Take Me Out To The Ballgame

After three years of driving by Alex Box Stadium nearly every day, Brian and James went to their first LSU ball game.

A guy that Brian works with gave him some tickets.

I asked James to take some pictures for me so I could blog about their time.  

Lots of purple and gold there.

The photographer himself.

Alex Box Stadium

They had a pretty good view from their seats.

They played Tennessee.

After awhile they wandered around.

And found Brian's friend who gave them the tickets.  

Will's seats were behind home plate.  

Nice view!

James

Brian and James

It was a close game and LSU ended up winning in the bottom of the ninth.  

They headed to the car to wait in traffic.

Geaux LSU!

Two Months

Grace is two months old today.  

She has grown so fast.

Fuzzy cell phone pics.

Also this past week, Faith and Andrew built a tower with all of our Duplo blocks.

It was pretty tall.  

Today is also Peter's birthday.  We've got plans for a picnic later today.  Stay tuned for all of the details - coming soon!

Easter Sunday

We celebrated Easter yesterday. 

Grace wore her fancy Easter dress that she got from some sweet friends at church.

After we got home we stood outside for a couple of quick family photos.

Hope you enjoyed your Easter.  

Stay tuned later this week as Grace will be 2 months and Peter will turn 5 years old.

Chips, Picnic, and a New Car - not in that order

We came across these chips at the store the other week and we had to try them.  I don't think I posted about them before.

They were pretty good - tasted like syrup and breakfast sausage.  

Just say the word, Grampa, and I'll pick up another bag for your visit ;)!

Yesterday, on our way to Home Depot for toilet repair parts, we stopped off at Team Honda.  

Brian has been doing lots of research on cars as we've been in the market for one with James approaching 16 and getting his license.

Kids LOVE being at the car dealer (*sarcasm*).  

The best part is playing games on Mom's phone.  Until she has to use it to call Gramma for their address.  

You know they ask you for your nearest relative on the paperwork.  

I guess they need to know where to send the bill.  ;)

Satisfied customer.

*Two hours later* 

Brian drove home in this . . .

2014 Honda Accord Sport

We're pretty excited about it and so thankful for this car.  

Someone e-mailed me recently about all of the cold, snowy weather.  I mentioned the nice picnicky type of weather we were having. 

So, after shopping for cars, we had a little bbq picnic for dinner.  :)

Maybe today we'll make it to Home Depot . . .   

Seven Weeks

I know, I know - you're all wondering where today's post is.  Well, here it is!

Grace is 7 weeks old today.  

She spent some time hanging out with Daddy and Andrew. 

And she wore her fancy head band.  It's a southern thing I think.

Also this last week, 

Grace (and James) had tummy time!

James is really good at lifting his head (show off!)

Jon and Faith spent some tummy time with Grace too!

She's a cutie!

She's quite popular around here!

We visited LSU's Hilltop Arboretum too.  It's right around the corner and it's taken us nearly 7 years to get there. 

There was some kind of building.  It was closing as we arrived so we didn't go in. 

A walking path

Pretty flowers

Christmas Berry

A very large tree

And some plants (in the background) for sale.

Kids with a flowerpot dude.

On the way home the kids were talking about fish sticks.  They had never had them so we decided we were going to get some and have them for dinner that week. 

James: "Do you want fish sticks, Grace?"

Peter:  "She's to young to go fishing!  But WE aren't!"

We all laughed because we realized that Peter was thinking that "fish sticks" were fishing poles.  It was pretty funny (and maybe a little sad!)  

Thanks for tuning in, and I'll leave you with this parting shot. 

Hopefully it will carry you over until the next post!