Moxon family visit in August

Uncle Pete and Aunt Mary Ann came to visit in August for a quick night and here are a few photos from their visit.

Hannah, William and "Great Aunt Mary Ann" Great Uncle Pete and William
Hannah was squeezing on her Baby William
Somebody was funny...they have those half smiles on their faces!!!

Thanks for sharing your pictures with us Mary Ann! We look forward to your next visit to South Carolina!

G-Daddy and Annie's House

This is from my 30th birthday a few weeks ago when we had all the children together at G & Annie's house for dinner. They tried to wrangle the masses for a picture and this was as good as we got! G holding William and Annie holding T and Lesesne. Lesesne and T smiling at each other :)

Edisto Beach July 2008

We had our annual Edisto Beach trip the last week of July and as always had a great time. Things were a little different this year, as the Motes had their own house and they went the week before us. We knew that Haley, Virginia, Emory Anne and Grady were going to stay for a few days, but it turned out that we had Motes all week long! They (plus the kids) were having so much fun, that they stayed until the following Thursday and William stayed with us until we left Friday morning. William drove me and Baby William home on Friday as "big" William decided to serve me vodka starting at 3:00 Thursday afternoon, so by Friday morning, I was feeling rough!!!

Below are some various, random shots from the week: Walks showing us his dance moves on Friday night when we got there...you know the first night is always the biggest!Arthur's meat...a cooked a whole ribeye and a whole beef loin!
Hannah being hollywood
Emory Anne playing with the TONS of toys Hannah had at the beach!

Happy happy William
Emory Anne and Grady in their matching crab outfits...too cute!
WAM loves his Grandaddy! He can always get a good laugh out of William.
This is William floating in the baby pool we had set up on the deck that overlooked the ocean. Awesome set-up! If the beach was too much for the kids (or even the adults), we would load up in the baby pool :)
Lunchtime for Hannah, William and Emory Anne

William Mote came home from New York a few weeks ago and spent some time with us...he does NOT STOP! He can definitely be the life of the party :)
Jump jump William
Morning time with William and Uncle Hunter
Grady could sleep in that bouncy seat he loves it so much. He is the most laid back baby ever! With such a sweet little personality.
All the chullrin piled up with Grandaddy--what a great lap for some baby holding!

Edisto Beach 2008 proved to be what it always is for us: a relaxing, Grandparent loving, excellent food eating, lots of drinking, sun soaking time for all of us. Looking forward to '09!!!

DeBordieu July 2008

We had our second Milliken family beach trip of the summer and headed back down to DeBordieu. We only saw the beach one day--I guess that's what happens when you have three children to pack up, haul and get down to the beach. That one day though brought a lot of fun for T and William.

Annie and T having snack time.

My big boy sitting up, playing in the sand.
T wouldn't know what this world would be like without trucks or tractors--he LOVES trucks and tractors!!!
William got dirty in the sand- he loved it! He actually used the shovel to dig dirt and fling it in as many directions as he could.
William before we let him get dirty in the sand.
Anna and Lesesne
G and William
Sandy T
Lesesne
While we were down there we celebrated T's birthday on Monday, but he actually turned 2 on Tuesday, the 17th. Anna put together a nice little family birthday party for him and it was decorated in a John Deere theme--it was so cute!
Of course the biggest hit of the birthday party was when he got his Gator from Anna and Tombo.

While we were down there we also celebrated Anna and G Daddy's birthdays too. So happy birthday to ANNA, T and TOM!!!!

Busy Memorial Day Weekend

This Memorial Day was different from our past Memorial Days in that we didn't travel anywhere. We spent Friday night at home with Hunter, Amanda and Hannah stopping by for a visit. Then Haley and Grady showed up too...funny how those nights that you plan to do nothing always seem to turn into something a little more fun than you thought!

Saturday Mom, Dad and I spent the day getting things ready for William's Baptism on Sunday. Saturday night we went to Kristen and Drew's house for burgers and hung out with our usual crowd (both Bozards, Bells, Coffers and Kirks).

We had a nice lunch reception at Mimi and Grandaddy's house on Sunday after the Baptism for all the family, the Motes and the Bells. Mimi made some really pretty flower arrangements as usual. Below is the outside bar on the screened porch--Mimi and Grandaddy sure do know how to throw a party!

Here is the display of silverware (only Grandaddy and his photo geekness would take a picture of the silverware)...we enjoyed some fabulous food: grilled ham w/ horseradish, fried chicken, brown rice, butter beans, chopped salad, deviled eggs, sour cream/cheese biscuits, blondies, brownies and and petit fors. It was a downhome, comfort meal--delish!!!!
Everybody left the house mid afternoon and in typical Suggs fashion, the party cranked back up around 6:00 to celebrate Memorial Day and a Monday off! Let's see if I can remember everybody who came over Sunday night: Jeff, Kimberly & Virginia Grace, Hunter, Amanda & Hannah, Haley, Gene, Emory Anne & Grady, Tombo, Anna , T & Lesesne, Walks, me & WAM, Billy, Virginia & Benjamin and of course Mimi and Grandaddy!

Emory Anne & T got wet while they played with Hannah's little water pool table so they stripped down and ran around in their diapers!


They loved playing in the rocks...

T stood in the water like this for awhile...all three of the kids were soaking wet!!

Sweet baby LesesneWe had a great weekend and hopefully I'll have some more pictures to post later. What a great weekend we had. Thanks to Mimi and Grandaddy for letting enjoy their house so much!!!

10 adults, 4 children---Edisto Beach April 2008

Mom and Dad so graciously opened their house to us a few weeks ago down at the beach. It was Mom, Dad, Hunter, Amanda, Hannah, friends of their's- Lee and Mandy, Gene, Haley, Emory Anne, Grady, me, Walks and William. We had such a good time, especially watching Hannah and Emory Anne play together.

I know how tough it is to pack for a 4 month old for the beach, but Gene and Haley were lucky enough to figure out how to pack for 2 children! I think it took 4 adults to get their car packed to go hom, kids strapped in and out the driveway. Walks and I spent one extra night and relaxed with Mimi and Grandaddy and left Monday.

While we were there William slept in the pack n play in a closet--I assume this isn't too mean, right? I mean, that could be considered abuse once he's old enough to know where he is, but for now, we consider it out of the way.

Hannah and Emory Anne played perfectly together the whole time and William and Grady were little angels as usual. I can't wait for them to start playing together--it couldn't be any more convenient that we have boys that are practically the same age.

While we lay out on the beach, William enjoys the breeze on the gazebo.

Hunter reading to Hannah and Emory Anne

Mandy, Amanda and Lee
Walks and WAM
Gene and Grady
William waiting for Grandaddy to put the paci back in.

Grady in his papason chair...I think this is his favorite seat.

WAM
Grady and Williams first time on the beach.
Emory Anne & Haley
"Emmy Anne & Hannie"