July Jubilee (a conglomeration of last week)

Last week, we were incredibly blessed to host Tony's family at our house.  A week of games, laughter, food and fun.  God is gracious to us!  Family is a blessing and it is especially nice when you really enjoy yours (and on both sides)!!!  Ha ha...  Here is a look at last week (pictures posted, for some reason, all out of order):
 The ping-pong table Nathan and Stacie Lee gave us has been awesome!
 A little bit of X-box here and there...




 Pool time...


 Boys' night at the Durham Bulls' game...
 Girls' night out to dinner and a walk around the mall... in the words of Mercy, "We are going to look at things we want to buy but have no money for and that is supposed to be fun?!."  Ha ha...  yes, the art of window shopping...
 My beautiful sis-n-law and beautiful mom-n-law...
 Spent a quarter at the mall.  Who says that isn't fun?!.
 The gracious Vidal family from our small group let us use their pool one day... felt like we were at a vacation house away from the everyday life stresses...






Nothing like fun with cousins!
 Then, while babysitters available (via family), we were blessed with an afternoon date - early birthday present for me...

 We ended our time with family watching the newly released "42".  What a great movie...


 What a great time with family!
And here is where the pictures really get out of order:
Sonic Happy Hour before cousins arrived
 Ping pong tournaments



 More pool time...






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  1. TaraJuly 24, 2013 at 12:58 PM

    Looks like you all have had a busy but wonderful July! We can't wait to get together when life settles down... will that be when the semester starts?!? That's when Jamie will finally be back in town :)

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