Grandparent Fun!

While Justin and I were relaxing in Hawaii, each set of grandparents graciously took in a child!  

James stayed with my parents, and Reese and Kramer went to Nashville to be with Justin's parents.  The kids had a blast, and it made me so comfortable being away from them to know they were in such good care.  Here are some pictures of the fun they had!

Meme and Papa took James so many places!  

To the mall playground 

to McDonald's to get some fries

To Shelby Farms (love he is getting so daring!)

to another park to see the ducks/geese

running with Papa

Love this :)

(I can picture James as a teen walking by Papa's side, getting some good wisdom, just like I did!)

Cracker Barrel time!

More Shelby Farms fun

To Ride the Merry Go Round

Swimming in the back yard

Playing in the yard with trucks and rocks :)

Washing the car

Uncle Josh even taught James how to pull a load!

And I knew James would be the one to miss Justin and me (except that he was having too much fun, so probably didn't even think of us!), so I made him a little day by day envelope poster.  Each day he got to open an envelope and get a small surprise from mommy and daddy!  (bag of marshmallows, a tiny airplane, some mints, stickers, etc) :)

Further East, Reese and Kramer had a blast in the country!  Nonie and Pops had some special time with them.

Kramer already got comfortable in Nonie and Pops car, and fell asleep on the drive to their house.

Reese practices her standing and plays with toys....

But her favorite toys were Nonie's tupperware!

Nonie took Reese swimming a lot!  She loves the water!

And Reese even got to go visit her cousins at Aunt Cassie's house.  Leah is teaching her how to play dress up!

You know Kramer is your friend when he shares his big bed with you.  Belle and Kramer were buddies the whole time!

After we picked Reese and Kramer up from Nashville and actually got on the road, Kramer was asleep in the car in a matter of minutes.  He had sooo much fun running around Nonie and Pops big yard.  He just crashed!

Oh, and for days after getting back to Memphis, Reese continued to bark a little dog bark every time she saw a small dog!  So funny that she imitated Belle!

Once again, a BIG THANKS to Nonie and Pops, and Meme and Papa for taking such good care of our kids while we were away!

Love yall!