Will and his new wheelbarrow

We went out shopping for new landscaping bricks for the yard today - Rick's decided to make some changes! :) While we were out today we ended up buying Will a wheelbarrow of his own along with some plants and an arbor (which looks wonderful)! The wheelbarrow is just like his daddy's but obviously smaller and it's red! Will "helped" Rick put it together and then started to "work" once the job was done! :) He loved it so much!

Glenn Cairn Gardens and Come-See-Me (April 20, 2008)

Come-See-Me used to be something that we did every year growing up as kids so we all decided to try it out with our own children this year! We headed to Glenn Cairn Gardens first and got some yummy ice cream and Will got to take his picture with Diego - he was SOOOOO excited about this! This just made his day! The Gardens were gorgeous as always and Will and Emma enjoyed playing with the water fountain there also! We then headed over to Cherry Park where Gourmet Gardens was taking place and they have all kinds of yummy foods there - we went there for the funnel cakes! :) I also got a corn dog that was delicious and Ben got a gyro. Will and Emma both had their first experience with funnel cake and cotton candy and they of course, loved this! Were not too sure what to think of the cotton candy at first but definitely knew what to do with the funnel cake! After this we went to where all of the activities were - there were bounce houses and all kinds of fun activities! Will chose to play on the bounce house shaped like a fire truck and he had a blast as he always does on these things! :) We all hated to leave because we were having such a wonderful time but Will and I needed to get back to my parents to pack up and head back home to start another week!

Here's a slide show of all the fun stuff that we did today:

Here's also a separated picture of Will with Diego:

Macy Kiser Magyar

So Rick's cousin, Macy Kiser Magyar, was finally born on Monday, April 7, 2008 at 8:50 pm and was 6 lbs. 10 oz and 19 3/4 inches long and is absolutely adorable!!! Didn't get to hold her yet but did finally meet her last night - way too many people visiting last night to take a turn with the little one - we'll just have to make a visit to her home one of these days and take her mommy and daddy food and play with her then! :) Amanda is doing very well - tired and sore - as to be expected, Macy's great, and Gary is doing very well too - all just trying to get used to the new life of theirs that has begun!!! :) Here are pictures I took last night of the visit at the hospital:

Easter 2008

Our Easter weekend was a very busy one but a lot of fun! We had an Easter Egg hunt at our church on Saturday morning and had fun reminiscing with people that we grew up with in the church - many in the youth group with us and we all have children now! My mom had all of us take a group picture which I hope to get a copy of soon from my sister to post and we blew that picture up and made a huge birthday card with that picture along with a family picture and had everyone at the Easter Egg hunt sign it for my dad! Rick surprised my dad and was able to come to Rock Hill on Saturday night for his birthday so we had a birthday dinner for my dad on Saturday night and then after dinner we dyed Easter Eggs! We were letting Will drop all the capsules in the cups and all of a sudden found that he had snuck one in his mouth! Luckily it was a yellow one and it didn't show up that much - we took him right to the bathroom to brush the teeth! After that the night was smooth sailing with the dyeing of the Easter Eggs! He had a blast doing it! We went to church on Sunday morning and took some pictures afterward! We then headed to Lancaster to my grandparents for lunch and had another Easter Egg for Will and Emma - they had fun doing this! They also got lots of goodies from my grandparents! Rick, Will and I headed to Rick's aunt's daycare center in Lancaster after we left my grandparents to celebrate Easter with Rick's family - the children had a blast playing on the playground at the center! They also had an Easter Egg hunt for them there and it was with money!!! They were all very excited about this! There's a picture of Will counting his dollars - he got 5! :) He put them all in his piggy bank when he got home! He got lots of goodies from Rick's family and Rick's parents also and he loved this! Rick loved it too because some of the candy was for him! Will got some "big boy underpants" from Rick's parents with Lightning McQueen and Mater from the CARS movie and he was so proud of them - he's already taken them out and tried them on! Hopefully it won't be much longer until we can be using them! :) Well....I hope that everyone else had a wonderful Easter with family and friends - I know that we did!

Here's the group photo that was promised....

Riverbanks Zoo - March 13, 2008

My sister, Elizabeth called me yesterday at the end of my work day to invite me and Will to meet up with her and some of "the gang" from Ebenezer ARP at Riverbanks Zoo today (3/13/08) and luckily I was able to work it out with work to go. We headed there this morning and met everyone there and had a wonderful time and the weather was absolutely gorgeous!!! We got to feed one of the giraffes, the goats and ride the carousel - Emma wasn't too thrilled about riding (she takes after her mom there) but Will loved it, as usual!!! He rode the tiger today! We ate lunch at the Kenya Cafe and shortly thereafter we all headed out of Riverbanks Zoo to head home or work (me)! Again....I had a wonderful time and so did everyone else! I'd love to do it again sometime soon! Here are pictures from the fun-filled day:

Rick's 30th Birthday

Rick's 30th birthday is March 3rd and instead of planning a huge party I decided to plan a "get-away" trip for the two of us to Gatlinburg, Tennesse (also where we went on our honeymoon)! Rick's parents kept Will for us so we could have a trip with just the two of us! We had an amazing time!!! The place we stayed at was called Leconte Landing and the view from our house was spectacular!!! The weather was perfect (a little rain on Friday but we still were able to head out to Cades Cove and take pictures). We went to a restaurant called The Park Grill on Thursday night once we got settled into our house and the food was delicious, especially the desserts!!! We went to Cades Cove on Friday and enjoyed seeing all of the deer, old cabins, mountains, etc.. On Saturday we headed out to Laurel Falls for a hike and then on to Newfound Gap and we couldn't have asked for better weather! God really blessed us with a truly amazing time! We hated to leave but were also happy to come home so we could see Will - we did miss him!

Lunar Eclipse - February 20, 2008

The lunar eclipse was truly amazing this evening! I thought I'd give it a shot trying to take some pictures of the lunar eclipse tonight - got a few good ones - finally got some better ones once I finally used the camera on the correct setting! :) Here they are:

Will in his signed cast

Will had his original cast covered recently in a blue wrap and we had everyone, including ourselves sign it for him! He especially likes what I did for him - a Clemson Tiger Paw!!! :) We go tomorrow (2/19/08) to get it taken off - YIPPEEE!!! Here's a picture:

Leapin' Lizards Again

This weekend was mommy and son weekend....

Allison and I took the boys to the Build A Bear Workshop on Saturday and although it was a stressful event, it was fun! Jackson and Will both got scruffy dogs and Jackson named his Hunter and Will named his Baxter. I'll have to get pictures later of their dogs all dressed! We went to eat afterward in the foodcourt of the mall and then rode the carousel - Will loved the carousel ride - fussed when we had to get off! :)

Allison and I also took the boys to Leapin' Lizards again yesterday and again they had a blast together! They are quite a pair! :) They were jumping all over the place and climbing all over everything there! They love playing with the Thomas the Train table also! It's a great way for them to get rid of all of their energy!!! Will's already looking forward to the next time and loves looking at pictures of them at Leapin' Lizards!

I also promised Will after we left that if once we went home and he took a nap, that I'd treat him to some ice cream. It took a while but he finally went to sleep and slept from about 3 something to almost 6 - I even had to wake him, but once I did he woke up talking about going to get ice cream! So...we headed to the Village of Sandhill to Marble Slab Creamery got some chocolate ice cream and Will went and picked his favorite place to sit and eat our ice cream - on a bench so he could watch the water fountain!

I had so much fun with Will this weekend and look forward to some other times like this with him!

Slideshow from Leapin' Lizards:

Colbey's Birthday Party

Will's 3rd cousin, Colbey, just turned 3!!! He had a John Deere theme for his party and had an animal farm come to his church along with a "bouncing pit." The kids had a blast playing with the rabbits and taking pony rides and loved the "bouncing bit!" Will loved the pony ride, but especially loved the rabbits - loved petting them and chasing after them! He was giggling the whole time at them! It was a lot of fun for everyone!

Ashley's Baby Shower

Ashley's baby shower was last month - its taken me a while to put pictures up of the shower but here is a slide show of the shower. We had lots of fun and lots of yummy food! Ashley received many wonderful gifts from everyone for Mckenna! We all can't wait for her arrival! It will be fun to have another little girl running around in the neighborhood!