We needed a break today!

We've had a rough couple of weeks lately and to top it all off, today was Preston's Dr. visit for his shots and check-up. He now weighs 25 pounds!!! She is very pleased with his progress and from looking back on his growth chart she feels that he has completely caught up.....she said it is amazing to look at the plots on his graph from before the surgery compared to now. At one point before his surgery, he was actually below the 5th percentile in growth, meaning he was below 95% of children his age in growth! All of his plots are 50% and above now, which is completely normal. So, I packed up the kids and we headed to Chuck E Cheese to celebrate and eat lots of pizza! Ryan had 4 pieces.
Preston had 3 pieces.
Presley had 1 and 1/2.
And this is what was left - nothing - from a large pizza - and Daddy is in California!
Preston realized that the pizza was "all gone" and he was out of there!

Courtney's Graduation ~ May 16, 2008

It is so hard to believe that our little monkey graduated from high school! It's official now!
Thanks for the close-up Kevin!
Ryan, Angie & Brandon with Courtney - we are all very proud of her!
Linda & PaPa included!!!!!
Courtney is in Mexico on her senior trip as we speak ~ we love you monkey!

Simon Says - May 4, 2008

Ryan has enjoyed being involved in Kid's Praise at our church and he recently performed in "Simon Says". This was the first drama part that he had in a performance and he was very nervous. Luckily, he was the first one called to the stand (playing Andrew) and he did a great job - he actually performed - he enunciated and really got into the character. We were very proud of him and he was glad to finish the speaking part. He sang a solo afterwards and I don't think he was nervous at all about singing!!

Snacking outside - April 23, 2008

Now that the weather is nice, the babies have been having breakfast, lunch, dinner & snacks outside at their picnic table!

Working with Daddy - April 17, 2008

We joined Daddy for his annual meeting in North Myrtle Beach at Kingston Plantation this year and boy was it nice. We had a 3 bedroom condo and this is what was outside our back door! Ryan fished the entire time we were there and Presley enjoyed all of the time she spent fishing with PaPa.
Ryan's patience finally paid off - he decided that we should do this more often and his ambition in life now is to take his Daddy's place at work!