Cookie the Cat

We have a new addition to our family as of last week, Cookie the cat. We named him Cookie because he is black and white like an Oreo. The boys have been loving on him like crazy and amazingly he doesn't seem to mind. We are hoping for him to be an inside/outside cat, but since he is so little we are keeping him inside all of the time these days. We have a resident hawk in the backyard that I am sure would love to have Cookie for breakfast. Not surprisingly, Cookie is a boy, so I remain the queen of this castle:)

Celebrating the 4th in Highlands

We had a very exciting 4th of July celebrating the Alstons' 40th wedding anniversary with a family trip to Highlands, NC. Marcus, Mary Grace, Neely and Sadie met us there also so we had all the cousins together. The weather was so wonderful, much cooler than it has been here. We took a long walk into downtown from the house we rented, took the boys to check out the "bust your butt" sliding rock, went to the nature center, grilled out and enjoyed the fireworks. We also celebrated Neely's 3rd birthday. It was a great way to reflect on the Alstons great marriage and the fruit of an ever-growing family.



This is Tate's attempt at acting scared...








Waiting for the fireworks to start