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!!

Fun Times...

I need to catch up on some pictures. Here we are at the zoo with the Miller's Friday June 19th. It was member's night at the zoo from 6-8. We took Brycen and Brady and they had a blast. We were able to do some neat things like visit inside the elephant barn, ride the carousel for

F-R-E-E (Tasha) and see the animals eating their special watermelon treats.

On Sunday June 21st we celebrated father's day at our house with Joe's dad, Jamie and Ben.

Here's a picture of all of the Chavis men.

(playing around as usual)

Update on Joe...

Joe experienced some heart problems on Friday. His heart was in atrial fibrillation from about 3:00 Friday morning until about 12:00 Friday afternoon. Joe was awake at 3 am because Brady had called out for him in his sleep. Joe went to Brady's room and when he came back to bed he realized something wasn't right. At 7:00 he went on to work as normal. On the way out the door her just said he didn't feel good and that he would be ok. He decided to drive his own car to the job site he is working on right now. It just happens to be the new Long's pharmacy in Irmo which is right across the parking lot from our doctor's office. Once Joe got to the site he continued to feel worse and he could feel his heart beating really fast. He was sweating a lot and he felt like he might pass out. So, he walked accross the parking lot to our doctor. They immediately did an EKG and told him it was atrial fibrillation or irregular heart beat. Joe was then sent to the ER at Lexington. I recieved a phone call from Joe around 9:30 telling me he was headed to the ER. I left Bible school and Brady (with Tasha) and headed there to meet Joe. They kept him in the ER for several hours and thankfully his heart beat and blood pressure returned to normal on their own.
Yesterday we went to the cariologist. He examined the abnormal EKG from Friday and explained atrial fibrillation in much more detail. I'm writing about this because it can be very serious. The blood can pool in the top chamber of the heart and clot and a clot can break off and cause a stroke. When sharing this experience SEVERAL girls have told me their husbands have had similar things happen to them. The key is to get to the dr. while it's happening. You don't need an appointment...just go...I promise they'll see you!! Once you have an EKG showing the abnormal heartbeat a cardiologist can help you. This is not normal for a man in his 30's who is in good health. We all know Joe is a big guy, but he is very active and healthy.
Joe has had his blood tested for just about everything in the past few days including thyroid problems which can cause this heart problem. He will be doing a stress test and an ecocardiogram July 10th. I'll let you know what we find out then.
Thanks for all of the prayers!!!
~Kim

We love summer time...

We've been out of school for 1 week and Brady and I have already done so much. Last Saturday we went to the pool with the Pender's. Monday and Tuesday we spent with Deedee and Solana at Funzone and the splash pad at Saluda Shoals. Wednesday Brady and I played at the playground at Seven Oaks Park and in the sprinkler at home. Thursday was Brady's day at Ms. Debbie's but we still got to play outside with our neighborhood friends in the afternoon.

Today we went to the zoo with Solana and Brycen. Brady had a blast!! Of course Brady rode the carousel and the train. He got to feed the giraffe and the Lorikeets. Today he also got to ride a pony for the first time. He LOVED it!!

Softball...

Thursday night Joe played in 2 softball games. Brady and I were able to go to the 7:00 game and Brady had a great time. We haven't been to a game in a while so he was very excited.

I love this picture! I couldn't resist taking a picture of Brady's little legs hanging off of the bench beside Joe. He thought he was so big sitting in the dugout with the team.

Joe took Brady onto the field before the game and let him run around the bases. He wore his glove and chased Joe around. He made sure to step on each base.