A Day at the Zoo

Baby Lily invited us to join her for her 1st trip to the zoo this past Sunday. The weather was wonderful and the boys loved it! Lily (who is smitten with her cousin, Grayson) didn't give a hoot about the animals but stared at Gray anytime he was vaguely close to her. Afterward, Scott and I took the boys out to lunch. We ate at this new (ish) little sub place near the new Publix downtown. the place is Jimmie Johns Gourmet Subs and it was really good. The guys that worked there were terribly nice and we will definitely be heading back! Try it out if you are in the area!

I love these guys!

Look at these faces. Enough said!

Cake for breakfast?!

Ok, so I know that to look at me you would never imagine but I DO know that cake for breakfast is not really a good way to start the day. Nevertheless, we had some leftover cake one morning and my boys asked for it for "breskiss" as Grayson calls it. They love cake and the love "hamming it up" for the camera (somedays).

"For the Birds"

One afternoon I found a baby cardinal in my yard. Of course, my dog was trying to eat it but, whatever.

Anyhoo, I took some pics and the Papa Cardinal kept a close eye on me. Once he even flew out of the tree and toward me. I was kinda scared!

Here are a couple of pics of the baby who is so ugly that he is cute and the protective Papa.

"Country" Life

Ok, so I have had a ton of people tell me they love where we live because we have the joy of wide open spaces and yet we are close enough to everything to make it convenient.

From time to time we have "visitors" that have consisted of lots of deer, wild turkeys, a beaver and coyotes. Never before have we been visited by ducks but a couple of weeks ago, that changed.

Piper, our puppy, was barking up a storm so I stepped outside to check it out. There were 4 ducks just hanging out in our yard and it was almost as though they were taunting Piper. "Here we are you silly little dog. Quack. Come and get us if you dare! Quack." Needless to say, I yelled at the boys to come outside and I grabbed the camera.

Carter had a ball chasing the ducks around. There was a really cute video but it included my neighbor across the street using a bad word so I didn't want to post that one. (The neighbor across the street shall remain nameless but SHE knows who SHE is. :-)

Enjoy!

An Evening Downtown

After a few days inside with the boys, Scott and I decided that we should pack the boys up and head downtown to expend some energy outside. We took the boys for a walk over the Fall River Bridge and down by the river just to roam around. They watched people, dogs and the ducks and found sticks and rocks to through into the river. You know, normal little boy stuff! Grayson and I climbed on the big rocks near the bottom of the waterfall. Oh! What a site that was!!

We also enjoyed yummy ice cream from Spill the Beans (Daddy and Mommy had Starbucks).

If you haven't had the chance to get to Falls Park , you really should try it! There is so much to see and it really has turned into a beautiful area.

Trip to Baltimore July 2008

We recently took a trip to Baltimore to see my best friend Jenny and her boys (husband, Chris and Cole and the new baby). We normally head up a couple of times a year but had not been able to make it up yet this year. They welcomed a new baby boy, Rhys Alexander, in April and "Aunt Kelly" just had to get up to introduce herself!

We did the usual hanging out and just enjoying each other. The little ones, Grayson, Carter and Cole (their oldest, who is Carter's age) also enjoyed hanging out and already have what we think is the closest thing to sibling rivalry that we can think of.

We had a 4th of July cookout with another family that we have gotten to know in the Baltimore area, Heather and her belly (she is expecting a little boy in August), Mark and Sierra Lane. The Dads shot fireworks for the kiddos for about 2 minutes and it started raining. Needless to say, the kids were bummed but they quickly moved on to other activities.

We also ventured out into Washington DC for a day trip. We took all of the "littles" to the Natural History Museuam as well as to the Air and Space Museum. We rode the Metro into and home from DC which the boys enjoyed. Carter was a little afraid at first but he got used to it by the end of the trip in and was too tired to care on the way back.

As always, our trip to visit Jen and the family was fabulous and we miss them so much! They keep talking of moving "down south" and I am anxiously awaiting the day that I can visit without having to drive 9 hours to do so!