Where have we been?

I bet you thought I had given up on blogging altogether! Not so much! Our computer died in March and I kept thinking we would get a new one but obviously it took us 5 months to do it. Needless to say, there has been so much that has happened. I decided to do a brief summary of the last few months.
March:
Women's Conference-My fav conference our church does all year. So much work goes into it and it's always great girl time. This year, Aunt Manda, Aunt Christie, and Aunt Hannah came as well as Rebecca and Christina. Zoey joined in all the girl fun with us!

April:
Easter:
Zoey had a fun Easter. Gran and Grandaddy were here. She had her first performance on stage at church. She wore her green linen dress and pink flower headband. She was so adorable! She would not sing the songs although she knew every word. Instead she just stared at the audience until the little girl behind her pointed out where Daddy was. As soon as Zoey saw her Daddy she ran off the stage and into his arms! Even our pastor was laughing!

Spring Break:
We took a trip to VA Beach to visit the Fischers! Baby Laney had made her arrival 7 days earlier so we got to meet her. Zoey loved putting her babies in all of Laney's baby seats. Brenna and Caleb were so fun and the kids had a good time together. Brenna knows how to take care of the little ones!

Joe's Birthday:
His 30th Birthday that is! We had a blowout weekend for Joe's 30th. We celebrated by going to his favorite spot, Brickstore, with our closest friends. After that we headed to Chocolate Pink for some dessert. We brought it home and Jake and Hannah continued to celebration with us and some chocolate cake. Zoey had her turn celebrating with Daddy the next day with an ice cream cake. She even made him wear a party hat.

June:
Zoey had her first trip to the Aquarium. She did go when she was 3 weeks old but that doesn't count, right?! She had such a good time. She loved seeing all the fish. She had been watching Finding Nemo every day so she knew what a shark, whale, stingray, etc. were. I can't wait to take her back!

VBS:
Mavis invited Zoey to go to VBS with her at Sugarloaf. The girls were so cute! Zoey had the best time. In fact she told her teachers at school that if she could fly anywhere on a plane, she would fly to vacation bible school! They came home with some great crafts every day and I got to watch them go to the big worship time. We can't wait for next year!
Here she is one afternoon after VBS.

July:
Vacation:
I have said from the beginning of the year that I wanted to do a family vacation this summer with just the 3 of us. I wanted to start the tradition for our little family. After lots of looking we decided on PCB and I could not have been more pleased with our choice. Zoey loved the beach! She played in the sand and made muffins with it, she played in the waves and loved jumping over them, she played in the pool and went under water some. It was such a great week! I'll do a post dedicated to just vacation soon.

Family:
Last week Aunt Christie, Evan, and Caelin came to visit! We were all amazed at what a good time the cousins had together. They played really well and Caelin even helped Zoey learn about the potty! We went swimming, to Monkey Joe's, to Yogli Mogli, and to the fountain. We were all sad to see them leave but it was a great way to end the summer!

That pretty much sums up the last few months. I know I'll be posting more soon!