Fourth of July...Friends AND Family!

For the past six years, we have spent July 4th with our friends, Jon and Kaydee Roden. In med school, each new year started in July, so the tradition began in 2003 as a way to blow off steam and mourn the beginning of our third year (which for me was by far the worst). That year, the four of us sat on the dock at the end of our neighborhood in Northport and shot fireworks over the lake, trying not to think about the misery that was ahead. Over time we picked up several new friends and this year we celebrated with much lighter hearts...and a lot of babies!

Jon and Kaydee were such great hosts! They themselves do not have children, so I know it was not easy to have them all over for several days. Their house in Albertville is incredible and as you can see, there was no shortage of water activities! We even had a grown-up slip 'n slide!



While we wish our friends lived closer to (or in) Dothan, having them in Albertville makes it easy to visit family! July 6th is Gramma's (Kyle's grandmother) birthday, so on Sunday we celebrated with her and we got to see Nana and Poppy, too.

A busy weekend, but so much fun! Don't worry Mom and Dad, we're coming to see you SOON!
Now off to take Luke to the doctor for his six month check-up and shots :( Then time to get ready for our next beach trip!