Catching up - May and June 2010

So, it just occurred to me last night that I did not have posts up for our early summer activities. Over Memorial Day weekend, I drove down to Jacksonville, FL for Baby Bill's baptism and Scott and Jay flew to Denver for their first ever father/son trip. I'll have to poach some pics from Scott's iPhone later of their CO trip - but below you'll see some pics of Baby Bill at the church, and later of Andrew and I out at Jax Beach.

In mid-June, I drove the boys to my home state, WV, for some quality time with PatsyMom and PapaDoc. After spending a few days there, I got a chance to get away by MYSELF to visit my college friend, Emily, in Columbus, OH and then later I met up with Scott for a family wedding in Indiana. It was fun seeing the whole Marcille/Kentzel clan back in action. Scott and I then headed back to the WV homestead where we reunited with our boys and eventually back home to Atlanta. It was a whirlwind driving tour, but alot of fun and we got a chance to catch up with much of our families. And a HUGE thanks goes out to PatsyMom and PapaDoc for watching the boys for 3 nights while we got away!!!!!! We love you.

Dad took Scott and I out to the New River Gorge Bridge in WV. Scott's parents at Brett and Nicci's wedding in Columbus, IN.

Brett and Nicci Fisher.

Jay having fun making cards with my ancient card making kit.

The weather was spectacular in WV - a cool 75!

PapaDoc playing the organ with the boys - they loved it and even added a few notes of their own. (not so lovely for adult ears though....)

Andrew out at Jax Beach - he loved the sand and waves!

Enjoying Bill's baptism cake! Yummy!

Mary and Bill Morcom - Baptism Sunday - May 30, 2010.

Lew Gravely, Nick Morcom holding Bill Morcom, Mary Gravely Morcom, and Pat Gravely

Just a cute pic :) of our little A!

Staying Cool

Saying that it's hot here in Atlanta is pretty much an understatement today. It's a SCORCHER! We went to the Roswell Sprayground this morning where the boys and I cooled off in the fountains. I find this much easier than the pool b/c there is no chance of drowning and the boys just run and run, and have fun. They had a great time and are worn out! I must say that this is one of my favorite features about the Roswell Recs and Parks department - in fact overall, the Roswell Recs and Parks dept. does a great job. I have yet to be disappointed by any of their programs or park facilities, we are fortunate to have such a great resource. Hope you all are staying cool! Have a good weekend.

The Tellus Science Museum

Today we went to the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, GA with our friends the Jones'. It's a great little museum - not too big or overwhelming. The best part about the museum was the hands on fossil finding room and gem panning. The kids loved it!

Gem panning.

Jay and Graham looking for stones and digging for fossils - with Andrew.

Love the turtle!

The Chattanooga Aquarium

Last Tuesday we went to Chattanooga, TN to meet up with Scott's sister, Kristi, and her family as they were passing thru on a cross country roadtrip back to CO (they are rock stars for driving all the way to the east coast and back - with 2 kids!). We visited the Chattanooga Aquarium downtown, and I must say it was impressive. The design of the aquarium is overall very cool and they have a seahorse exhibit that is so interesting. It was nice spending some time with Kristi, her husband, Glenn, and their adorable daughters, Hazel and June. I forgot to take my camera along - so this first photo I borrowed from Kristi's blog and the second is from Scott's iphone. enjoy!

Jay, June, Hazel, and Andrew

All the kids in one of the tanks - they could crawl under up into the center - very cool.

Shoot the Hooch

A couple of weekends ago Scott took Jay on his first canoe trip - just a short one down the Chattahoochee River. It was just an hour long excursion. They fished a little and rowed a little down the river. Great father/son bonding. Andrew and I met them for a picnic afterwards. Jay loved his little outing with Dad and came home exhausted.

Zoo Atlanta

Scott had Monday, July 5 off for a holiday so we went to the zoo here in Atlanta. It was a great day - the boys got a kick out of all the animals - it's so fun watching their enthusiasm! The panda bears put on quite a show and the giraffes were a hit too. For those of you in the Atlanta area, this zoo does have a great playground and kiddy play center complete with trains. Here's just a couple of pics from our visit.

4th of July

The Gravely siblings came to visit us in Atanta and celebrate the 4th with us! The weather was unusally mild for Atlanta so we spent most of the day outside in our backyard with food and beverages - a perfect holiday! My brother, Will, took the lead on smoking a pork butt on our grill - it was quite a process but the results were yummy. Some neighbors came over to eat with us before we headed over to another house to see some fireworks. Jay was afraid of the fireworks, but Andrew sat threw them all with his Dad. Enjoy the pics!


Will Gravely, Mary Morcom w/Baby Bill in arms, Nick Morcom, Martha Marcille w/Andrew, Scott Marcille w/Jay

Scott and Nick enjoying some sparklers on our back porch.

This was Mary's first sparkler experience - Scott couldn't believe it! Poor deprived Mary... I think she enjoyed them - so festive and fun!

Chef Will smoking the meat and grilling the ribs - yum!

Mary Gravely Morcom, Martha Gravely Marcille, Will Gravely

Will and Martha (we missed you Whitney!)

Will (yep - that's right) on the slip and slide. He went down once - turns out the $5 water toy is best used by those 40lbs and under. Ha!

Andrew trying to figure out what to do next...

Getting ready to slide - maybe.

The Morcom family

Jay on the slip and slide - he loves it! I will try to post video sometime.

Our backyard party - slip and slide, inflatable pool, grill, beer, and sunshine - nothing better.

Andrew holding Baby Bill about 5 minutes after he arrived. Andrew LOVED the baby and wanted to hold him all the time. Not sure Aunt Mary was totally happy with this, but it was so cute watching Andrew's total love and affection for his little cousin. awwwww....