Family Day at the Park

Went to the park one day as a family ... here are some of our captured moments!

Daddy and Lucie on the slide

Captain Clayton

Maecie go down the slide

Taking a gander at the water nearby

Attempting to get all three in a pic together...

Two hotties! haha!

The quietest and most still these two were all day!

Little Lucie conquering the wall!

It was a great day had by all!!

To Grandma's House We Go...

We took a much needed family trip to Florence and Columbia, SC Labor Day weekend. Our goal was to visit with family and pick up some furniture. With my grandmother moving to an apartment, she was getting rid of a hutch. And since my house didn't quite have the best place to store Patrick's Grandmother's china, I asked for it!

We trekked to Florence and picked up some furniture and visited with Grandma Da. Clayton drew a picture to give to Da upon our arrival:

{He's such the little artist}

Grandma Da gave some pink pillows to Maecie (who LOVES pink) and she had a lovely time playing with them:

Then we headed to Grammie and Grandpa's house in Columbia. Patrick and I were able to sneak off to see a movie, just the two of us! So hard to go on a date these days... We (Patrick) helped Grandpa around the house the next day and the kids and I helped Grammie rearrange furniture, pull out all of the toys, and "work out" on their exercise equipment!

 The kids love visiting their grandparents and I'm glad they have such awesome ones {all 7 of them!!}

What a Wonderful Weekend!!!

This has been such a memorable Memorial Day Weekend!

I kicked it off by hanging out with my best-friend and cousin, Sarah. She stayed the weekend with me while her parents were out of town. Friday we watched movies as it poured rain.

Saturday night, we went to dinner with "the girls" at Carrabba's. It was YUMMY! And then we watched Twilight while Patrick went jug fishing with the guys.

Sunday, after a short church attendance, we went home to find my parents, brother and his family at the house. Adam, my brother, and his wife had just returned from Hawaii and we were exchanging children and vehicles that had been kept in their absence. Always a good reason to gather and grill out. So my sister and her family drove up to eat lunch ... hot dogs and hamburgers with all of the fixin's.

Monday we celebrated Memorial Day by heading to Mountain Island Lake for a day of boating. We met up with some new friends and played at the sandbar. We picnic-ed (sp??) and rode around until the kids were passed out or either on the brink of passing out! Then we returned home for more grilling out and movies.

Over the weekend, Sarah and I have managed to watch all 3 Twlight movies, one each night. What a wonderful weekend we have had to spend together, as a family!