Sword Fighting with Daddy and Pictures from Ally's Birthday Party

A few weeks ago, I taught Derek how to "sword fight" with mixing spoons. I thought he didn't particularly care for that kind of play, but I was proved wrong today!

On Guard!!

Derek enjoyed going to Ally's birthday party at Pizza Planet. We had a blast playing with friends and I really enjoyed catching up with my family. Enjoy the pictures!

Derek liked sitting in the motorboat ride, even though it was broken

LOVED the carousel

Two of Ally's friends and Ally on the mini roller coaster. Derek liked that one, too. Sad I didn't get pictures.

The Dance of Three Binkies

And so it begins with the next generation. Sorry for laughing and snorting in the background - I was trying to hold it in and that made it worse. :D Probably the best part of my week watching these two passing the binkies around.

Dance of Three Binkies

Fun Times with the Bazemore-Thomison Clan

This past weekend my sister Amy was kind enough to drive Derek and I down to Houston for a combination graduation/birthday party. We were only there about 48 hours, but it was still a fun trip. I even learned something new about my Papa (who had me in stitches during this - I only caught the tail end of the performance)...

Dr Wong

My cousin Beth surprised me with a call out of the blue to see if I needed any clothes for Derek. What an answer to prayer! I've been worrying how I was going to get summer clothes for Derek. And such cute ones! Pics to follow in another post but they are SO cute. :D

Uncle Dwight (Kelly's boyfriend) gave Derek a super cool stuffed dinosaur that he carried around most of the weekend. Yesterday he tried to make it eat Logan. Haha!

Other than that, it was fun times and chilling with family. Aunt Mary and Aunt Nancy flew down for a few days and it was really fun to see them again.

Playing with Logan

Lanae and Logan have come to stay for a month or so while David is completing some of his Air Force training. It's been soooo nice to have their company! Lanae and I have very similar tastes in movies, we do Zumba together and have fun watching Derek and Logan play. Mitchell surprised me by buying the 5 hour Pride and Prejudice a week ago and I've had a wonderful time immersing myself in the words and world of embroidery and books. Ahhhh...the luxury of beautiful speech and elegant hairstyles. The only thing missing is Milla. :(

Here are some of the highlights of last week. We had lots of fun!

One of my favorites

He likes pillows!

Look at that handsome Logan boy!

Very smiley

Kicking the big balloon with Aunt Lanae

Playing "Pop Goes the Weasel" with Logan

Kind of long, but it's so cute!

Present from Grandpa Bazemore

Walking Outside

Talking to Grandma and Grandpa Heath

The Saga of the Trash Monster

I walked away for maybe 30 seconds and the TRASH MONSTER appeared!