July, 2012

Dear Family and Friends!

This reader will be short and sweet!  The biggest event of the month, was that Scott joined his older and wiser wife :) in the 30 club!

And miraculously, with the help of friends and family, I was able to pull off my first surprise party ever!  While we enjoyed a fabulous dinner at Ruth’s Chris our ‘crew’ was feverishly putting our kids to bed, straightening our house, and decorating!  Dinner ended early so I had to do some fast thinking, but in the end Scott was completely and utterly surprised!  It was a blast, and Scott felt special—so success!

High school friends, late (as usual), but worth the wait.

 

 

 

 

 

 

That’s my girl!  Here’s Taylor being Taylor!  We’ve been to the lake twice in July—once with Muck, Dianna, and David and then with Brad Hamilton, his cute wife Deeanna, and our famous Aunt Peg!  Both trips were flavorful and fun, Jackson even got up (briefly) on the wakeboard!

Scotty just finished his project with a shoe company that wants to expand into Brazil.  So he spent the last 6 weeks in Brazil and NYC, on a high burn due- diligence case.  The Dallas based partner and her team, fell in love with Scott and wanted him to follow them onto their next client (which happened to be an out-of-town women’s underwear company).  Fortunately for me, the Atlanta partners insisted that he work on a tractor-company pricing case right here in good old GA.  So for the next 6 months he will be in town!!  It’s good timing as Jackson starts his first day of school a week from yesterday.

While Scott was busy saving the luxury shoe industry, my college roomies (we missed you Kels) were sweet enough to bring dinner over to my place (I couldn’t find a babysitter).

Other news is that I was released from 2nd counselor in Relief Society—can’t believe it’s been a year.  I grew a lot in this role, so grateful I had the experience.  And immediately upon release, I was called as the Primary chorister, which has already turned out to be A LOT of fun (and a lot of work :)).

Kids are doing great.  Jackson has been wearing his Montgomery uniform every day—he is a little excited about Kindergarten starting.  Taylor seems to finally be coming out of that really tough phase, and is really fun to be around.  And Grant is 6 months, 21 lbs—on the verge of crawling.  Such a sweet guy.

Oh and just for a little extra excitement, Jackson decided to stick a bead up his nose (that we couldn’t get out).  On the way to the ER I was talking to his MD on the phone and he said to pull over, lay Jackson down on a bench, occlude the clear nostril while breathing into his mouth.  Worked like a charm!  And saved us from an evening in the ER….

Here’s to a great August!  Lots of Love!

TFK