Trunk n Treat

Last weekend our church hosted a Trunk n Treat and we were extra excited to attend for the first time with a little one.

Introducing...

King Kong and his buildings

For Emory's first Halloween, we really wanted to do costumes themed for the entire family.  We think it turned out great and we had lots of fun.. even if it was a little difficult to walk in the box sometimes. 

Trick or treat = candy for momma

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There were so many creative costumes and decorated trunks!

yep, that's Don McLaughlin..

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my little monkey

Hanging out with our friends Jenny and Kathryn

Hitching a ride with Caroline

Sweet Caroline

Rachel, the polo player, and Belle

Adorable friends

Guys with their kiddos

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And so begins our attempt at some group kids photos... hilarious.

Emory and Noah, buddies

Please note sneaky doggy (Avery) in the background.. hahaha

this pretty much sums it up.

and then Emory became very fascinated with Kathryn and her costume

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SUPER BUILDING

4th of July Celebration - 2013

This year we had another reason to celebrate on the 4th of July.  It just so happens to be Emory's half birthday as well.  We were really hoping to see a large firework display... but of course it was raining.  It has rained pretty much 85% of this summer in Atlanta, which has not been very fun.  

We got together with some friends to celebrate with a cookout, small fireworks, chatting, and a game.  

This is also the day that Emory decide he was ready to start crawling.  He was showing off to our friends.  :)

Emory and his buddy, Noah.

Coke in glass bottles.  Way to keep it classy Chaffins. :)

Watching the fireworks with dad

4th of July, Texas style

Aaron and I went out to visit Lauren and Erik for 4th of July since we weren't sure when we would be another opportunity to see them.  We loaded up the car and headed to Memphis on Thursday night and made the rest of the journey on Friday. (pit stop at Harding! - blog to come)

It was so good to see them again!

Here's a photo journal of our trip. 

The Dallas skyline up ahead.. almost there!

 

On our first day there, Lauren and Erik took us to a little doughnut place that had kalaches... oh.my.goodness.  We went back every single day for breakfast! 

  

After breakfast, we drove around the city some and took the M-Line trolley to see some sights.  Nothing too exciting, but it was free, so no complaining. :)

 

Found all these cows... they were BLAZING hot.

 Saturday night we headed to the Fort Worth Stockyards for the RODEO! :0

Sunday, we decided it was just way too hot to be wandering around Dallas again, so we hit up Hurricane Harbor, water park at Six Flags, for most of the day... then stopped at Sprinkles for some lovely desserts.

I had never been to an In-n-Out Burger place before... and there was a new one right by their home, so we hit it up.  Pretty yum.

Sunday night, we went to Addison Kaboom Town to see fireworks!

and a little bit of an air show!