May

May was a busy month! It was the end of school and beginning of Summer so we had a lot of special activities.

First we spend Mother's Day weekend with my mom @ the Poultry Festival. It's become our Mother's Day Tradition. Josh had a wedding to attend so it was just me and the boys w/ Gigi and Papaw. We did have a few friends come and join us.

O relaxing on the porch

P playing his first carnival game! He won a blow up sword which he used to hit bypassers while walking thru the festival. Needless to say, that didn't last long.....Not sure how that hole got there!! :)

My 2 favorite boys swinging together

Watching the parade

Having a picnic lunch with good friends! What a great weekend!!

I also took Price on a date! I get a lot of one-on-one time with Owen but not with Price, so one Sunday, while Daddy was with Owen, Price and I went to the zoo! My mom got us an explorer membership and we wanted to check out all the neat things we got to do.

First we went to the 3D Sea Turtle Movie

Then, off to feed the Lorikeets

Of Course, the Carousel

And the Train

Then he got to enjoy some "Camoflauge" ice-cream!

He also wanted to ride the Tram which allowed me some Garden Pics

It was nice to have that special date w/ my sweet little man!

Then Price's Preschool had a Mother's Day Brunch for all the Mommies!

It was very special and I had a great time. The teachers even served us! What a treat!

My next post should be about his Church Choir Musical but because I got a new Camera right before his musical, and I didn't know how to use it, I accidently deleted all of those precious pictures! But he did great in his "Praise Parade"!

And finally, his end of the year program at Preschool

Singing....kind of.....

Price with his best girls!

His teachers!

Price w/ his best little buddy, Tucker!

We sure are going to miss Mrs. Boyd & Mrs. Dunlap but look forward to our new teachers next year!

Strawberries!

In the beginning of May we went Strawberry picking. It was Owen's first time getting to pick strawberries and but I think he liked eating his strawberries more then picking them. Price did a great job, although several of his strawberries were unedibleout!

Leaving Sease Farm! We were officially strawberried out!

Once we finished at Sease Farms, we headed on over to the Farmer's Shed. If you haven't eaten there, you should. They have the best butter beans I've ever put in my mouth. Even the boys ate all their veggies. A great way to end the day!

April

In order to be a better blogger, I am trying to at least update monthly. We'll see.....


Okay, I'll start with SOCCER!!

Price just finished his 2nd soccer season and he did GREAT! I was very proud of him. He learned a lot of skill and even got "The Best Ball Handler" Award at his soccer party. His coaches were great and prayed before and after each game. We just signed him up for T-ball this summer but I'm hoping that we'll be able to play soccer again in the fall.

Anniversary

Next, Josh and I just celebrated 5 WONDERFUL years of marriage. Who knew that in 5 years we would have two beautiful children. I am so proud of us! Josh and I are definitely made for each other. We are very different in many ways, but like Paula Abdul and Kool Kat say, "Opposites Attract"! (Now THAT is showing my age!)

To Celebrate, we spent the weekend at a B&B in downtown Charleston and even got to visit some good friends in Charleston while we were there.

CUBBIES

When we returned from Charleston, Price had his Cubbie Awards at Church. This is his second year in the AWANAS program and Price learned over 30 bible verses this year in Cubbies. We practiced them every night before he went to sleep and I was amazed at how easily he learned them. I hope he always carries God word in his heart.

OWEN

Although Owen isn't involved in a much as Price, he is still a busy little boy. He wants to be just like Price and mostly that just annoys his Big Bro. He repeats what P says and LOVES playing with him. Price and Owen actually get along great most of the time. Owen has a very giving heart. When Price is upset about Owen having something he wants, Owen just gives it to him. That is why they mostly get along! :) He is also starting to hit the terrible twos and when he doesn't get his way, it sometimes causes a nice little fit. He's still way more mellow then Price ever dreamed of being. It's amazing how different two children from the same parents can be.

GYM

And LAST but not LEAST the GYM! I joined one! Golds, to be exact! I have been tired of the horizontal growing I have been doing and I must say that joining the gym is the best thing I have ever done for myself. I joined over a month ago and have gone at least 3 times, but mostly 4 times, a week. I take Zumba 3 times a week and go once for cardio and weights. If you haven't done Zumba, you should definitely try it. It's the most fun I've ever had exercising in my life. Reminds me of going out in College, minus the Happy Hour beforehand! :) Come join me, if your feeling up to it! And Sorry, NO pictures to follow this one up! :)

I think that's all for now. Hope everyone is doing great. When I don't update, I also don' t read blogs so I'll try to better on that as well.

Easter Update

Apparently I'm the worst Blogger in the world b/c I can't seem to find time to update these days. Forgive me....

We had a pretty good pre-Easter but a not-so-good Easter.
We first had our Church Easter Egg Hunt the weekend before Easter and got to see the Easter Bunny. Price had a great Easter Party and Egg hunt at his preschool. Then the friday before my friend, Traci, put on a big Easter Egg hunt and also invited the Easter Bunny to come and visit.

The boys were so excited about hunting eggs and did a great job!

The Saturday morning before Easter, Josh started throwing up and Owen had a 102 fever. Luckily it only lasted 24 hours but we didn't get to go to Easter Services, which was a big dissapointment, or go to our yearly Easter trip to the zoo with my mom and stepdad.

I am very thankful Price and I never got sick. Hopefully the summer brings less sickness!

I hope everyone else had a Happy Easter!

Bribery

Today Price sang in the preschool choir at church. I was worried he wouldn't sing (like last time) so I told him before church that if he sang pretty, he could have whatever he wanted for lunch!
His request: Donuts and French Fries! Lunch of Champions!! :)

Edventure & Bday Parties

I took Owen & Price to Edventure last Friday with some friends. It was Owen's first time going and he absolutly loved it. The Fire Truck was his favorite!!

Price & Brice on the Fire Truck

O driving the Fire Truck
(I had to pry him out of that seat!)

Driving the VW. The boy likes to drive!

A rare picture of P&O together! :)

Pushing their buggys (would that be buggies or buggys? Oh, who cares....)

Apparently O thought we needed some clothes detergent!

On Saturday we had birthday parties to attend. Owen's friend, Manning, turned 2! She had the Columbia Marionette Theater come and preform a puppet show. Owen loved it. I was amazed at how attentive he was. I didn't get great pictures at this party but here are a few of what I got.

The Bday Girl blowing out her candles!

Price's friend, McKenzie, and her sister, Madison, had a double birthday party with Sarah Dippity. If you've never been to a party with her, your missing out. She does face painting and a magic show and really knows how to keep the kids attention. Everyone at the party had a great time. I tried to get Price to get a baseball painted on his face but he insisted he wanted a dragon.....so a dragon he got! He cried during bath time when I had to wash it off. (Most of it was already smeared off by that point but I couldn't bear to tell him!)

Price & McKenzie

P's Dragon

Magic show with the bday girls

These are my favorite kind of weekends!! :)