Week One of Summer Vacation completed

After saying goodbye to my parents we had a day at home to ourselves before Nick Drew & Daymion arrived for the Memorial Day Weekend. Nick is currently on a course in Oklahoma with Daymion, so they kindly drove 900 miles to visit for a couple of days. We had a lovely time drinking wine and relaxing, unfortunately the weather was still a bit rubbish but we did manage a quick splash in the pool on Sunday. It was a bit cold though. Not like last May at all. Obviously, since they left on Tuesday we haven't really had any rain since and the temperature is getting back to normal.

Nick got back from Poland on Sunday night and seemed to have enjoyed his trip there, now he is home for a week before heading down to Florida this coming Sunday for another course.

Holiday's over for some and just starting for others.

BBQ in the back garden with Tim & Deanna.

Nick in an arty sunset shot at Destin.

After all the rain we escaped to Destin for a weekend of sun, sea, sand and lunch at Dewey Destins. Gosh, we are so predictable. Came back on Sunday in time for a barbecue with Tim, Deanna, Ethan & Willa.

Then the sunshine kind of went away after that. The weather has been a bit dreary while mum & dad have been visiting so there hasn't been much lounging about around the pool going on.

We have had visits to the park to feed the ducks, fish and turtles. We also went to Jasmine Hill gardens for a walk around their park, the flowers that were out were pretty but we missed the best display by about 2 months. I shall get there earlier next year.

Tom & Lily missed their last day of school today so we could all drive up to Birmingham via The Cheesecake Factory for lunch before saying our goodbyes to Granny & Grampa for another year.

So while mum & dad head back to Britain today at the end of their holiday, Tom & Lily start their long summer holiday today.

Parents & the rain arrive

We have had another quiet few days with not much going on.
Yesterday I travelled up to Atlanta to pick up mum & dad from the airport. After an accident (not involving me) on the Interstate I arrived an hour late and bursting for the loo only to find their flight had not arrived yet. It was due in at 2.20pm and I arrived around 4pm, I finally met up with them at around 6.30pm after they had been diverted to Charlotte to refuel. Due to their delay it did mean we missed all the really bad weather yesterday when we drove back to Montgomery, however....
we had plenty of rain today, over 7 inches fell this morning. Luckily we were at home and were able to bail out the sun room otherwise the family room and our bedroom would have flooded too.

I had to drain the swimming pool 3 times and we emptied many many buckets of water ( I lost count after 10 but it must be somewhere in the region of 20 bucketfuls) out of the sunroom, braving thunder & lightning to do so. All very tiresome. Now I just want a sleep.

Tom having fun last weekend when the weather was nice.