First Day of Kindergarten

He waited all summer... and the day is here!

I can't believe our baby is in Kindergarten.

Animals and Aiken's Arts Alive

Petting a Possum

Close up view of a tree frog!

Tortoise Time 

They were BIG and Jonas liked petting their head

Hello Hawk!

Some cool claws from another hawk

"Who-o?" says the owl

S-s-snakes!

Yes, our son is TOUCHING a LIVE rattle snake's rattle!

And here is the rattle snake.  They have his 

dangerous head in a very long tube. (thank you!!)

A baby Alligator about Jonas' age!

He would have liked to take him home... unfortunately they have to stay there :)

Cute!

Can we keep him?  Um.. no  :)

We had lots of fun visiting with the animals at the Savannah 

Ecology Site and then headed downtown for Aiken's Arts Alive!

Jonas stamping an art bag

He was very excited about the face painting

Our little Batman!

Making his own Recycled Owl

After painting a pet rock and watching a puppet show, we

headed home for dinner and some good rest after this super fun day!

Renovation Update

Jonas was able to help Grandpa by painting the registers 

for our hallway.  He had a great time being a "big helper".

Jonas loves that Grandpa is painting our hallway

and finishing our laundry room and so do we!

Cabinets for our laundry!

New ceramic tile flooring in the laundry

Shelves!  We love storage around here... :)

Our completed laundry room.. 

with WiFi and a night light :)

14 years of Happiness... and counting!

For our anniversary this year, Mark's parents watched Jonas

so we could go out on a date!  We enjoyed time together...

along with some very yummy food from Tako Sushi!

Our favorite... Tempura fried asparagus

Then we had the Crazy Roll & a couple others to share

Mark insisted on a baby belly picture.  Not sure why I don't like taking these, but isn't 

our sweet baby girl "bump" cute?!  :)  We can't wait for her to be born!!!

We love walking around downtown

and having some fun :)

I love you, honey!!  

Happy 14 years and counting!!!

Swimming Fun at the YMCA

This boy LOVES to swim!

He swam a lot this day at the Y!

What A Beautiful Day

We took a road trip today... to Folly Beach!

See that "speck" out there?  That's Mark having LOTS of fun!

Jonas joined him out there too.

I watched from the shore today...

It was beautiful and relaxing!  We had some company too!  

Mark's parents joined us for our trip to the beach and we all had a great time.

I love him!!

This is a fun toy at the beach, too!

Jonas had tons of fun on it. 

There was LOTS of laughter :)

I couldn't count how many times he ran in and out of the water...

he was having so much fun!

Father and son!  :)

Jonas also LOVED going "surfing" today

Wipe Out!!

I love him!!

He didn't want to leave, but we had to go...

It was a beautiful day!