What a gentleman!

Watch out if you have girls from ages 4-9 right now. In about 15 years this young man could be stealing their hearts! This is Luke and Emma. Each boy was assigned a girl to escort into the Tea Party on Wednesday. Luke was so excited to get Emma since she was already one of his friends. Also pictured is a photo of the goodies that day. Luke had orange tea with cream and sugar with chocolate covered strawberries and tea cookies. Aren't the teapot cookies adorable?? His friend, Lauren's mom made them. yum yum!

Tea for Two

This is Luke and his teacher (who has taught him many new things this year!)--Mrs. Pace

Luke and his "Bud"

The Boston Tea Party

Luke's class has been studying the Boston Tea Party during the last few weeks. To celebrate, Mrs. Pace gave them a Victorian Tea Party. Here are the boys and girls preparing for the big event. Notice in the last picture, he's preparing for his future as a model for Jos A. Bank!!

Look out Zaxby's...

Chick-Fil-A's got a secret weapon that you don't have------BRETT OWNBEY!!
Brett began working at Chick-fil-a 2 weeks ago. He is having a lot of fun and EATING a lot more!! Nothing like telling a teenager that he can have a free meal (or milkshake!)!! He's enjoying meeting new people and learning to answer to a "boss." Just thought I'd show you a couple of pictures so that you can see how much he has matured in the last couple of months. Keep in mind, his driver's permit (Lord willin') comes less than a month from now. YIKES!! (If you click on the first picture, zooming in shows off his handsome smile :) )

Happy Birthday, Hannah!

Hannah turned 11 on the 11th of April. She works at our church's Weekday program with the 2 year old class. On Friday, they surprised her with a party! She got a cookie cake (her favorite) and beach stuff--towel, sunscreen, goggles, plus a gift card to Wal-Mart. She was so excited. I can't believe she is a TWEEN now--where did the time go!?!?! Here are a couple of pictures from our family celebration Friday night...

Working Man

Brett has officially joined the working world!! He worked for a family friend at Wood You furniture here in Greenville, SC for 2 weeks. He had a great time! This is a picture of him with his first paycheck ever!

31st Annual Reedy River Run

This is the 31st Annual Reedy River Run downtown Greenville. My goal for my 40th birthday was to do this 5K. My "normal" desire for any birthday would be to gobble up a triple layer chocolate cake with a gallon of my favorite ice cream! I decided that now I am "full grown" that I should have a better goal. Katie wanted to join me in this venture. We had a GREAT time!! She is a real trooper. Don't be fooled--I still ate a whole QUART of MudPie MoJo ice cream from Cold Stone Creamery--a dear friend brought it to me--thanks Lonna! You didn't really think I would skip the goodies, did you?