Double Trouble

More Soccer Pictures

Coach Lee

"Rollers." These are kids who randomly roll around on the soccer field for no reason. Our son was the first and it was contagious this week.
Caleb was not so interested in playing the game this week.
Finally, Graysen's favorite part is snack time, of course!

Too Much Sticker Fun!!!

I found two great emergency vehicle sticker books on clearance at Barnes & Noble yesterday. Last night, Lee and I went into the boys' room to see them. We expected to find them reading nicely. Instead, they, and everything else, was covered in stickers!!!

Fun with Cousins!

Erik and Amanda stayed with us Friday night on their way to the beach. All of the cousins had a blast together!!!

First Day of Soccer

Today was Caleb's first day of soccer. The first half is spent doing drills with their coaches. The team has been divided into four sub-teams of four kids each. There is one main coach who coordinates everything and four assistant coaches, each with their own team. The second half is a mini-game where the teams play each other jamboree style.

Caleb did amazing!!! Lee and I are very proud of him. He loved playing soccer and did great participating with the other kids. He even kicked the ball during the game portion! He really enjoyed the day.
Coach Lee in action! He has a sweet team of four adorable little boys. It is so fun watching all of them.
We watched some of the World Cup a few months back. Caleb thinks that falling down is part of the game from watching soccer on TV. Today, he would spontaneously fall down on the field and pretend that he was in the World Cup. He did this several times and was the only child to be randomly rolling around on the ground. Not our proudest moment, but it was pretty funny to watch.
After the game, the boys got coupons for free hot dog lunches. The boys thoroughly enjoyed their lunch.
Technically, today was the "jamboree" which was an introductory game and when uniforms were passed out. The regular season starts next week and Caleb is very excited that he will get to wear his uniform then. It is proudly hanging in his closet.

In all, Caleb shows more soccer potential than his daddy who was known for picking dandelions on the field when he played as a child.

First Day of 4K

Today is Caleb's first day of 4K. Last year he was in 3K which was a half day program. This year he will be in a full day program. He will go to school from 8 AM to 2 PM. I can't believe my baby is growing up so fast!

Football Men

Caleb, Graysen, and Geoffrey got out their football helmets this weekend, apparently excited about the upcoming football season.  The word "players" hasn't really worked its way into the boys vocabularies yet, so they call themselves "football men."

Downtown Greenville

We had a great time in downtown Greenville on Friday...
The kids played in the fountain...
Fed the birds...
And enjoyed gelato at Luna Rosa!

Special Evening

Yesterday evening, Evie and her family came over for play and dinner. It is always special to watch Evie and Graysen playing and enjoying life. All of Evie's sisters and brother are incredibly well behaved and sweet children. Lee was especially impressed with the speed at which they cleaned up the playroom. Our boys are now in trouble now that we have seen that it is possible to teach kids to clean up quickly and efficiently....

We really enjoyed our time with them and look forward to many years of Evie and Graysen growing up together.

Tennessee

We had a nice weekend visiting Lee's family in Tennessee. The boys are great at traveling and I love watching them experience new things. Here are a few pictures from the weekend:

Caleb loved when his Uncle Erik took him and Sarah Grace for a ride on Papa's Gator.
We met our nephew, Peyton, for the first time. He is about 7 weeks old.
Caleb and Graysen enjoyed helping Papa feed the squirrels and birds every morning.
All three kids had a blast playing in the sprinkler.
Graysen NEVER passes out at home. He has endless energy. However, he passed out around 5 PM on Saturday after a busy day of playing with is cousins. He is all ready to go to Steve's BBQ here and we had to wake him up.
Gallatin has an amazing July 4th festival. They made an incredible amount of foam for the kids to play in using a fire truck and lots of soap. I have never seen anything like it.
And, of course, the weekend would not be complete without a visit to Mema's house.

Happy Birthday Lee!

The boys and I threw a Spider-Man dinner for Lee's birthday, complete with decorations, home-made cake, and tattoos all around!

"We're Daddy!"

Lee had a nice Father's Day today. The boys and I gave him some special "treats" from Whole Foods, let him rest some, went to dinner at our favorite pizza place, Sonny's, and had dessert at Bruster's.

The boys ended the day by wearing Lee's t-shirts and pretending that they were Daddy. They thought it was just great to dress and act like Daddy.

Happy Father's Day, Lee!!!

Graysen is here!

Graysen Meyer Slusher arrived at 8:46 a.m. this morning, weighing 6 pounds and 7 ounces (well below Laura's prediction of 11 pounds). We have only been able to spend a few minutes with him so far, but he seems to be very active, opening and closing his eyes and sucking on his pacifier. He checked out to be healthy, other than his heart issue, and is breathing well on his own. The pediatric cardiologists are going to be running tests on him for the next few hours to determine what treatments and/or surgeries will be necessary. We'll post more information as it becomes available.