Happy 11th Birthday, Dylan!

Dylan turned 11 yesterday. We are so grateful for her. It seems like only yesterday that I was convincing Scott that we needed a dog (one that had to live at his apartment since mine wouldn't allow animals), and he said that if his roommates agreed he was game. Little did he know that they wanted a dog just as much as I did! We headed to the shelter to pick out a puppy that day and were able to pick her up only a week or so later. 

SC - November 2001

SC - November 2001

NC

NC

NC

FL

FL

SC - September 11, 2012

Addi's First Clemson Football Game

We headed to Clemson this weekend for the Clemson-Ball State football game. With Addi in tow, we stayed with Pat and Libbi and had a wonderful time! Addi loved tailgating and playing with friends. She basically just ran around and threw the Clemson coin purse all over the place chasing it with other kids. She was bummed that she didn't get to hug the tiger. We only lasted in the game one quarter as it was really, really hot. Then we headed out of the game, had frozen lemonade, and watched the game at the tailgate. It was a great time and she told us she wants to go again!!! GO TIGERS!

Addison Lane in Downtown Clemson

Olivia and Uncle Pat

Olivia - Addi's cousin is gearing up for the game

Aunt Libbi and Olivia

Playing at the tailgate

Kelli and Olivia

Addi and Sullivan - they are a year apart and had a blast playing

Walking in the game

GO TIGERS!

Death Valley!

After the game - a little R&R at Aunt Libbi and Uncle Pat's

Labor Day Weekend

Our Labor Day weekend was filled with football (we had a party at our house - GO TIGERS!!!!), friends, family, lake time, birthday celebrations, and just a lot of fun! It is weekends like this that make me happy to be home.

Our Clemson girls ready for the game - staying at Sitti and Papa's for the night

Go Tigers!

 

Dylan loved being with her old roomies and friends from college

Marie's 60th birthday cake-  wings and wine from our wedding pictures :)

Lake fun at the Donnelly's lakehouse - Mama and Addi just hanging out

Patty cake patty cake!

Cousin hugs!

Mmmmm these toes are yummy! 

July and August Pictures

Sooooooo much has gone on in the last couple of months that the blog has been put on the back burner. But I will post some pictures and captions to try to update everyone as best as I can. Once things calm down a bit I will post more often, I promise. We are doing great! Addison is growing up so quickly! She loves to pretend and right now her favorite things to pretend to be are a cat and a doctor. Her favorite color, blue is now shared with purple and pink and she says the funniest things. We had a birthday party for her at school and then had a pool party for immediate family at the house. We had visits from friends in NC and GA (we've seen more of Laura and Carrie and their families in the last few months than in the last year and it is GREAT!), went to the beach, had our first dance class and so much more! We spend a lot of time at our parents' houses on the weekends and are so much closer to so many friends and family.

Smilin' girls

Addi's birthday party at school

Addi's birthday party at school - her class was singing her a birthday song

Jocelyn - the other day Addi told someone that Joc was her sister :)

mmmmm - I want it!

Jocelyn

Dalton - such a handsome little man!

Swinging with their Daddies 

ME and Addi

Dalton is almost as big as the girls!

Making peach cobbler

Making sure the peaches from Papa's orchard taste ok

Making peach cobbler

Making peach cobbler

Laura and Ashlyn visited us from GA! We went and saw the cows at Papa's house

My 80s rockstar

Here she looks like an 80s diva

Ashley and her girls

Sullivan's Island

Sullivan's Island

Sullivan's Island

Playing with Daddy in the water - she finally went in the ocean! Sullivan's Island

Sullivan's Island

Getting ready for her tap class. She is taking pre-ballet and pre-tap this year.

We are so excited that Brooks is in our dance class!

Addi has started drawing people - sometimes they just have legs coming out of their head , but this one had a body and she told me it was her Mama :) Her first drawing of me was on a birthday picture for her Sitti so I made sure I took a picture.

Yum, sushi! 

Happy birthday, Mimi!