Just Me and My Dad

Today while Leah was sleeping, Todd and Emma went for a bike ride around the neighborhood. They looked so sweet out there together. Todd is such a good Daddy. He loves spending time with his girls.

I recently read in a children's book the phrase "I love my Daddy because he lets me pick out my own clothes." Well if you could have seen Emma's clothes today, you would have thought, why on earth does she have that outfit on. Well the reason is, Todd let her pick out her clothes today. He didn't even know about the book that I had read. You can't tell from the pictures, but she has on 2 different shades of green, and the shirt has one flower print on it, and the skort has a very different flower print on it. She rode all over the neighborhood like this, and played with her friends next door. I bet that mom was thinking, what do you have on? She just doesn't know how much her Daddy loves her!!

Beauty Shop at MeMe's

Emma and Leah like to brush MeMe's hair. Well this turned into a ball of laughs. Once I told MeMe how crazy she looked and that I was going to get a few good pictures for my blog, they really started acting crazy. MeMe didn't want to be posted on the blog with her hair plastered to her head. Trust me she looks really good in these pictures. She wouldn't let me get one of the great job my children did on her head. Every time they would plaster it to her head, she would fluff it back out. Oh well, better luck next time girls!!

Happy Birthday Papa Red!!

We went to MeMe and Papa Reds this weekend.

The girls helped MeMe water the flowers. We also went to the mall, and it started to pour down rain. So instead of getting soaking wet, we decided to hang out there for a while. I know the girls thought they were at a carnival, because MeMe let them ride all of the little rides.

We had a cook out and celebrated Papa Reds 55th Birthday. The girls helped make and decorate a cake for Papa. We had a great time. We wish we had more time to spend with them. Maybe we can go back soon. HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPA RED!!!

Ft. Fisher Picnic

Emma and Leah helped us get ready for our picnic!!

We decided to go to Ft. Fisher for a picnic on Memorial Day. We use to go down there once a week when we were younger, and have a picnic with Peto and her kids and Mama and us (that sounds really back woods, so I am going to leave the comment, because I am laughing right now writing it). We decided to get one of those throw away grills and cook some hot dogs. I was so excited because I have some of the fondest memories there, and I couldn't wait to take the girls. When we finally lit up the grill, I thought we would burn all of those beautiful trees down. The wind was blowing really hard, and the flames were getting really big. Todd had sand in his hand ready to throw on the thing to extinguish the flames. I held him off, because I didn't really want an ice cold hot dog. Now looking back. It was very scary. Todd said we were going to be in the Federal Prison if we burnt down all of those trees. Finally the flames went down and we were able to cook the hot dogs.

Then we decided to take the food back to the car and take the girls down to the water to put our feet in. On our way back through the trees, we saw this sign. We didn't see it before when we went out there to set up. I really felt like a rebel. Good thing we didn't burn the place down. I can't believe we didn't get a ticket!

Emma loved staying right at the water getting her feet wet. Leah liked to stay in the sand. We had the best time, it was a really great day!!

We ended our day with some sparklers!!

Zip Line Fun!

We went to a cook out at one of Todd's friends house over Memorial Day weekend. This man has a zip line set up in his back yard. It was the craziest thing. Todd got on it first because Paul had just put WD-40 on it the day before. Todd flew down the thing, it went really fast. Do you know that little ole Emma wanted to ride it. I could not believe it. She has really wanted to do some adventurous things lately. She wanted to ride it all by herself. NO! Neither I nor her dad went for this (thankfully Todd agreed with me on this one). Todd told her that she could ride it with him. She got right up there and with no hesitation got on this thing and rode. Here are some pictures of them riding it.

We asked Leah if she wanted to ride. She passed on it. I can't say as I blame her. She did want to get on towards the end of the evening, but only at the bottom of the zip line. It looked like a swing. So Todd put her on it, and let her scoot back and forth on the bottom of the line. She was happy with that, and so was I. She really enjoyed the tire swing. They also went swimming, and jumped on a trampoline. They had a great time, and were well entertained for the afternoon/evening.

Supper at Nana's

Last weekend we went to Nana Sheila's for supper. The kids had a great time, we ate supper and then went for a walk. Leah actually touched an earthworm on the walk, but I didn't have my camera. We went back to get the camera, but the worm was gone. I couldn't believe it got away so fast. Emma wouldn't get close to the worm! I know this shocks you all! This is a picture of Leah enjoying her corn on the cob. Yummy, Yummy, Nana Sheila!

Radishes

Well we finally got to eat something out of our garden. The radishes took over. We decided to pull them up. They started to look like beets. I guess we waited too long. Todd said they had a bite to them. I am not a fan of them, but he really likes them so we planted some for him. I am so excited that we are finally getting something out of all the hard work that we have been putting into the garden. We will be cutting the lettuce soon, and we have a bunch of tomatoes on the bushes. The squash plants are getting really big, and we have one pepper. There are tons of blooms everywhere, so I know that there are veggies right around the corner. I will keep you updated!!