There was no shortage of wild and crazy fun over Labor Day weekend. Paw-Paw and Lady and Mace and Uncle Joe came for the weekend. Aunt Lexi and Jessica were in California.
Kate strutted her stuff in fancy high heels.
Lady brought Kate a scarf to dress up in.
As Steve mowed the yard, Lady carried Kate around to watch. She's a huge Daddy fan these days.
Mace in the typical Mace position.
The loves of my life. (Nate, Kate & Mace. Not that lady and kid down on the beach.)
The marina is one of our favorite hangout spots now. We just need a boat.
We are a 5 minute walk from a marina, restaurant, and bar. Dogs are welcome outside at the picnic tables so that's where we went for dinner and drinks. Dogs welcome + no driving required = awesome.
Mace experienced sand for the first time.
I think Mace appreciated fresh restaurant food instead of leftovers in a doggie bag.
That weekend was the first Tennessee game of the season. Go Vols!
Lady was Kate's hairstylist.
My three little Vols.
Kate was all smiles when it was her turn to be lifted. She got MAD every time it was Nate's turn.
Nate, Uncle Joe, Paw-Paw and Lady sat around the table discussing important topics such as thermos'. Notice Lady is Nathan's thermos guard when Uncle Joe is around. They've had a thermos rivalry going on ever since Lady gave away Uncle Joe's Mickey Mouse thermos from when he was a little kid.
Typical Uncle Joe and Nate behavior.
Pretty in pink.
More house building going on. Nathan is builder #1 because he's the best and Paw-Paw is builder #2. He assigns builder numbers, but it's really just a way for him to rank people in order of favorites.
Uncle Joe impressed these kids with some super annoying phone tricks.
Nathan was doing one of his famous family member portraits. Paw-Paw put his request in to make sure Nathan drew a lot of dark hair on his picture. If you ask Nathan what color hair Paw-Paw has he quickly answers, "brown." Then when you ask him what other color of hair does Paw-Paw have he reluctantly says, "gray." Nice work, Paw-Paw.
She just takes off without a care in the world.
All smiles.
Nathan and Kathryn have friends nearby so we meet at the marina to play in water. This is Kathryn with Brody. She thinks he's really cool and follows him around on his heels.
Trying to copy her big brother and climb on everything.
Brother takes off running into the water.
Kate strutted her stuff in fancy high heels.
Lady brought Kate a scarf to dress up in.
As Steve mowed the yard, Lady carried Kate around to watch. She's a huge Daddy fan these days.
Mace in the typical Mace position.
The loves of my life. (Nate, Kate & Mace. Not that lady and kid down on the beach.)
The marina is one of our favorite hangout spots now. We just need a boat.
We are a 5 minute walk from a marina, restaurant, and bar. Dogs are welcome outside at the picnic tables so that's where we went for dinner and drinks. Dogs welcome + no driving required = awesome.
Mace experienced sand for the first time.
I think Mace appreciated fresh restaurant food instead of leftovers in a doggie bag.
That weekend was the first Tennessee game of the season. Go Vols!
Lady was Kate's hairstylist.
My three little Vols.
Kate was all smiles when it was her turn to be lifted. She got MAD every time it was Nate's turn.
Nate, Uncle Joe, Paw-Paw and Lady sat around the table discussing important topics such as thermos'. Notice Lady is Nathan's thermos guard when Uncle Joe is around. They've had a thermos rivalry going on ever since Lady gave away Uncle Joe's Mickey Mouse thermos from when he was a little kid.
Typical Uncle Joe and Nate behavior.
Pretty in pink.
More house building going on. Nathan is builder #1 because he's the best and Paw-Paw is builder #2. He assigns builder numbers, but it's really just a way for him to rank people in order of favorites.
Uncle Joe impressed these kids with some super annoying phone tricks.
Nathan was doing one of his famous family member portraits. Paw-Paw put his request in to make sure Nathan drew a lot of dark hair on his picture. If you ask Nathan what color hair Paw-Paw has he quickly answers, "brown." Then when you ask him what other color of hair does Paw-Paw have he reluctantly says, "gray." Nice work, Paw-Paw.
Okay, so soccer isn't his favorite sport. Here he is pretending to be asleep when we pulled in to the park in hopes of getting out of playing. He has fun once he starts (because his friend Claire is there), but he doesn't ever look forward to it ahead of time. I guess I don't have to worry about becoming a minivan driving soccer mom who gabs with the other moms about their minivans and how great they are. Steve was there and he looked at me and whispered, "Don't fall for it."
I'll tell you who does look forward to Tuesday night soccer, Kathryn. When we pull in the parking lot she starts yelling "ball! ball!"
We couldn't let a fancy dress like this be used solely for church. She got her use out of it with a trip to Waffle House after church.
She thinks she such hot stuff in these slippers. I feel like a bad parent making her go this long without a pair of ballerina slippers.
Here are a few more pictures of my kids from the past couple of weeks. I know I haven't been posting as much lately so I'll throw in a few extras!
