lifewithmybruddies: Aunt Jessica Comes to Visit and Compton Cookout

Aunt Jessica came in Friday and spent a couple days with us. Before she got here, we met my parents for dinner at Chuys a fabulous tex mex place in town!! We are all wearing orange in our picture in memory of Pat Summit, the Lady Vols basketball coach, who passed earlier in the week.

Jessica got here shortly after we got home from dinner. She came in from Oxford, MS. I know she was worn out after her long drive. She hasn't seen us in a couple of months and couldn't believe how much Reed had changed in such a short time. It really is amazing how much babies change in just one year. This is probably one of my favorite pictures of the two of them.

We started out Saturday by the pool. Aunt Jessica hasn't seen what an excellent swimmer Avery has become. He had so much fun showing Jessica his pool!

After lunch and nap time, we took Avery and Reed Morgan to see Finding Dory. John hasn't been to the movies with Avery yet and he couldn't wait to take him to see this movie. Avery has only seen one other movie in the theater, Rio. We saw it last summer. He does such a good job at the movies. Reed Morgan didn't disappoint with is behavior either! He did awesome. The boy watched the movie, ate and slept. It was amazing!

After the movie, we went to dinner. The night turned out to be absolutely beautiful so we played outside for awhile. Some of our neighbors got an early start with fireworks so we got to enjoy some of those too! We sure enjoyed getting some time with Aunt Jessica! She had to leave Sunday morning and we were sad to see her go!

On Sunday we started by making 4th of July crafts. When Avery was little I was so good at making lots of crafts. I feel like I haven't been doing as good in this department with Reed Morgan. I am trying to get better because these crafts are some of my most special keepsakes!

Reed's smile is so cute! I think it was tickling his foot! I love how Avery's fireworks turned out!

Sunday night our friends, The Comptons, came over for a cookout. We wanted to get the boys some sparklers and other kid-friendly fireworks. I love this picture of Avery and John looking at the fireworks! John got Avery, Carter and Reed Morgan an American flag too!

We had so much fun with Heather, Kyle and Carter. We grilled out and I tried a new honey mustard marinade for our chicken. It will be something we will use again. Very good! Dinner was followed with birthday cake ice cream in waffle bowls. The little boys loved it! We were planning to go to the pool but by the time we got done eating we decided sprinklers and sparklers would be a much better combination for the 4th of July weekend. Of course we just went ahead and let them enjoy the sprinklers in their underwear!