Schoooooooool's Out for Summer!!!

Hello Blogland!

I know, I know... it's been a while! Well schoooooool's out for summer and I have a little more time on my hands. I have enjoyed being home this past week with my little man! He is just so much fun these days. I love that he is so independent and can do so much by himself. He says "My do it, mommy!! My do it!!!"

My goal is to post pictures of our summer activities each week. So here goes...

June 5: Farm Days at the Crooks' Farm

We enjoyed Farm Day at the Crooks' Farm. We fed the chickens and goats. Then took a little hike to a beautiful waterfall. We even got to see and pet 2 snakes. Parker enjoyed riding the John Deere tractor and just simply being outside. We ended the day with a ride on the horsie! What an amazing day with our Foothills family.

June 6: Pool Day with Friends

Parker LOVE, LOVE, LOVES the water! He is doing a great job "fwimming"! Parker has NO fear of the water. He even jumps off the diving board.

June 9: Pool Day

I have a feeling we are going to be at the pool ALOT this summer! When Parker wakes up in the morning I always ask him what he wants to do. And his response is always the same, "Go fwimmning at Aunt Jody's house!"

June 11: Lake Day with Friends
We spent the day on the lake with great friends! We enjoyed playing at the waterfall, swimming at the "beach", and tubing! Oh what fun!

Halloween 2010

We had a wonderful time trick or treating with friends for Halloween! Here are some pictures from our night:

A special thank you to our official photographer, Christy!

Celebrating the Red, White, and Blue

Each 4th of July we have friends and family over for food, games, and FiReWoRkS!!! Our city puts on an amazing fireworks display in the field just below our house. Our front yard is the perfect place to watch the fireworks show. We are so incredibly blessed with awesome family and friends. I couldn't think of a better way to spend the 4th, celebrating the red, white, and blue!! Here are some pictures of our celebration:

Parker & Papa

Ashlee & Parker

Ms. Goss & Austin

Mommy & Parker

The Stegall Family

Rebekkah & Michelle

Sweet Zuri

Gavin

Lawton

Parker & Nolan

Austin and Parker

The Ball Pit was a HUGE hit!

The Wagon Rides were also a big hit!

Aunt Trudy & Parker

Noah

The Odom Boys

Happy 4th of July! (10 months old!)

The Homemade Ice Cream Makers! Dave & Daron (Double D)

Waiting on the the fireworks to begin...

Will he LOVE 'em or HATE 'em?

I told you it was amazing!!!

They were REALLY loud because they are so close, but....

Parker LOVED the fireworks! He sat in PaPa's lap, laid back, and watched the BIG kabooms!

Hope everyone had a great 4th! We are so blessed to live in such a great Nation! ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY & JUSTICE FOR ALL! PRAISE GOD!

A Day at the Zoo

A Day at the Zoo & no not the Zelmer Zoo, the REAL Zoo. Parker and I went to the Greenville Zoo today with some friends of ours from church, Rebekkah and Owen. Rebekkah had FREE tickets that expired today so we packed a picnic lunch and headed to Greenville with our little monkeys. It was a PERFECT day. We've had such hot weather here lately that it's almost been unbearable outside. Today was kind of overcast and it was much cooler outside with a light breeze. PERFECT! We enjoyed a nice picnic lunch at the Zoo. They have a nice park and playground there that the boys will love when they are a little older. Parker enjoyed looking at all of the animals, although I know he will enjoy it even more when he's older. We had a great day with Rebekkah and Owen!

Oktoberfest = Mudfest

This past weekend my friend Ashlee came up to stay with us. Friday night we enjoyed a nice Mexican dinner with our old friend Jose! Man, I've missed him!!

Saturday night we met The Garrett's and The Swain's for a night of fun at Oktoberfest. Daron and Ashlee had never been to Oktoberfest and I told them they were in for a treat. Each year the festival is held at Sertoma Field in Walhalla. This is the same field that just weeks earlier flooded with water from all the rain we've had recently.

Rain + Field = MUD and lots of it!



(These pictures were stolen borrowed from two of my friends Facebook pages. shhhhh...)

When we first arrived at Oktoberfest, we all just stood around and took it all in. I have never seen so much mud in my entire life. AND people were tromping through it, pushing strollers like it was no big deal.(and to think I asked Daron as we were leaving the house why he was wearing his old boots. HA!) We then made our way to the huge tent in the middle of the field where we listened to The Little German Band play and watched the German dancers and "others" twirl around and make fools of themselves do dances like The Chicken Dance. This was highly entertaining. The men enjoyed some authentic German food and us girls stuck to Chic-fil-a and funnel cakes. What's a festival without a funnel cake? Right Daron??? We ended the night back at Tyler's parent's house. The fireworks for Oktoberfest were shot right in the Garrett's backyard so needless to say we had great seats. We had a great weekend and can't wait to do it again next year. Minus the mud of course.

If you've never experienced the Oktoberfest, you should check it out next year.

Happy Fall Ya'll

A few weeks ago my Aunt Lisa came for a visit. While she was here, she and my mom planted fall flowers in all of my planters on my front porch. Here is our front porch decorated for fall. Thanks Ladies!!! It looks beeee-U-ti-ful!



Last weekend we set out to the little Pumpkin Patch that is down from our house with friends. Parker picked out a lil' pumpkin with his friend Nolan. He also enjoyed posing for pictures with all of the pumpkins.



Here are Parker's five and six week pictures. It is getting harder and harder to find time to blog with a newborn. He doesn't sleep as long as he did those first few weeks!

Baby Shower hosted by Friends!

This post is a little late, but I wanted to share some of the awesome baby showers that were given to us!

First up, my friends Alicia and Christy hosted a beautiful baby shower with a zebra striped and polka dot theme. Even though it was in July, it was a gorgeous day. It almost felt like fall outside. We enjoyed our yummy "shower" food out on the deck overlooking a picture perfect view. Thank you ladies for such a wonderful shower!! Daron and I are so blessed to have such great friends!


The adorable invitations that Christy designed! So cute and creative!!!


Cute Cake! Don't you just love the cake display! I love the little poem too!


Candle favors!


The delicious food!


The wonderful hostesses, Christy and Alicia!


My awesome mommy!!!


"Auntie" Ashlee made it up for the shower!


Thank you ladies for a great shower!