Our new Playground

We have been planning to get Michael a playground for quite a long time, but I wanted him to be old enough to really get to play on it and enjoy. I also wanted him to be safe and I was afraid that if he was too young he would fall off and get hurt. Of course this still may happen, but hopefully he will be careful! Well, we finally got one this week. Andy and Bennie decided that they would start very early Thursday morning and hopefully have time to complete it in one day......NOT! It took 2 full days of steady work by both of them to get it done. The slide I wanted was backordered so we still don't have that and one of our swings, but that hasn't stopped Michael! He is soooooo excited!

Memorial Day Weekend 2010

We decided to take a family trip to the mountains this weekend. My parents, Joan and Bennie, went with us. We stayed in Boone and visited Mast General Store, Grandfather Mountain, and Tweetsie Railroad. I have never been to these places either, so it was so much fun! We successfully navigated across the mile high swinging bridge at Grandfather mtn., even though Katie tried her best to lean over the rails! Michael of course, thought he was in heaven at Tweetsie. We even bought him a gun and a badge so that he could "save the train" from the bad guys. Katie did great, even with the 4 hour drive. She loved everything too, except the last train ride at Tweetsie. Since no naps were had that day, the loud sounds were just a little too much for her. Many of the highlights are in the slide show below.