Three Peerys in a Pod: Tennessee times two

The Last weekend, we all went to Tennessee....but two different parts. See, Thomas had plans to attend the Tennessee/Florida football game with Granddad and the boys and I were going to go and hang out with Aunt Ashley and the girls in Knoxville. Then I got my cousins wedding invitation that was on the same day as the game. Whoops! Plans changed and Thomas and I compromised and decided to divide and conquer.

I took William and Ryan with me to Atlanta (to break up our trip and visit Kathy, Duncan, Virginia and Abigail) > NW Georgia to stay with Nana > Chattanooga for wedding. Thomas took Stokes with him to Knoxville and Stokes stayed with Ashley while Thomas went to the game with Granddad.

All in all, it was such a fun weekend. We seriously have the best family! Both sides and all around! The boys could not be more loved, entertained, appreciated, in demand, and paid attention to. Lucky little fellas. :)

Anna and Stokes on the tire swing

Playground action

Anna and Stokes in the car
Isn't that the sweetest look he's giving her?! Big cousin love.

Thomas and Granddad at the game
Sorry for the low lighting. Guys don't know how
to take pics LOL

Go VOLS! UT won. :)

Annnnnndddd here's a little video of Stokes on the zip line playing in Knoxville. Don't go too fast now, LOL.

Friday night we made it to Atlanta and it happened to be Homecoming (or HoCo for short) for Virginia and Abigail. We took the boys to the high school football homecoming game. So fun! They did great and had a blast. They stayed up way past their bedtime (we left at halftime but it was already around 9:30 or 10!) and William even got in on the black out theme at the game and wore a black jacket. He was so cool.

Saturday morning, we played for a little while before the girls had to go to their soccer game and we got on the road to Nana's house.

William wearing Abigail's fez hat

Abigail and ryan

Virginia and William

Virginia and Ryan

Right before the girls left for soccer, we had to get a few quick pics. These girls are so confident and such wonderful role models. They're so different, just like my boys are different, and have different friends, different hobbies, different styles, etc. I am incredibly proud of the beautiful, smart, talented, athletic, and most importantly kind young women they've become. I'm so glad to have my boys be around them and soak in some of that awesome-ness.

Abigail, Ryan, Virginia and William

And even though we didn't get to see them in person on Saturday night, here's a picture of these gorgeous girls before their Homecoming dance. Dresses on point. They slay.

Homecoming beauties

Saturday we got to Nana's house around lunchtime and spent the afternoon hanging out with cousins and even Aunt Anne dropped by before she had to go to a meeting. The boys skipped naps. I gave it a whirl to see what happened. I didn't want them to miss out on any fleeting family time.

Jacob reading to the boys

Just hangin' out!

Aunt Anne with Ryan

The boys looked so dapper for the wedding. I didn't have suits for them, but had them wearing bow ties, like the cute little southern gentlemen they are!

Michael and his new BFF, William

My boys and me - ready for the wedding!

Cutie boys!

No naps = a quick snooze on the 30 min drive to Chattanooga

The wedding was absolutely beautiful and Kelsea was a gorgeous bride. She's my cousin's daughter, so I think that makes her my second cousin....maybe??? I don't know about these things, but either way, she made a beautiful bride. The wedding was at a museum and the ceremony was outside on the lawn, then the reception started inside the museum and ended with dancing out on the patio. Everything seemed to flow perfectly and we had such a good time!

Whitney, William, Ryan and Nana

Jamie, and bride, Kelsea (my 2nd cousin)

Nana Wanda and William

Nana walking with Ryan

These guys were 2 peas in a pod
all day. William was loving hanging
out with Michael, another cousin of mine!

Playing on the aisle after the ceremony

Being silly

Love this little curious fella

My boys and me at the altar
It was so pretty how they had it displayed

William's face is cracking me up and I must have had a
death grip on his hand LOL

The Nanas and the boys

Sweet ladies and sweet babies

Love them all

Reception time - Nana fed Ryan

William being a ham and making everyone laugh

True love

A true ladies man
He even got to hang out with the pretty bridesmaids!

Nana Wanda and Ryan

Kelsea with William

Family!!!
Ryan, Marla, Kacie, William, Michael and Nana

How cute is this?!?!
William giving Kacie a kiss.

So much fun!

He was in heaven!

Ryan dancing with his Mama

I think he liked it!

Andrew (groom), Kelsea (bride),
Kacie and William

Bride and groom with Michael and William

This wild man was all over the place!
He was checking out all the trees
and running around the dance floor
like a maniac!

Squeezeeeeeeeee

Nana and Ryan right before we left

It was another late night out for these little guys and they were both in their element getting tons of attention and not being fussy at all, despite the nap skippage. I was very proud.