Father's Day Cookout

Ollie had fun celebrating Father's Day with his DaDa and DeDat over at Grammy's house Saturday evening. 

Rocking horse/bouncy horse...Gary Alan used to ride this horse and apparently bounce it across the room. Ollie loves this thing and is really good at riding on it 

Teddy was his spotter

Ollie scoots the horsey across the deck

We had fun playing with DeDat's binoculars...looking at the cows and horses in the pasture across the street

Look at that face! Such a cutie!

Ollie and DeDat sharing some guacamole dip

This is really sweet

Our Father's Day Cookout spread....yummmm, steaks!

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Happy Father's Day DeDat! We love you!!!

Thanks Grammy for all the yummy food and super fun toys!

 

Working Round the House

Little by little we are starting to finish up the garden, chicken coop and cut down trees for more sunlight. Just a few pics of Gary Alan's after work projects

Bye Bye tree

Ollie is a good little helper

Ollie is also a good excuse to take a break and goof off a little

Thanks Gary Alan for all the hardwork you've done around the house and continue to do around the house! We love you bunches and bunches!!

Best Buds

Wyatt and Ollie are quite a pair. These little guys could go and go all day! 

Checking out the Alpaca's at Rootsfest...VCP

The Cutest Swinging Duo

Ollie "reaching for the sky"

VCP...Valle Crucis Park

Valle Crucis Park is just right down the road from our house and now that it's summertime, we usually head down there once a day. I love this park, it's actually my favorite one up here in the high country and how lucky are we that it's so close. I've loved watching Ollie go from just riding around the park in his stroller, to just wanting to swing, to checking out the other playground equipment and now running, jumping, climbing and playing on everything. 

Finally figures out the hand rail is very helpful while climbing stairs

   

    

"Yeah, I'm gonna climb this wall."

Or how about daddy helps you

My favorite collection so far of Ollie on the slides

Swimming

Ollie had a great time this last weekend visiting family and friends in Gastonia. I'm pretty sure his favorite part was swimming in Grandaddy's pool. 

Ready to get in or thinking about putting his feet in

Splashing around....water was a little chilly

He really enjoyed running around and around the pool instead of swimming...lots of exploring to do

Ready to dive right in

Or not...

Daddy trying to coax him in...too cold

Ollie had a lot of fun playing with Grandaddy and seeing his aunts and uncles!

Rainy Morning

Rolling around on the floor playing trains

Driving ABC's and songs...

Dump Truck Fun

The Bus...Ollie's go to toy at the moment

Fun morning, waiting for the rain to pass

Play date Highlights

A few pictures of Ollie's play date adventures last week. 

Tot lot playground, loves to hideout under the climbing wall

Water table fun at Wyatt's house....

Loving Wyatt's 4x4 truck

Car tunnel fun!

Looking at all the toys they threw off the deck

Collecting cars for the tunnel

"Best play date ever!"

Throwing rocks in the river at Valle Crucis Park

Fishing off the front porch