Week in Review {8/2-8/8}

We started our week off with church on Sunday morning, per the norm :-)


Griffin asked me why I put this "dress" on Grady! Haha, apparently he is not a fan of rompers?


Sunday night we had the Bunton's over for dinner. It has been forever since we have had just one family over for dinner (we have large groups for bible study or life group weekly), so it was actually very fun to cook for just us two families! I took advantage of the opportunity and cooked Mr.Pate's fav- chicken cordon bleu with béarnaise sauce. And it was so yummy. It was wonderful getting to hangout with them.

My next StitchFix came on Monday, so I tried on all of those clothes after work, and Griffin took pics of each piece for me :-)


Two of the shirts were too big and one was too small :-( And I loved the black pants but not the price... So I kept one tank top.

After that we played outside for awhile. Griffin drove Grady in his power wheels for the first time and Grady loved it!





(Notice the ball in Grady's hand. We have become obsessed and won't put them down.)
Then Griffin pushed his brother for a bit :-)


And then we had our first brother wagon ride. How precious?! We spent many a night at our old house pulling Griffin in this wagon after dinner, so It is too sweet to get to pull two babies now. I love having two kids. Everything is just sweeter.





Tuesday we had our last Parking Lot party for the summer. I am going to miss seeing these crazies once a week!


Wednesday we went to Smiths Grove Baptist to visit, and then helped Uncle D finish up his classroom. This goofs had my phone the whole time we were at church ;-)


Thursday Grady ended up getting sent home with a fever. We are pretty positive it's teething related. We had bible study, and then our praise band practiced at our house bc the church building has a special event this week. It was so sweet to hear my whole house filled with worship music (or in theory it was, during this time Griffin was having a massive meltdown so I couldn't fully enjoy it, but that's life!).


Friday we had dinner at the Peach's and then we played outside at their house. Griffin bought a new bike this week with birthday money, so we got in some good biking time.


Saturday I took some senior photos in the morning, then Mr.Pate's parents and Uncle came in town and we all headed to Chuy's. Yummo!!


After nap time we headed to Eli's birthday party! It was at the Smiths Grove park, which was a great location. The kids had a ball!











Great week :-)

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Week in Review {7/26-8/1}

This week was a big change of pace for us, because we ended up being at home 4 nights of the week! I cannot remember the last time that happened?!

Sunday we had church of course. My dad came up for church too. We picked up lunch and brought it home so we could get Griffins nap started ASAP.






My dad and Grady randomly matched on Sunday! Too cute.

After nap, we headed to a Hot Rods game with our church! It was a super hot and muggy day, so Grady and I mainly hung out inside during the game. Of course, our cute redeemer kids played with him :-)







Monday night we cooked dinner at home, Uncle D came over, and we ended the night with a good ol nerf gun fight.







Tuesday it poured during the day, so we had to cancel Parking Lot Party. Bummer. So we ended up hanging out at our house and playing. Griffin and Daddy practiced hitting the tball, and so far Griffin can hit either side?!






Wednesday we ate at home, then decided to head to Toys R Us to spend some of Griffins bday money. He picked a Ninja turtle bike helmet (he also liked the minion one, but didn't go with it).







Grady has been obsessed with any type of ball this week.






Thursday we had bible study and then these big kids rode bikes with their cute bike helmets :-)







Friday we headed to the Broady's house. I took Eden's 9 month pictures (sooo cute!) and then we played a long overdue (and long, haha) game of Catan! I have missed game nights with them.







Saturday, we were super productive around the house and got in some good quality playtime. Then my parents and youngest Niece came up to enjoy crabfest at Red Lobster- nom nom nom! It was so good!













After dinner, we played at our house for awhile. Livvi and Griffin got some Just Dance action in, and there were random sword fights in my living room as well. Ha.






And of course, my fabulous mother helped do some laundry and dishes. She is the best.

It was a wonderful, low key, home-oriented week and it was just what I needed. Yay!

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Happy Birthday Cayslee and Jayme!

July is a happening birth month y'all! We had two other birthday parties to go to, plus of course Griffin had his. It's been fun getting to celebrate with friends so much this month.

Cayslee had her birthday a little early so they could head out on vacation when her 2nd birthday was here. I cannot believe she is already 2!














Next up was Jayme' s 4th birthday at Chuckie Cheese.




















Happy birthday sweet girls! We love ya!

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Week in Review Times Two {7/12-7/25}

Totally missed a week of posting, oops! So here is a recap of what we have been up to the past two weeks:

On Sunday the 12th, we had our first service in Jackson Grove's building. I will try to do a longer post on this soon, but basically we are meeting at 9am and their service is at 11:30.











Mr.Pate ended up having to go stay in Louisville that Monday through Wednesday to help Servpro with some storm jobs. The day he left there was an attempted robbery in our neighborhood, so I was terrified to stay alone (I am scared to stay alone on a normal day, much less all of that!). Lucky for us, Uncle D was willing to come stay on the couch!

Tuesday we had Parking Lot Party and it was SO HOT! Whew!

Wednesday night, the kids and I finally went to hangout with the Watson's! We swam first and it felt so good.





Look how these kids have grown in a year!





Love her!











That Thursday was Bible Study , and then Friday we got stuff together for Griffins birthday party.

Saturday was Griffins 4th birthday! We setup for his bday party in the morning, and then we went to the water park at Beech Bend after nap time. It was so much fun! The water felt great and Griffin had a blast going down all the water slides and riding the waves. The kids area there has several kid water slides that are a ton of fun. He has been so great with them and runs up and does them all by himself too. Awesome.

Sunday we worshiped again :-)





Then we got in Griffin's nap before the BIG EVENT... Griffin's
4th- a Dance Parry! It was so much fun, and Becky did an amazing job with the decor, as always! I'll post more about it soon.

















Monday night, after dinner we decided to put our new sprinklers out and have a little summer fun. That water was COLD! But the boys both loved it.























Tuesday, Griffin went for his 4 year checkup. He is doing great!











Wednesday we played at the park and then got Sonic treats ;-)

Thursday, we had bible study. Love them!





Friday I got myself organized! Haha!





Mr.Pate's parents came in town Thursday, so Friday they all headed to Beech Bend to ride the rides while I worked. Then after nap time, we all headed back to the water park. So much fun!

















Saturday, Mr. Pate's parents and brother came over and majorly overhauled our yard! Woo hoo! It looks so good now! Thanks guys!

Then we headed to Jayme's 4 th bday at Chuckie
cheese.





After that, we headed to the Peaches. They had water games, tons of food, yummy corn, and to top the night off we watched a movie in their backyard! So so fun!

















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