Spring Break, soccer, and Shealy's BBQ!

This past week was Spring Break. We didn’t actually do anything out of the ordinary, but it was a fun week spent with the boys without any speech therapy or Bible study or preschool. It was just nice uninterrupted time.

We had a couple of rainy days that kept us inside all day. And keeping boys entertained AND inside all day is a challenge.

But when the sun came out, we went to the zoo with friends. I’m so thankful that Columbia has such a great zoo. Our zoo membership was money well spent. We go as often as we can!

The zoo has a little train that the kids can ride around. After standing in line for twenty minutes, it was finally our turn. My friend, Ainsley, was going to ride the train with all the boys, but Hayes starting crying and saying he wanted to get out.

So I jumped on the train with him. But I’m not sure it did a lot to calm him down.

 

We went to EdVenture on Thursday with the same group of boys and had another great day. The boys are so rowdy together and spend a lot of time wrestling.

At night, we tried to get out of the house to go to dinner or to go visit the lot for the new house. (We’re breaking ground this week!)

We came home one night and Hudson wanted us all to sit on our bed at Nana’s house and hold hands while we watched Mickey Mouse. It’s hard to say no to that!

 

Another night we went down to the River Walk with Boudreaux and the stroller and had a nice, long walk. I used to bring Boudreaux to the River Walk all the time before we got married. I love it down there!

On Friday night, we went to Trader Joe’s to get groceries for the week. Hayes was screaming his little head off for everything in the store. It’s just his age, but he wants to touch everything! So Todd and Hudson finished up with checking out of the store, and I took Hayes out to the car.

After Trader Joe’s, we drove over to Zestos. Zestos is a little greasy spoon that has burgers, chicken, fries, and other yummy bad food, and ice cream! Hudson has been dying to eat here as long as he can remember because of this giant ice cream cone outside.

And the sweet boy got an ice cream cone!

Hudson had his first soccer game on Saturday morning. It went well, for the most part. Ha! He had a few little “moments” because he didn’t want to come out for someone else to go in. And I think he was afraid to steal the ball. But we’ll work on that!

The kids were so cute and got so into it! Go Strikers!

 

 

After the soccer game on Saturday, I hate lunch with my sweet friend Christina. It was so great to catch up with her! Todd went with my dad to Atlanta for the Final Four, so we’re missing him and can’t wait for him to get back on Tuesday.

My father-in-law came to hang out with the boys while I went to the hospital to visit my dear friend Emily and her beautiful new baby girl, Hazel. Oh she is so sweet!

And on Saturday night, the boys and I went with Todd’s parents and Nana to Shealy’s barbecue. They’ve been telling me about it for years, but I’ve never made the trek out there.

While we’ve been living at Nana’s house, it has also been so nice because Todd’s mom and dad live right down the road from Nana’s house. So we see a lot of them and it’s been such a blessing to all of us.

I was so excited they let the boys and me tag along for dinner at Shealy’s on Saturday night.

And sweet Hudson got another ice cream cone!

 

 

The boys and I went to church on Sunday morning and then hung out down at Todd’s parents’ house on Saturday afternoon riding bikes before going to Cookout for supper.

It was a great weekend!

I hope you all had a fun weekend! We’re excited about getting our house started this week and we’re welcoming the warmer weather!

(I posted a lot of these pictures on Instagram, too, so you can follow along there!)

(Don’t forget about tomorrow’s Build ‘Em Up all about remembering you!)