Looking to the second half of the year...

I always enjoy looking forward to big events that we have coming up and being a planner always have things planned/mapped out. I can't believe we are nearing the halfway point in the year and I really can't believe that Avi-Cakes is about to be one! Here's what we are looking forward to this summer and into the rest of 2012. 

JUNE--The biggest thing happening this month is celebrating Avi-Kate's birthday. Party planning is in full swing and I have to hammer down some final details this weekend. 

JULY--We are planning to spend some time at the farm for the fourth. This photo was from the fourth a few years back...that's corn in the field behind Andy's mom's house. (It rotates from year to year) The corn always comes in around the fourth and we are looking forward to bringing some back with us. :)

We also have a week at the beach planned with all of my family. Thankfully, this year we will be traveling with a 13 month old instead of a 5 week old. Last year was really hard since she was so little and hated, HATED her carseat. Thankfully, we are over that hurdle.

AUGUST--Students return and AG starts preschool at Berry! August is going to be full with us trying to adjust to AG's new routine and students returning over several weeks before classes start at the end of the month. 

We'll have a huge welcome back dinner when school starts. This photo was from our end of the year dinner and we ended up having tables stretching from one end of the house to the other. :)

August will also hold several birthday parties and a baby shower for my sister. It's going to be busy, busy.

SEPTEMBER--We'll be spending almost every Saturday in Athens between the hedges due to the way UGA's schedule falls this year. AG will also get to go to his first game at Sanford. I'm going to stay home with Avi-Kate and let the boys have a special trip. 

OCTOBER--Mountain Day Weekend is always a great way to kick off October.

We'll also a huge family dinner to eat and carve pumpkins together with all of our students. Last year was so much fun...I think we have a new tradition on our hands. 

We'll trick-or-treat around the neighborhood and visit with GrandMary at the end of the night. This year Avi-Kate will get to run around and join the fun. This picture from last year still cracks me up.

NOVEMBER--We'll head to ATL to see Santa at Phipps Plaza and beat the holiday rush that comes after Thanksgiving.

We'll have a huge family dinner to celebrate Thanksgiving with our college family before they leave for the holidays. Last year, I cooked a 25lb turkey! We'll spend Thanksgiving this year at the farm with all of Andy's family.

I'm sure Andy will be participating in Movember again...although I'm hoping he might shave it before we go to Disney. I'm not crazy about the thought that all of our Disney pictures will have the 'stache in them. ;)

Bernard will rejoin the family for the holiday season...we'll see what kind of mischief he starts. I'm betting AG will be really excited to see him. He really enjoyed finding him last year and I see it becoming a fun tradition over the years.

We'll spend a few days enjoying this lovely sight. We are really, really excited about our surprise trip for the kids. 

DECEMBER--Brings the end of the semester and some holiday fun with our students. And speaking of students we'll get to see these two get hitched in the middle of the month. We are so excited to help them celebrate their big day.

Christmas in the mountains with all of the Gettis side of the family. This year AG and Avi-Kate will have a new little cousin. Baby Pate will only be about two months old...next year he'll be chasing them around.

Christmas with the Edwards clan will be in Rome this year! We are excited about hosting all of Andy's family since we haven't done it since before AG was born.

Here's Nanny's tree and all of the stockings from this past year. She's working on finishing up all of the grandkids stockings.

Lastly, I'm really hoping and praying for some snow this next year. We didn't have a winter at ALL this year and the last few years we've had several bouts of winter weather. Here's hoping! I love a good snow day at home.

So, there you have it. Some of the high points of the second half of our year. In addition to all of this we have lots of birthdays, reunions, family activities, etc planned. Plus, lots of fun stuff to do around the house. (More on that over this next week.) Andy and I will also start training for our first half marathon this fall with the plan to run them this winter at...Disney. :) Anyone else have big plans for the rest of the year?