Fun Weekend...Cousins, Triathlon and Friends

Corey had his first triathlon of the season in Collierville...the Sharpshooter Tri. Our family stayed with Wave, Dave and the kids for the weekend in order to be close to the race and spend some time together. We had such a great time...that Friday night, we were able to go with their small group from church to the Baptist Children's Home for a cookout and fun with the children there. Then Waverly and I stayed up until 5 am talking...we don't get to do that much with all our children :) It was so much fun! Then at 5:30, Corey and I got up and left for his race...I was quite tired!This race was a 400 meter lake swim (it looked quite ominous early in the morning), 11 mile bike and a 2 mile trail run. Corey did great even though it was very hot and humid, and it was really neat that our friends Fred Shackelford and Stan and Stephanie Dunagan competed in this race, too...it was Stan and Stephanie's first one! So proud of you guys! Our boys chose to stay with their cousins for this race, but we joined back up with them afterward. Caleb had his first loose tooth and waited for me to get back to pull it...yikes! I do not like pulling teeth. Here he is with his sweet baby tooth smile before...and his big boys toothless smile afterward!Then afterward we headed toward home, making a stop in Jackson to say goodbye to our friend, Scott McSwain. He is moving to Santiago, Chili to teach at a university for a year...we will miss him greatly and pray God's blessings on his time there. We must Skype and make more silly faces soon!We also dropped by for the boys to check in on our sweet dog, Tanner, who has lived with his new family since we moved to Paris...he is well loved and taken care of, but it was really good to see him!