Our Friday Night Ritual

Well when you have kids and work - you tend to do things that are easy and familiar on the weekends (one to avoid a melt down along the way - and ) to spend as much quality time with the kids as possible but also not feel like you are confined to the house. SO our Friday night ritual is Mexican with friends. These are a few pictures I thought were cute, we went out to eat to Mexican (fast but not "Fast Food") and then back to Brian and Missy's house for the kids to play. Reece just got his big boy bed set up so Bradley (middle) Reece (right) and Tanner (left) had to try it out and see how many could fit comfortably.

Our 2007 Beach Trip

OK Well I finally got some pictures of the beach trip - We had a great time and did not want to come back. We went August 11th - 18th and we have already been trying to plan our trip for next year. Here is the house we stayed at - very nice but the bathroom situation wasn't ideal so we probably won't go back here - we have been looking for a different place for next year - there were 5 bedrooms a master (which Jeremy and I were lucky to get) since we had the kids and then the four rooms downstairs had jack and jill baths (2 rooms shared one bath room) so when you have four people (Jim, Wendy, Nick and Nicki) sharing one room and three people (Pat, Donna and Kourtney Tinsley) sharing the other room you have 7 adults sharing one bathroom. Not really ideal.

Aunt Wendy bought Bradley and Wesley matching swim trunks so we went out on the beach one morning to take some pictures - needless to say Bradley wasn't very cooperative and Wesley can't sit up by himself so there were only a couple of really good ones.

I was surprised but Bradley LOVED The beach - there were a ton more pictures but I thought I would spare you the 550+ that mom sent me on an album and just post this one that pretty much said it all.

He also really enjoyed the pool - He did really good we were all so proud of him. Again I am only posting a few pics.

And here is Wesley - he didn't get out much - I didn't even put him in the ocean or pool - It was so sunny everyday I was afraid to get him out from under his cover to take him down there for even a minute for fear he would get sun - As you can see in the second pic. he did get some sun even though we were very careful to always have him covered.

And here is the rest of the family - proof we were all there - and that it is not ALL about the kids.

Another Party!!! This one was a Surprise

On July 28th we attended Mindy Young's Surprise 50th Birthday Party - I thought these were cute of Bradley and there is one of Wesley (he slept through most of it) :-)

This is Bradley hiding for the Big Surprise - He is such a lady's man.

Bradley playing football

Wesley and Wendy -

And a big hug for the birthday girl - Happy Birthday Mindy!

And I couldn't leave out Bradley eating cake with Maddy she is so beautiful.

Back to Work

Unfortunately I came back to work yesterday. Lots of changes to deal with but overall so far hasn't been that bad other than missing my boys - all three of them. Jeremy goes back tomorrow so our life officially begins tomorrow. It will be interesting to see if we both make it to work on time. Jeremy has watched Bradley the past two days and mom has watched Wesley. That way it is not too hard on just one of them. Bradley doesn't start preschool until September 5th so mom will have the both all day for a week and a half. I hope she survives. I have asked her several times if she wants me to find someone else but she always says she doesn't want a stranger watching her grand kids. We went to N. Myrtle the week of August 11th - my last HOORAH before coming back to work - we had a great time - Bradley did so good in the pool and loved the beach and ocean. I will post pictures as soon as I get them downloaded. Hopefully it won't be this long in between posts next time.

Wesley

I just thought these were really good pictures of Wesley that mom took a couple of weeks ago.

Parties, Parties, Parties

Well, we have been real party animals lately - that is all we get done these days - Birthday Parties. First up was Bradley's 3rd birthday party on June 17th. Here are a few pictures of his party.

And - Bradley's favorite gift......................

His catchers equipment!

Then there was our neighbor Nick's party on June 30th - here are a few pictures of that party.

Then came Alex's party on July 7th.............

And lastly yesterday July 8th was Avery's first Birthday party and it was a pool party - I didn't know how Bradley would do since it had been about a year since he had been in a pool but he did good. However he started swimming lessons today which didn't go that great - hopefully tomorrow will be better for that.

Bradley's BIG Birthday Present

OK - Sorry these are out of order but mom just emailed me a bunch of picutres. Bradley turned three June 11th. We planned to have his party May 27th to have it over with before the birth of Wesley - however Wesley came early and the party wasn't until June 17th. At the beginning of the summer both our neighbors put up wooden swing sets - Bradley wondered where his was so we decided that would be his birthday present. After shopping around we decided the one from Sam's Club was the best value - however, it is somewhat BIG. Bigger than we thought once we got it up. Also our grass had not come up in the back very well so in order to avoid a mud hole after it rained we had to lay down rubber mulch. To sum it all up it turned out to be a week long project. It took us 22 hours to put together the clubhouse - If anyone has gotten one of the Sam's Club clubhouses then you know all the stickers that tell you which board is what have fallen off. The first 3 hours were spent marking all the boards. NOT FUN!!! Anyway it turned out really nice thanks to Dad, Mom, Jim, Wendy, Nick and Nicki.