Q3.

We had the most wonderful summer!

Most days we don't really have much going on, honestly. Before it got too hot, we were spending most of our weekends hiking. We celebrated both Mother's and Father's Day hiking with our dear friend, Tony.

We also celebrated Lexi's 9th birthday!

In June, Liam took baby swim lessons, but he didn't really warm up to the water until later in the summer.

Then of course we celebrated our baby's first birthday!

We actually had two birthday parties for him because at the end of July, we went to NC for some summer fun and family time.

We were in NC for 6 weeks. It was a long time! Toward the end, it really was starting to feel like home. While we were there, we swam at Lake James, hiked of course, visited Lake Tomahawk for some playground fun, Liam ran the bases at the Tourists stadium!, and most importantly, we got to spend some quality time with Papa and Lola Williams and Aunt Leah.

While we were there, our friends Tony (from OC!) and Kelsey came to visit/stay with us. We saw a few other important friends/family, some of which drove quite a ways to see us. We are forever grateful we had that time and that they cared enough to see us!

We also had some business to attend to, but more on that during Q4's recap.

For now, I'm a tired Mama and I will let the pictures speak for themselves. We are happy. We are healthy. We are very fortunate.

Until next time....