Lake time!

Papa has recently retired. This opens up a whole new time to spend at the lake.

Andy is a little young for all this. He hates the life jacket.



We invited James's BFF John.



When James drives, we go "fast, fast, fast!"



All the kids on the beach.



Andy playing in the sand.



Ok, now he is swimming. No, he is just crawling. He doesn't care how deep the water is. This kid is CRAZY!



A view down the beach. In the background, is a "James attack!"



While we were on the beach, a BIG boat went by with a DIGGER on it. I KNOW. HOW COOL IS THAT?

Hey! Hey! CSA!

I joined the Clemson CSA this summer. That stands for "community supported agriculture". For $300, I get a weekly pick up of fresh, organic fruits and vegtables for 15 weeks. Actually, I spilt this share with my neighbor, so it is only $150, but spliting it works out well with traveling, etc. This was our pick up last Wednesday.

The pick up is at the same time as the farmers market: Wednesdays from 3:30-6:30pm. It is located at the "barn with the inverted roof". The purpose of this roof is to collect rain water. Pretty smart, eh?



This is the CSA pick up area:



This is what is offered at the farmers market:



I thought this would be a fun thing to take the kids to. It's not. The highlight for James is getting a little cup of water.




Andy is pretty cranky all the time. He has no highlight.



Here is this weeks haul in a bag:



Here is the haul all laid out. It was a good week!



Look at all that corn. Soon. Soon!

A New Era

We did it. We dropped our home phone. We are now a wireless family! If you don't have our new cell phone numbers, let me know...

What are they saying?

Not sure what to put...

James knows his colors

James knows this is GREEN.

(this picture was taken 4/26)

James knows this is BLUE.

(this picture was taken 24 hours after the green picture...way to go MARK!)

This weekend, with the pool temperature of about 81 degrees, we tried out the pool. James told his daddy, "it is REALLY BLUE!"



James really likes swimming. He gets his little ring and just swims all over.







Andy is less OPEN MINDED. He tried it for awhile...



...but he was done with it after not too long.



Here is a video of James jumping in. He does this on his own, with or without his ring, and doesn't care if you are looking or not.

It has been a year!

Andy had his first birthday yesterday. I know, right? When is going to start bringing home money? Anyways, although the birthday boy was a mr cranky pants, it still ended up being a good day. We just had gramma and papa over for dinner, cake and presents and that was that.

Here are the cupcakes that James and I made. James was really more excited about this birthday then anyone!



Yes, there were presents, but you know, the paper eater only wanted the paper.



Then there was bubbles. I thought it would be something that Andy could enjoy that James wouldn't take over. I was wrong!



Happpy birthday Andy! Does it get better now?

Oh yeah, stats. Andy is 25 pounds 2 oz, 31 3/4 inches long.