The Evans Family Visits the Buckalews

Wade, one of my best friends from Florida, happens to be a career Marine and has been stationed in Japan for the past 3 years. He finally has been given his new orders and they are coming back to the states. As usual he contacted me the day before he and his wonderful family (Mindi and Ava) were to arrive in Georgia. Greg took time off from work and we invited them to stay at the house. After a missed flight and a connection or two they finally arrived Tuesday night.

Jake and their little girl Ava are only a few weeks apart in age. The last time they were together they were about 2 so this time we were hoping they would get along a little better and we were right. We went to see Kung Fu Panda, ate BBQ Ribs from the egg, made home made pizzas, fed the ducks, danced, and did a lot of running around in the backyard. Our time with them was short but we are already planning a trip to North Carolina in October.

Welcome Back Wade, Mindi and Ava.

Gibbson's 1st Birthday Party

One of Jake's favorite things in life right now is a really awesome birthday party. Gibson's Mommy definitely made this one of the best ones he has been to in quite awhile. Cupcakes, BBQ1, Star shaped PB & J's, Sparkles the clown, face painting, balloon art, and Elmo made the day quite fantastic. Only Lisa would not only have goody bags for the kids but the families as well. :-) After is was all over, we all took a nap, now that is a party.

Buckalews at the Bahamas

Greg and I finally got a chance to be alone for 10 days straight since our honeymoon and we are still in love and still married. For those of you who did not know right after school let out for the both of us we went to the Sandals in the Bahamas. It was awesome!!
All you can eat and drink with no little people running down the hallway at 6am in the morning. I even slept to 9am one day :-). Greg went scuba diving three different days and I was able to finish 6 books of the 7 that I brought with me (courtesy of my many gift cards from my wonderful parents at school).
We met a lot of very nice people that we hope to stay in touch with while we were there. A lot of them we met through Greg's wonderful talent of singing, dancing and humor. One one of our last days he singlehandedly created a disco party....go figure. Greg even participated in the talent show and rocked the house with Twist and Shout.
Thank you to my mom and Greg's mom for taking care of the children for us so that we could have this wonderful vacation. Without them we would not have been able to go and have a good time with no worries. Kiss :-)