Scooby and Maggie May

We decided a while back that we wanted to do a blog for Scooby in June for his 16th birthday. He is almost impossible to capture in still photos but now that we have this video thing going, it seemed to be the purrrrrfect way to celebrate! Here he is loving up on his doggie, Maggie May. Maggie turned 10 in April (and we forgot to do a blog for her - ooops!). So enjoy Scooby's debut on the blog and Maggie's first video, although we have been a little slack with the animals since Alyssa came along, we sure do love our fuzz balls!

Weekend in Columbia, SC

We had a really nice weekend in Columbia. We had lunch with Clay and Miller, took Granny to the Edventure Children's Museum and swam in a pool for the first time this summer. Above Alyssa is either giving or stealing sugar from her Granny.

Miller is getting so BIG! It was a special treat to have lunch with he and Clay.

Granny with her two Grand kids, Alyssa and Miller. Then it was off to Edventure . . .

Big Eddie - it's hard to capture his true size, but he is HUGE and Alyssa had a great time crawling inside his stomach, heart and brain. A really neat display!

There is no containing the energy of this girl - she was all about action and this Children's Museum was a great place to unleash her! She's playing music by hopping around.

Granny and I watching Drew and Alyssa climb to the top of the Energy Tower.

Alyssa's favorite thing was this slide (Don't they have these at McDonald's?)

Slide down then jump - what fun, oh, to be young again!

Then it was off to the hotel where our girl took a two hour swim and is getting better at going under.

Then, dinner at guess where?

Finally, a video of Alyssa playing with Granny and Chevy's kitty, Lilly. We had a really fun weekend and can't wait to see you guys again soon!

Charleston Riverdogs Baseball Game

We went to our first Riverdogs game in 5 years, over the weekend. Just for comparison purposes I had to include some photos from that last game 5 years ago. . .

Look how much Alyssa has grown, look how skinny Momma used to be :(

Same look on her face - why is all of Dada's hair gray?

Drew captured a beautiful sunset from the stadium at high tide - life goes on . . .

One last blast from the past - all these babies start Kindergarten in the fall - Alyssa, Kim Matthew, Cameron, Abigail and Caroline. How time flies!!!

Good Food with Old Friends

Finally - Drew gets a blog! this past week we had two great meals with old friends of Drew's. We started off meeting Paul's family for dinner at Shem Creek Bar and Grill (Does this make you hungry, Uncle Brad?!?).

Drew and Paul have been friends since they were teenagers, so good to catch up!

Married and one child later . . .

Paul, Maryam, and one of the cutest babies ever, Wade!

Lovely sunset on Shem Creek . . .

Next, black beans and rice a week later at Vickery's - what a healthy eating boy!

Kevin Kipler (KK), Drew, Wade and Paul, more friends, more good Lowcountry food!

Everyone has a camera . . .

And why not?

Shrimp boats on Shem Creek.

And what blog would be complete without a photo or mention of Alyssa? Here she is examining the sidewalk artwork, one of my favorite things about Vickery's. Although I have to recommend the Portabella Mushroom Sandwich - it was delicious!

Preschool Graduation Photos

Can it really be time for our 5 pound "sack of sugah" to go to Kindergarten?

That's what this Diploma says.

The Three Amigas sharing refreshments - we are REALLY gonna miss our friends, especially Piper and Hali!

And our teachers, especially Ms. Melissa and Ms. Elsa.

I love this photo! Our Preschool "boyfriend" - Gabriel, notice the matching missing tooth.

Hali, William, Gabriel and Alyssa - Look Out Kindergarten . . . . . .

HERE WE . . .

COME ! ! !

Preschool Graduation

A historic day - not only did Alyssa graduate from Preschool, we finally figured out how to record, upload and blog a video. Photos coming soon but for now here's our girl pomping and circumstancing. Note: caps were attached with scotch tape :)

Purdy Hair

Ever since Alyssa has had hair we have always told her that she had "Purdy" Hair and as a baby she would touch her hair and pat it - it was really cute (especially since she didn't have much hair at the time)! This night she had her own version of "Purdy" hair - we had to get a few shots, blackmail later maybe?!?!

Her sense of style is something else!

Here she is in the kitchen in the midst of a few hundred of her toys, smiling big with "Purdy" Hair!