Maggie Valley vacation

In June Scotty and I went to Maggie Valley with his family. On the way there we stopped in Sky Valley, Georgia so he could golf in his favorite place in the world. There's so much to love that it has quickly become one of my favorite places too. Here are some pictures from the trip, enjoy!








How I golf... :)



Horseback riding. Scotty happened to be riding in front of me on Pretty Boy who is the gas -iest horse ever :-P



This is Angel Falls when we visited in March before the trees had filled in, the picture after was the same location but in the summer. What a difference!
Before:



After:


Freeeeeeeeezing water! We had a picnic here





Austin hit the jackpot!


Goofing around!


We stopped for the night in Savannah, Georgia on the way home. In front of the Marshall House where we stayed.



What are you up to this summer???

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Myrtle Beach

This week I went to Myrtle Beach, SC for my brother's baseball tournament. On our way we stopped at three colleges for Taylor. It was just girls (Mom, Gramma, Taylor & I) on the way up which was nice. Here are a few photos of the colleges.

Anderson University (not to be confused with MY AU, this one is in SC)


Lenoir Rhyne, one that Taylor crossed off the list.



Lees-McCray, my favorite :)





In the middle of the mountains!





Tyler played really well, it was fun to watch him do his thing too!





We also met our family from NY and I was able to spend the first part of the week with them. They had to leave for Mazzy's 6th grade graduation so I HAVE to post a picture of Mazz at graduation :) You're welcome Mazzy!!!!



Brody's ready for the beach!



Two little pirates and a "good looking wench"-according to the Captain :)



Some of us took our pirating seriously.....



Some didn't!


The whole crew!


Ripley's aquarium



Taylor & Brode, he really does like her I promise!




Taylor & I at Friendly's last night



This is where I am currently blogging from on our last day. Yes, you can punch me later. (as soon as I get my lazy butt out of the hammock!)

Birthday Get-away

The first weekend in June Scotty and I took a road trip (our whole family of 4, dogs and all!) to St. Simons Island and Savannah. It was a fun, HOT, comical weekend!
Our first dinner in Savannah was at a seafood place, this was after dinner. Scotty didn't feel the same :)





Family picture in downtown Savannah (you can barely see Sera)




Some of you may have seen this on Facebook but it was too funny not to post. It started with a bird diving at my head, and then you can see the rest...

Then we headed onto St. Simons Island. It's a little beach town, we've been once before and didn't stay long so we have wanted to come back. It's also home to my favorite store, Dutchman Designs- . Here are a few pics from
St. Simons...









You probably didn't notice Midas, he's in the photo too!

Sera's favorite part of the trip, trying to catch a fly. Lol.

And lastly, happy to head home :)


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Happy Easter!

Hope you are all enjoying your Easter weekend, we sure are! I felt especially blessed to get to spend time with my little brother and nephews this weekend. Ty stayed with us since Mom and Taylor are in EUROPE! Dad works at night so he stayed with us.

Friday morning Sera and I did our first therapy visit. She did so well and I felt very blessed to meet some of the people we did. She was VERY tired after only a half hour!



Later that day I was able to spend some time at the lakehouse with two of my good friends on Friday, we jetskiied and got some sun!


I forgot to take pictures of egg decorating with Connor but here are our finished products...


Easter Sunday has been breakfast with Scotty, Dad, and Ty. Then we took the dogs to the lakehouse for lunch with Ron and Linda.



Homemade donuts!



My momma still gives Scotty and I easter "baskets", this was mine. Cute!




Caelus loves jetskiing and snails!




Sera, not so much! But she also likes escargot. :P




Happy Easter from the Coxes!

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Spring is here!

It's spring time, and our garden is growing! The greenhouse has even been upgraded-as you'll see. Nothing is ready to eat, except cilantro which I have an abundance of so if you are planning on making some fresh salsa or pico de gallo, let me know! Take a look!


Our Roma tomato plant has 4-5 tomatoes growing!



Cucumbers are going crazy!




Holy peas!




Cilantro, broccoli is going next to it today.




Onions!




And last, peppers. Oh, peppers. They have had little white bugs on them from the beginning. We talked to a local expert and she recommended an organic spray from Home depot. Next year though, ladybugs! Lots of them, I'm excited to try!

In adoption news, we have been second guessing putting all of our faith in one company. We haven't given them any money yet so we aren't obligated just yet. We are starting week 7 in MAPP class and will have our home study coming up soon.
We've cleaned out the spare room, and are ready to paint...anyone love to paint?!? Haha.

We are starting to furnish the room too, with gently loved items. If you have anything gender neutral that you aren't using, we'd appreciate everything!


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