picnic at the lake

The sun was setting. The weather was great. And we were itching to get outside. So what else should we do, but have a picnic.

There's a lake not far from our house with a short path along it's shore. Along that path are a series of docks with benches and swings. We decided to take our picnic there. We stopped by one of our favorite sandwich shops and headed over. We had a nice peaceful evening watching the sun set over the lake.

first friday parade

There's a tradition here in Clemson of kicking off the football season with a parade the Friday night before the first game. I can't believe that it has already been a year since my post about "the first Friday parade" last year. While a lot of it was the same, one thing was VERY different, I wasn't pregnant and sweet little Jack was able to enjoy the parade with us. It was fun to watch his reaction to all the festivities. He was just taking it all in.
We were able to meet up with some of our friends and enjoy the parade together.the moms with the babies

macie, jackie, jack, me, allice and gus

the dads with the babies
jack, steve, gus, greg, curtis and macie
the agates and malcarnes
joel, eliza, sarah, alisha, coleman and brian

the cute kids

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we're all set for football season

We received a package today. Among the many great things that the box held was a special quilt. Made especially for us by the hands of Mama Lori J (one of the women I call mom) and our two nieces, Abby and Kate.

Needless to say, we love it! We can't wait to take it to the stadium, wrap up in it while we watch games from home, and keep it as a memory of our time here at Clemson.

Thank you for thinking of us!



**if you enlarge the photos you'll see that the quilt is made of purple and orange Clemson fabric. Nice to know they support our team in California as well as here!**

you look like you could...

use a hug

a new favorite

Steve's sister Becky and her family were so nice to send Jack a toy phone to let him know that they were thinking of him during his surgery a few weeks ago. The phone has quickly become a new favorite around the house, and it's a very hot commodity when Jack's friend Gus is over. They are both very protective of that phone!

Thanks Bailey family! We love it!

p.s. don't mind the bed head. he had just woken up from his nap.