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!

Wild Dunes...

We spent this past week with my family at Wild Dunes on Isle of Palms. Brady LOVED the ocean this year. He only went to the pool twice all week. He had the best time digging in the sand and playing in the water. There was never a quiet moment in the house with 10 people there...Brady loved every minute of it. He's still catching up on his sleep now that we're home!

Here is a good picture of the busted lip/nose Brady got the 1st day we were there. He was a real trooper and the salt water helped heal it really quickly.

I love this picture of Brady and Joe. They had the best time playing around together.

Brady and Joe eating breakfast together on the back porch of the beach house.
Just to Joe's left was a lagoon and Brady would look for the aligator and turtles each morning.

Brady doing his "work" on G's computer.

Brady loved to dig right at the water and then watch the water fill in the hole. Mimi was great at doing "boy stuff" with us on the days Joe had to come back for work.

We had a great time!! Thanks Mimi and G!!

When you own a house on IOP one day remember to save a room for us. : )

More Summer Fun...

We have been having so much fun!! Brady has moved into his "big boy" bed. I hope to post pictures of his entire room soon.

Here are Brady and Brycen playing on his new bed - Wednesday July 22nd

They have so much fun just being boys!!

Brady and I enjoyed making cupcakes together for Pop's 60th birthday party.

Friday July 24th

We went to the splash pad at Saluda Shoals with the Penders yesterday (July 27th). All of the kids had a great time. They are so sweet to Brady.

Here are the Pender boys playing Wii in our playroom. They are so good at including Brady.

Today we went to the zoo with Solana and Deedee. Solana and Brady loved the pony ride of course. We all had a great time!!

A Great Trip...

Last week Joe and I traveled to the Dominican Republic with the Robinson's and the Miller's. We all planned this trip to celebrate our 5 year anniversaries together. We had a great time!!

These two pictures show the view from the balcony outside our room.

Everything was so beautiful!

The beach was wonderful. The water was great!!
We had a great time relaxing, talking and joking around.

On Tuesday we spent the whole day at the beach then we had Italian for dinner. Wednesday we did a little shopping, had couples messages and then we headed back to the beach. Wednesday night we went to the Japenese steak house for dinner then we went to a Michael Jackson show. It was really good. The dancing was great and we were all glad the music was in English. :)

It was so much fun to sit on the beach with Caroline and Tasha. We read a lot of books and we actually had conversations with full sentences. I'm not sure we can say the same for the guys!! We had so much fun together...we always do.

Here we are about to get on the plane and fly back to Charlotte. We were all missing the boys by this time so we were ready to get home!!

Here's to many more great years of marriage!!