Blowing the Dust Off of the Blog

• New House 
• New School (For all three of us) 
• New Church 
• New Team
• New Friends 
• New Routine

Lots of NEW in the Cain House. I think we have a pretty good groove going... finally. I think it is time to schedule posts again. 

Until then...

We had our very first successful visit with Santa.... 

Love love, 

C2 

CainLife

There is seriously a long  list of blog topics in the notes app on my phone. Ideas that come to me at 2am, or on a long run, or when I am driving to and from the football field. Then life happens and a blog doesn't happen.

But it really is my absolute favorite.

So today... on the 17th of September... I'm blowing the dust off of the blog and dumping my photos from life over the last few months.

First of all... it is football season. On our 11th year of being Brandon and Carley... It came to me: Somehow this amazing love of my life has managed to take my one day of the week that isn't football related... and make it football related as we cheer for our Dawgs together. Somehow he has managed to make Day Dates in the fall: Football games. How? (Not mad at all about it really.)

I also remember Callahan being a tiny baby and being stressed to take her to a game. I thought it was a ton of work. You know... when she would just lay in my arms or sleep in her seat. Yeah, so much work. ha. ha. ha.

Now we wake up on Fridays yelling GAMEDAY!!!! GAMEDAY!!!! We live for our Fridays at the stadium. Twenty minutes of running on the field is worth the all week long wait.

My new school. It has my whole entire heart.  I could write an entire post on how super amazing life is at my new school. I'll just leave it at this: My class, my team, my family.... just the perfect mixture of perfection.

Although we are still in a crib... with zero intentions of moving out of it... We are happy to say we are 80% potty trained.

We are also fully obsessed with all things "ballerina school."

Speaking of obsessed... Daddy is out favorite person. I agree.

The Cain Weims are still just living the dream.....

And then there is the stuff that makes this all possible: Spark. Ha.
Kidding.
No I'm serious.

All is well over here in the CainLife.

Love love,
C^2

Go Fish.

Ya know how Calla Cain's life is pretty much centered around football season? It's all she knows. She goes to games. Daddy is a coach. Daddy watches film. Daddy yells at the TV. Friday night he is on the field, Saturdays are for the Dawgs. Daddy loves football. It is life in the CainHouse. 

(Did you know in our vows we said, "For wins or for losses" Rather than, "For better or for worse.") 

Well.... for me, when I was little: It was all about fishing. My dad fishes. He is all about fishing. Saturdays are for fishing. We went camping... to fish. I did Father Daughter fishing trips. It's what I knew. 

Then I became an adult. I honestly haven't fished in probably twenty years. Not because I hate it... I just don't. We break down defenses in this house. We grade film. We go to football games. 

I was talking to someone in town one day about how I love our new town, but I missed the perks of ATL living: The Zoo. It was truly our favorite way to spend a morning. We never got tired of it. They said, "Oh, she will love the Go Fish Center!" I did a quick search and KNEW we had to visit. 

My parents came to visit one weekend and I knew it was the perfect time. 

We went on a Saturday morning and there were maybe 10 people visiting. It was super clean, very nice, and the perfect mixture of inside and outside. Plus... it was less than $10. 

Inside you can "catch" a fresh water fish....

 or go deep sea fishing. 

This made me laugh until I was crying. I love him. 

You can practice

your boat driving skills... 

Outside you can visit all of the different types of ecosystems you will find in Georgia. Calla was in love. 

Then you can spend the rest of the afternoon (or thirty minutes if you're 2) outside fishing at the catch and release pond. 

You fish with hotdogs... and the fish are really good at just stealing your bait. Either that or I am a little rusty on setting the hook. 

Then it happened.... she caught one! Her very first fish! When I asked her what she thought... she said... "EW! It's disgusting." (Eye roll emoji!) 

It wasn't Zoo Atlanta... but the memories are just the same. 

How?

How is it the last official week of Summer Break (NOT the last week of Summer. You best believe we will spend our weekends in the water and eating ice cream for a few more months!)  and I haven't published one single blog post all summer? Oh... wait... we moved. And I have an extremely active almost 3 year old. (I be three in August... her current favorite thing to tell someone.) 

Memorial Day weekend was just like last weekend... right?

Here are a few summer facts:

I didn't take my "big" camera anywhere this summer. Usually it is attached to my arm for the many memories that need documenting. This summer the iphone X was my jam. And believe it or not, memories were still made. And documented.

When I grow up I want to sell ice cream on the beach. I'll charge $3 for each one and put the $4 man out of business. It's a good thing Calla Cain gets ice cream money from family for her birthday. She did a good job saving it for the summer. ;)

Our new town is simply Perrydise. From food trucks to water days, perfect afternoon shopping, and the sweetest little ice cream shop walking distance from our front door.... life is really really great.

Oh... and did I mention these views while I run?

My front porch has become my favorite place to sit in the evenings.And mornings. And afternoons. It's just my favorite. 

As Always,
C^2

Life Is Like....

Life is like... really good right now.

We made it... May is here. Bring on the to do list that is 18 miles long.

 Rather than the millions of things that should be done... here is what the CainFam has been doing in our free time:



Lots and lots of time playing outside with our favorite CainWeims.

Speaking of the CainWeims... we LIVE for evening runs. They kinda get us all kinds of crunk.

Quick trips to the city...

Visits to our favorite Whale Sharks.

Oh.... and trips to the park where you leave your teacher rules at home and let your kid slide head first.

Love love, 

C^2