Happy Birthday Kim!



Greg and I got up extra early this morning to go celebrate Kim's birthday with her!!  We arrived at her house around 8am to be the first one's to wish her a Happy Birthday!  Kim, Megan, mom and I went to a final cake tasting and dress fitting for Megan.  The men met us for a birthday lunch and the girls continued shopping for more wedding related items.



the cakes - s'mores, wedding cake & strawberry shortcake

 digging in!

 Kim's turn to take a bite

 finalizing the details

 writing the check

the evidence!

 Byrd & Kim

 Mom & Dad

 Morgan & Megan

 Greg & Tara

 lunch at the Olive Garden

 taking a bite of her "surprise" cake

The dress fitting was next, but I've been forbidden from showing any photos until after the wedding, although I did take quite a few!

 



Sick Day

Cooper got up this morning saying his belly hurt.  He didn't eat breakfast, but I wasn't too worried because he would have finished his morning snack and lunch at school by 11am.  School starts at 7:45am, but by 8:10am, school had called saying he needed to be picked up - he was sick...his belly hurt and felt like he was going to throw up.  When I picked him up, the school secretary said he was the 5th child to go home already that morning.

best part of being sick, getting to watch cartoons

he also took a 3.5 hour nap.

Cooper did get sick a couple of times today, but we're hoping it's just a 24-hour bug.



Big Orange Gear

Cooper was in the Volunteer spirit today - he pulled out his orange shirt and his brand new shoes to match!

 that's my boy!

Zoo Day

We spent our Saturday visiting the animals at the zoo.  It was a perfect day - we were there first thing in the morning when it was cool and not too crowded.

petting the donkeys

 acting silly

 the adventurers

 not quite as big as the Condor!

 riding the turtle

 having a snack

 petting the bearded dragon

beautiful smile

 his prize for the day - an elephant

 driving the zoo mobile

 her prize for the day - a river otter

Labor Day 2013

We spent our Labor Day at Gigi & Bubba's.  Cooper rode the 4-wheeler and went on a boat ride.  We ended the afternoon with a cook out and homemade ice cream.  

won't be long until he has a real one!

 on the boat

 this is the only picture I got of Reagan all day!

End of Summer Fun

This weekend was the last weekend of the season for Splash Country to be open.  So, we took full advantage of it.  After church, we rushed home to change into our bathing suits, stopped at Bojangle's - ate it in the car, and headed to Sevierville to have some fun!  The kids (and we) had so much fun riding the water rides and just playing in the wave pool and splash pad.  Cooper & Reagan screamed like little girls while riding some of the rides - our ears are still hurting!!!

 

Friday Night Football

Tonight, we attended our local high school's football game.  We pass the field every day when taking Reagan to her school and Cooper always asks if we can watch them play.  Since we didn't have Bible study tonight, we took the kids on a family date.

He loved the game, although he may have enjoyed the band a little too much

Reagan liked watching the cheerleaders, the band, and the game.  She was very interested in how the game was played and how the teams scored points 

Picture

Another day, another picture (at Cooper's request!)

 

Full Day

Today was Cooper's first FULL DAY of Kindergarten.  This is the first day all of the students will be in class together!  He was a little nervous, but walked in like a big boy after giving me a high-five!