A Snapshot of Summer Part 1

We LOVE summer at the Akin house! We all 3 LOVE to be outside. With the beautiful and HOT weather we have been having, Jeff, Jace, and I have spent lots of time outside. Hopefully by the end of this post I will have justified not blogging in a while...we have been busy enjoying life!

Jeff, Jace, and I went on Mt. Nebo in Dardanelle on Mother's Day 2011.

Jeff and I took Jace to the Memphis Zoo on Memorial Day weekend with some friends of ours from church. We had a great time, and Jace LOVED it!

Jace LOVED the panda bears

We visited with my grandparents. Jace is their first great-grandchild...spoiled!!

 

Grandma & Papa George & Jace

Jeff and I took Jace to Hector to Jeff's hunting lease for the day. We rode the four-wheeler, had a picnic lunch, and played in the creek.

Surely by now you can tell that the kid thought the creek was the best thing in life! He had so much fun!

So...I was trying to have the "perfect" little picnic full of yummy 'picnic' foods...well...I obviously wasn't thinking and I put our sandwiches in the cooler in sandwich baggies...they looked more like a sponge when we pulled them out to eat them :)

I had a few vacation days that I needed to use before July 1st, so I have sorta spreaded them out to enjoy several days off at a time. I have had the opportunity to spend some quality time with my little guy, and I am so thankful for that!! On this day, I took him to the park at our church.

We got snow cones and brought them to the park...my child doesn't like snow cones! This is his...mine at this point is GONE! :)

This was the first time that Jace climbed up the entire big slide and went down it by himself...I couldn't believe it...he is getting big!!

Well, if you are still reading this, I am impressed! Part 2 to come!