Matthew's Birthday Weekend Celebration

Well we spent Saturday at the Zoo for Matthews

Birthday. That was our gift to him and we all got

to enjoy that. We had perfect weather and all the

animals were out and about so we got to see all that

the Zoo had to offer. We also went to the Botanical

Gardens in Columbia since it connects to the Zoo.

The kids were getting tired by then and it was quite

a hike up to it, but it was beautiful with all the flowers

and things starting to bloom. Sunday Matthew got

family B-day gifts and from my parents he got a new

motorized scooter. Needless to say he loves it!

It started to rain right after he got the scooter so

it was almost night before he got to ride again.

This was funny since Matthew seems more like the size

of a dinosaur than this little statue did!

The flowers in the Zoo were beautiful all blooming

brilliant colors.

These are some huge smelly creatures!

This was also another amazing site once he got up and

moving he was pretty swift.

No Matthew is not in this picture. HA HA

Anybody know what this is? It is beautiful, but I

have no idea what type of plant it is.

Matthew is 8!

Well Matthew turned 8 yesterday! We had a

little birthday celebration when he got up and

opened his gifts. He had been begging for that

giant catfish pillow since right after Christmas.

He was so excited to get it (I don't know why it

is so ugly) and slept with it last night. He's other

gift is a trip to the Columbia, SC Zoo. We are

headed there tomorrow morning for the day or

ever how long it takes to enjoy the whole place.

I can't believe my baby is 8!

The big catfish pillow!

He also got some new professional speed cups!

Art Show

Well aren't we glad Spring is finally here!

The kids had art work that was chosen for display at the

High School along with all the other schools in our local area.

Elizabeth has participated in this every year, but this was

the first year for Matthew. We were very proud of them

both, especially since only a small number out of each

class gets chosen to have their art displayed. We also

enjoyed seeing some of their friends art work and the

excitement over the displays. I was really impressed

with some of the High school and Middle School art work

for such a young age there was a lot of talent.

Elizabeth's is the bird house at the top right just

above her head!

Matthew's is the top swirls, you may remember it

from his artist of the week pictures!

What a Hike!

Well the weather was beautiful this weekend so

we thought we would head out for a hike. We headed

out to Kings Mt. for what I thought would be about

a one hour hike. Three hours later and a few complaints

later we were headed home. We did close to a six mile

hike! The kids did pretty good all things considered, we

hadn't planned to go that far it just sort of happened!

We weren't really prepared for that length either so

it probably wasn't the smartest move on mine and

Davids part, but we had a good time all in all. A little

sore today and next one I think we won't go quite so

far so the return isn't as hard on us until we build up

a little more tolerance for that kind of terrain, but we

had fun and enjoyed a beautiful day!

These pics are all at the beginning of the hike as

no one was interested in stopping long enough for one

on the return part!

The 50's!

Well I haven't posted anything lately as it has

been cold and nasty here so we have really

been inside mostly and just doing the Wii and

hanging out. No photographic moments that

I would want to post doing that. Elizabeth had

a school play last weekend that was on Rock n Roll

history. Her grade was the 50's so she got to

dress really cute. She enjoyed being in it and they

all did a great job!

Mimi, Pappy, Katie and Emily joined us!