Saturday night

The Cathedral in downtown Savannah.

It was sooo pretty inside. There was a wedding just finishing up when we went in to take picutres. They were taking their pictures on the alter. It was a beautiful place for a ceremony.

In front of the Cathedral

Dinner at Churchill's

The Crab Shack

Tom being silly and letting an Alligator eat his head :)

The restaurant had mini alligators that you could feed snacks to. They looked kind of sad, I felt bad for them.

Our crab legs... yum!

Date Day (Saturday)

We learned a lot at our marriage retreat on how to improve our communication skills and have a stronger marriage. We also learned that we have a pretty good marriage! It was a really good seminar that the Army put on and we were so glad that we went. Saturday after all day in lectures they let us out and "made" us go on a date that we got to plan ourselves. Tom and I decided to first go out for an ice cream cone by the hotel. We then headed over to Tybee Island to see the light house and to spend some time on the beach. After the beach we were hungry so went to a touristy restaurant "The Crab Shack" and had some really good crab legs. After we got back to the hotel, we showered and went out to dinner at a British restaurant and then went back to the Irish Pub since we had such a good time the night before. We ended up staying out until MIDNIGHT! We had so much fun spending time together that we completely lost track of time!


The light house. 178 steps to the top...

... and I climbed the whole thing and was even brave enough to go out on the balcony and take a look at the view!

Tom's first time in the Atlantic Ocean... He thinks? We took a really long walk on the beach after playing in the water for a little bit. The ocean water was so warm it felt like bath water.

The waves looked really neat crashing up against the rocks. I tried to stand on the rocks to get my picture taken but the lifeguard blew his whistle at me... :)

First trip for Mommy away from Kennedy

It was really hard to do but last weekend Tom and I left Kennedy for the first time to go on a marriage retreat in Savannah, GA. Grandma and Grandpa Kaufman came down on Wednesday to spend the week here and take care of Kennedy while we were away. We had a great time but missed Kennedy like crazy the whole time.
We left Nashville on Friday morning and got to Savannah around noon. We checked into the hotel and went down to the riverfront for lunch. We ate at a really good shrimp restaurant. Tom had a shrimp lunch and I had a really good grouper pasta... Yummy!

Hanging out on the river front.

Paula Dean's restaurant "Lady and Sons" The wait time is well over 2 hours every day, every hour so we didn't eat there. We heard it was good though :)

This is Chippewa Park, one of the many beautiful "squares" in downtown Savannah. This happens to be the one where Forrest Gump is sitting in the moving telling his story waiting for the bus.

Having our first "date night" of the weekend. We went out to eat at a Cajun restaurant it was soooo good too. The food in Savannah is just as good as the history! :) We ended the night at the Irish Pub, sitting out on the rooftop balcony doing a little people watch and watching the boats go by on the river.

Moving to Iowa

We found out about 2 weeks ago that Tom got his job in Iowa working for the USDA Animal Disease Lab. They wanted him to start right away however, we have a lot to do and a lot to move before then so they settled on July 19th. Now Kennedy will get to grow up by her family. We are so excited to be moving back home.


Kennedy is such a sleepy girl.

She is starting to teeth a little more now. She really isn't very fussy but she is drooling a lot and loves to bite on her icy teething rings.

Kennedy's Baptism Gifts.

Her Baptism Petit Fours.

They were oh so yummy.

Kennedy, 6-20-10, God Bless!

Her bonnet, Bib, Dress, and Shoes from Aunt Lisa. Her Baby Ring from Great Grandma and Grandpa Kennedy and her Cross necklace from Uncle Alan.

Hanging out in the pool

Alan and Cate had to leave right after lunch and then Mike decided to take a nap so Tom, Lisa and I decided to take the babies outside to the baby pool. Of all of the weekends to have everyone down we picked the hottest one, it was 98 and humid the entire weekend so we didn't go out much. We filled the pool up in the shade and let the kids in for a little bit. We had a real good time.


Kennedy playing in the shade in her fun seat.

Swimming with Daddy, so much fun!!!

What a little goof! I had such a good time hanging out with Ryan this weekend. He has such an outgoing personality. Him and Kennedy are going to have so much fun growing up together.

Cuddling with the tired baby after swimming.

More Baptism pictures

Kennedy's Godmother, Aunt Lisa, with Uncle Mike and cousin Ryan.

Kennedy's Godfather, Uncle Alan with Cate

Looking pretty on the alter with Mom and Dad.

Sitting on the alter all by herself. She was very proud to be baptized today. She was such a good girl and didn't even cry when the water was poured over her head or anything.

Kennedy's Baptism

I got up early this morning and got myself ready, then made some biscuits and gravy and scrambled eggs for everyone before mass. We made it out the door on time and even got 6 people and 2 babies ready. I was impressed with ourselves. Kennedy looked adorable in her dress and the ceremony was very nice, if you saw the link below, you already know that. :)


Getting Kennedy dressed in her Christening Gown.

Daddy holding Kennedy before mass started.

After the ceremony in front of the Baptismal fountain.

Father John, her Godparents (Alan and Lisa) and her Mommy and Daddy.

Kennedy's Baptism

Kennedy with her Godparents: Lisa Donohoe and Alan Kaufman