nannie!

The 3 little great-grandkids playing. They are all within a year of each other.

Nannie and her grandkids

Nannie and her greats

Pax snuck upstairs at the party to play in the church nursery!

Nannie and her sister (Anelle)

Nannie and her 4 kids

All the great-grandkids

The entire family---I don't like silly pictures!

Brad's family threw a party for Nannie's 80th birthday. All four of her children and their families all were able to come. It was fun to get everyone together!

Girls' Night at Via

Ginny, Caroline, and Amy

Summer, Jami, and Courtney


Ginny, Caroline, Suzie, and Me

All the girls

Later, at Fado

Caroline came in town from Oklahoma, so the girls got together to see her. Pax and I actually got some one-on-one time with her because we picked her up from the airport on Wednesday.

We went to a new trendy restaurant called Via and had so much fun hanging out and playing our old favorite game--"high/low"--where everyone shares a high and low from the previous week.

Monterrey's Snapshot

Can't believe they're making the same face!!

Ashleigh took this picture of Pax and Micah at Monterrey's, and I just had to post it. We don't usually take pictures of our weekly trip to 'rey's, but I'm glad Ash had her phone handy! Now Ash has gone back to college, and our weekly dinners won't be as much fun! We love you, Ash!

One Last Hoorah!

Carrying his own shoes and toys to the beach!

Pax and "Daddy Bradley Dobbs"

Showing off their muscles!Pax and "Mommy Bradley Dobbs" (that is what Pax says our names are!!)

Pax and Grandma

At dinner one night on the river

Now you see where we were!

Pax and Pops (He didn't make many pictures because he was in his conference)

After the 2nd day of school, we packed up and headed to Savannah to meet Mom and Dad. Dad had a conference, and we got to tag along. I consider this our one last hoorah of summer.

We went to the beach for a couple hours, ate some fantastic food, and walked around the streets of Savannah taking in the sights. We got to eat at Paula Deen's famous restaurant-Lady and Sons. We had heard that the restaurant wasn't worth the wait, and to avoid it. But, we just walked up, waited about 15 minutes, and then had a table. The buffet was absolutely delicious and our favorite was the fried chicken. Pax even ate 3 chicken legs!

You'll notice that Pax is wearing the same shoes in all the pictures. He has really developed a mind of his own with his clothes. There isn't anything wrong with the shoes, it's the fact that we couldn't take them off of him at bedtime!! Yes, he insisted that he sleep with them on in the hotel. (I took them off after he fell into a deep sleep. I tried before that, but he woke up and screamed!)

Tiny Tots Tennis Finale

All the kids eating their snacks/popsicles

Pax and Grandma

LOVE this picture! Thanks, Ash for taking these!

Ashleigh, Pax, and Micah--Pax is examining his snack!

Georgia, Pax, and Ella---he loves being between two girls! Hahaha!

Best friends being goofy---Micah and Pax

Mom took Pax to his last tiny tots lesson since I was back in school. So glad that Ashleigh took all these pictures to share! Too cute! So glad that Pax had the opportunity to do tennis this summer, too!

Last Day of Freedom

Jake and Pax

My last day of freedom was spent with Pax and some friends at the mall today. We were supposed to swim, but it was a little cloudy, so we played on the playground and ate lunch together. I didn't get a picture of me and Kristen, or sweet baby Ellie who was three weeks old today! She is just precious, and I enjoyed getting to hold her! Then, we hung out at Grandma's pool for a little while. Let me just update on the little fish we have!! Just today, he started jumping off the side of the pool and swimming to the steps all by himself! He is swimming a long ways without breathing, but is even working on taking a breath while swimming. He is kicking and using his arms so well. At one point, I went to get a dive toy in the deep end, and came up to him staring at me with his goggles on from the top of the water. He didn't want me to help him at that point, either! So silly!

It's back to work tomorrow, but we had such a wonderfully busy summer, and made some great memories!!! I'll miss meeting friends for lunch and all the pool time, but I'm looking forward to the new year, and my class full of new students.