Anson's First Movie

A few weeks ago Grady and I took Anson to his first movie in the theater!  We saw Monsters University, and it was so cute!  Anson did really well and the boys both loved the movie.

Before the movie, with their Mike W. dolls

Ready to go!

Look!

So excited!

Take a hike!

We have been getting out and enjoying nature a lot this summer!  One of the things that has pushed us to do this is the park passport program.  We have been discovering quite a few new places too!

Lake Conestee is a place we have been before, but we certainly have not been on all the trails, and we had not seen the really cool new park, with a great playground and pavillion.

Here is the entrance to one of the trails

A huge stick!

Grady is actually pointing behind him in awe, not pretending to stab Anson.  Doesn't it look rather prehistoric behind them?

Beavers had apparently been here!

Soon after that I took Grady on a special Mama day, and we went to Pleasant Ridge Park, in northern Greenville county.  Grady and I had a great hike to a waterfall and then stopped to get lunch together on the way home.

Some cool mushrooms

The water is rushing behind him

Mama at the moonshine still remains

And Grady too

It was such a fun day!  Grady loves to hike and never complains.  The trail was pretty difficult at the beginning, so it was nice to get to do it with him on a big boy day!

Our New Additions!

Several weeks ago we came across a turtle while hiking.  The boys loved the little guy, and Grady became enamored with the idea of getting a pet turtle (or tortoise).  We researched them a bit, visited some in the pet store, and finally decided that a tortoise would make a great pet.  Anson has wanted a fish for quite some time now, so he also got a new pet.

Anson and "Paintey" the female blue beta fish

Grady and "Stretchy"

We take him out for exercise from time to time

Welcome, Paintey and Stretchy!