A Trip to VA and Fun at Home

Brad's grandfather passed away in July and we went home to VA for the Memorial Service this week. It was a wonderful service and a good reminder that life is not about our accomplishments but how we invest in other people's lives. Grandpa Rayburn was a true man of God and a great example of how to finish well.


In other updates, we put Noelle's hair in tight curls to sleep in one night. It's been several months since we've done this so it's always fun to see the results. Here she is with 2 headbands in her hair to tame down all the hair.
Not to be outdone, Sadie got 4 headbands for her hair:

This afternoon we had the perfect plan for spending our hot afternoon. We were headed to the Covington splash park for our final visit of the summer. I remembered that they always close for the season when school starts so our days were numbered.

We suited up, liberally applied sun screen (or scun screen as Sadie calls it) and headed to the splash park. Well apparently they decided to close before the first day of school because there was no water and no people at the splash park.

I know Walton started school today, but come on...Covington and Walton are a long way from each other. Maybe there are other schools that started today. I'll just assume so, so I don't have any hard feelings.

So with my afternoon plans popping like a bubble, we came home and created out own water fun. Here are some of the scenes from our redneck splash park: