We'll miss you Emily!

The guest of honor! Emily is leaving BHS to be an elementary counselor at another school in our district. We are going to miss her so much! Not just because we'll be one counselor down, but also because of her warm smile, caring spirit, and tireless work ethic. We decided to have a party in her honor at Linda's house and we all had a blast!

Lots of fun things for Em's new office...

...including a picture of Adam Lambert!!!

We tried very hard to get a group picture with all eyes open and all smiles:

Going to Carolina....

Since both of our families our still in NC, we always get to visit everyone at once! In early June, we drove out for a week and a half visit. Of course, Jonathan loves to drive so we took the Superbee and got to his parents' house in Murphy in a little over 24 hours. Check out the view!

Of course, we hung out a lot with Jack, their Jack Russell.

Jonathan's dad...

After a great few days, including a family reunion at "the old homeplace" in Tennessee, seeing Jonathan's brother, Tim, and riding on a mini-train in an older gentleman's backyard, we headed to Charlotte to see friends. We always love to see my friend Gabby, who now has a sweet little girl named Jaclyn!

We then went to Greensboro to see my parents and my Aunt Emily. We took a trip to the mattress store to buy new mattresses! Does not happen very often in my family! Aunt Emily was testing them out:

Lots of fun times back at the house with all the dogs around! Here is my aunt with Dallas and George W. Yes, that is their names =)

My mom with their dog, Dixie. (Do you sense a trend that we are in the South?)

We did get a visit in with my friend Katie who I worked with at QLC and went to college with...

And then it was back to Murphy, and then back to NC. Such a fun trip seeing family and friends.