Okra Strut...

Saturday morning we went to the Okra Strut parade. G rode with us and we joined the Robinson's and the Miller's at the parade. It was a little rainy but we still had fun.

I love this picture of G and Brady. This was Brady's reaction to the horn on the firetruck at the beginning of the parade.

The rain started at the end of the parade, but we stuck with it.

The sticker on Joe's shirt says, "Let's go Joe!" It was from Joe Wilson who by far got the loudest applause of any other politician in the parade and that's no lie. : )

Thanks aunt Tash for letting the boys enjoy their candy under your umbrella.

This was Brady's 1st experience with Smarties. He seemed to like them.

A great weekend...

Saturday Joe and I went to the USC game. This year we only have tickets to two games so we were excited and ready to make the most of our day. We packed some really yummy food and headed off to spend time with friends.

Here's a picture of our crew! We all had a great time! The new parking wasn't so bad after all.

Go gamecocks!


Brady spent the night with Mimi & G Saturday night and we met them at church Sunday morning. After Sunday School we decided to get Brady from the nursery early and head home for some family time. We had fun Saturday, but we missed him too. I wasn't planning to cook anything right when we got home, but Brady asked if we could cook so here he is "helping" me make mashed potatoes.

We started singing a silly song about cold potatoes and this is Brady using his wooden spoon as a guitar. It was hilarious!!

Then the shirt came off and dad got in on the craziness. If you're wondering about the green sunglasses...Brady wears these when we open the stove because he says the light is so bright...I think they are his cooking glasses now.

Sunday afternoon Pop came over to play with Brady while we headed to Gary's surprise 60th birthday party on the Southern Pattriot. He had no idea. The weather was perfect, the lake was beautiful and we all had a great time with family and friends.

Joe took this picture of Mom and Gary walking down to the boat. This is when Gary first realized the people on the boat where all people he knew. : )

Happy birthday G!!

Sesame Street Live...

We took Brady to see Sesame Street Live Saturday morning. This is the first time we've taken him to anything like this. He had a great time!!

We don't watch Sesame Street so Brady didn't know the character's names, really Elmo is the only one he's heard of, but he still liked the show. The singing and dancing where great.

He was in his own seat until the lights went out then he went straight for my lap.

I wish we could say the Carolina game was this much fun Saturday night!

Having Fun...

Even though school has started back and we're all getting back into our routine we're still having fun!! I love this picture of Brady. He's trying to get a butterfly to land on his hand at EdVenture.

Here's Brady playing musical notes with his feet. This is always a big hit at EdVenture.

The traveling exhibit is all about sports right now. Brady threw a tennis ball that registered 15 mph. Not bad for a 2 year old. Joe was very proud!!

On the same trip Brady crawled threw the fire exit tunnel for the first time.

When he came out he said, "Mom that was really dark and I wasn't scared!"

Tasha and I took Brady and Brycen to the zoo late one afternoon when hardly anyone was there and the boys got to sit in the engine of the train. They sort of looked like they thought they were doing something wrong. :)

Brycen wasn't too sure about Brady's driving ability and the Dad's don't look too concerned.

Last weekend we spent one last day at the pool in the morning with the Miller's and then we went to the zoo in the afternoon with the Miller's and the Robinson's. We all had a blast! The boys saw some other kids climb on this rock so of course we did it too.

Brady, Brycen and Will rode the train with out any of us. They did great!

The carousel is always a big hit.

Brady playing with the Pender boys after school yesterday. Anyone know that big kid on the bottom? We're so blessed to have moved to a new house with great neighbors!! Brady loves these guys!