best friend cousins reunited once again. My mom, sister and her little boy Trysen came out to N. Carolina to visit us. And must I say that visit went by way to fast. I definitely got homesick when they left. But we did enjoy ourselves while they were here.

one thing we did was go down to wrightville beach and the kids just had a blast with the waves splashing up. the water was quite nice and warm.

We also went to go see were the tornado hit only 20 min away from were we live in Raleigh. It was so sad to see and I just thought to myself wow I'm so grateful this was not us and how stupid I was to not take the warnings serious cause really I had no idea how serious it can be or really what to do if it hit.(but don't worry I do now!) Crazy the damage it can cause and how one spot is completely fine and right next to it complete damage.

sometimes this girl thinks she can do whatever she wants....I feel like she tells me NO all day long or is it the other way around? who knows I think we just are telling each other NO all day long. Boy do I love her though:) she really gives the best hugs you'll ever get.

I think one of the things I miss most about summers away from home is a home grown garden(from my parents garden of course)....especially the tomatoes (nothing like home grown garden tomatoes in a fresh batch of salsa). Anyway I was reading in the Ensign and it said no excuses! you can have a garden any where even if you are living in an apartment. It showed some examples and sure enough its true you can grow your own garden. so I am attempting to grow my own tomatoes and cilantro and make some of that home made salsa....sooo far so good