Summer time!

Yay! Lately it has felt like summer is really in full swing! Probably because in the last week we've done a lot of playing. We kicked off the summer with a great Memorial Day bbq with Jeremy and Alex and their two awesome boys. Every summer needs an inaugural bbq. I think in my heaven there will be weekly Bbq's. I just love them. We had good food and good talks and played around with Brig's helicopters. They did surprisingly well outside. When it started to get dark the firefly's started coming out and there were TONS of them. Probably the most I've ever seen at one time. As usual, wish I had pictures. There will be more bbq's to come though, and this post has enough pictures already.
That week Brigham had a few days off between rotations so Tuesday afternoon we decided to check out the Nashville Zoo. We now have memberships (thanks for the deal Alex!) which is nice cause it's a pretty place to walk around. The whole zoo is covered in tree bridges which I love. I think they are both romantic and poetic. One day I will have a big yard with a tree bridge.  We did take pictures at the zoo.

Elephants. One of them was throwing a huge log around with his trunk, it was crazy.

Tigers. If Brig were an animal, He would be a jungle cat.

Alligators snuggling.

Hahaha. Just chillin.

It's hard to see but there is a crazy ugly animal sticking it's head out of that river.

Brig took me to get shakes after! Mmmm.

That weekend we went kayaking with our buddy couples from the ward. It was very good times. The weather was perfect, the company was great, and the scenery was amazing!

Look at all those pretty trees!

All the girls chatting it up.

Brig found the smallest frog I've ever seen when we stopped on the side of the river for some lunch.

Unfortunately the camera battery died before we got to the rope swing half way down the river. And before I got severely sunburned. Another sign that summer is here! That night we met back up with the group for dinner at Red Robin and then a movie. I guess the next day we still weren't sick of each other so after church we got together for home made pizza and a competitive game of Bocci ball- males vs. females.

Crazy meditation path next to the field we were playing on.

Bocci Ball! I hate to admit, the boys won. I don't remember the score but I'm sure it was close.