UNC vs. Citadel

Part of my birthday present from the in-laws were two tix to the first Carolina football game of the season!! I was SO excited- being close enough to go to some football and basketball games was another huge selling point for moving back to NC! We had great tix from some of the shareholders in my FIL company- at the 50 yard line, half-way up the bottom level!

One great surprise!?! They invited all of the 2009 NCAA Basketball Champs team out on the field during halftime to award them with the championship rings!

I was surrounded by Carolina blue- it was heaven! We also walked through Tarheel town and ate at Sakura- one of our favorite jaunts of CH!

Oh how I miss being a student with free tix sometimes!

Washing Daddy's paperweight... I mean car...

After sitting in the driveway doing nothing but holding down the concrete and leaves, Ken finally got his replacement title and tags for his car. The next step was the clean it up. He started with a leaf blower, inside and out...

After that it was time to wash the outside! Of course, Skylar helped and this was the scene that I came home to the other day from work.

Of course, she had to get daddy a little wet- it wouldn't be fun without that!

She's such a good helper!

And happy to do so!

Look- she even gets all the details!

So cute! It would have been even better if Ken had looked up!

Labor Day part II- everyone else- well almost!

Starting out with miss Aimee Cow- she has some of the cutest expressions- trust me she is all attitude, especially for the littlest one in the bunch!

Drawing with Mommy- I seriously have a shortage of pics of Aims with her mom- most of my pics of her are with Granny...

Skylar teasing (I mean playing) with Aimee while she is in the playpen. However, Aimee is still super excited!

The next few are of Micael and Nikki- some of my fav. pics of them ever!

Couldn't decide which one of these I liked best.

OMG! I could take pics of him FOREVER!

Excuse the random cow pic- I couldn't resist. They totally ruined my appetite that day. :( They were in the field across the street- way too close for comfort.

I LOVE this pic!

And of course, I had to throw in a few more of Sky- She loves in when daddy plays rough with her!

The higher the better! And dang, that is some serious height there!

See- I told ya, most of my pics are of Granny and Aims- and she can't even truly appreciate it since she doesn't have a computer.

One thing about this family- we make CUTE babies!

Austin trying to get Nikki wet- love his face here!

Labor Day Weekend- aka, playing with Bella :)

Ok, this post has a lot of pics, but there were just too many to choose from! And sadly, I only chose from the ones that had both Skylar and Bella in them! I will have to post another blog with pics from the rest of the fam, cuz I'm super excited about some of them!

One of the major reasons why Ken and I decided to pack up and move to Greensboro from Nashville last year was to be closer to family. I group up with all of my family in the same city and was very close to my cousins, so this post especially makes my heart glad! :)

Here are Austin, Bella and Skylar laying on Bella's bed together! Does Skylar look a little more excited than the rest of the group??

Jumpin' on the bed... Don't tell Mommy!

So cute! Bella and Skylar decided to lay down on the floor in front of a large pic of Aimee (no this is just a pic) and kept pointing to it, talking about it and giving her kisses! I can't wait for Aims to get a little bigger so she can run around with them too!

One of Sky's favorite games is to bring alot of toys over one at a time to uncle Joel (who is back in Nashville at school). So, her and Bella adapted this game for Daddy- you can tell how excited he is!

Eating lunch together at the little picnic table.

Swingin' on the swings- I love that this came out mostly in focus! Do you know how hard it is to get a good pick when she is on the swings!

Bella was a great slider! I would've gotten a pic of Sky coming off the slide, except she was not nearly as graceful...

Haha- too funny! Love the attitude!

Splashin' in the pool.

Sky is evidently a very bossy friend... She was constantly telling Bella what to do, including making her go put on a ring.

Pouring water from the pool into the sink in the playhouse.

Getting the water out of the pool.

Pool Day with "Shine" and "Ganny"

Now that the summer is almost over, I finally took some pics of Skylar at the pool with her favorite cuz, "Shine" also known as Cheyanne and "Ganny", or Granny.

She absolutely loves the pool as long as shine is there and often asks to go to the pool with shine- especially when we drive past it.

Sweet smile!

Isn't Shine gorgeous!

I love this look of utter relaxation on her face!

Figuring out the pool toys...

Concentrating hard to get her leg in the pool ring- of course she then couldn't get her other leg in!

Granny sitting on the side of the pool- due to a broken bone in her knee, she couldn't get in and out of the pool :(

So fun!

Birthday Video

Today Ken made a video for me for my birthday. Easily the best birthday present EVER!

Parental discretion is advised...

Yesterday, Skylar had a big surprise for Daddy when he got up!

He walked into her room and saw this:

A perfect angel.

Then he noticed that she had 3 extra pillows behind her back, she had a book in her lap, and was curiously missing a shirt.

Then, Skylar told daddy that she "poop my pants" and pointed to the bookshelf where he saw this:

I'm sure you can figure out what that is... Skylar was also kind enough to point out how she attempted to put her "poop" in the diaper champ. (She even turned the handle so it was on BOTH sides! So sweet and helpful.)

Oh yea, don't forget the nightstand daddy.

Evidently, Skylar had woken up with a stinky diaper and stripped herself nekked; attempted to put her stinky diaper away like she does for us when we change her. Unfortunately she had some issues getting her diaper in there so she decided to take her poopy out of the diaper to put on the shelf (her diaper was also mostly folded and on the shelf below the poopy). Then evidently she picked out a book to read, climbed back in bed and was reading to herself when daddy walked in. In so many ways, I am so proud of my baby!