A Weekend in Aiken

This past weekend we headed up to Aiken after work to stay with Nana & Poppa. Mom hosted a Bridal Shower on Saturday for Katie and Granny, Lorie and I all pitched in. I left work early and picked up Stryker from school & Granny from her house before hitting the road. We arrived in Aiken just a bit before Mom got home. Stryker immediately went to playing the Wii as that’s his favorite thing to do at his grandparent’s house. We decided to hit Hobby Lobby (my FAVORITE!) before meeting Mark for dinner. We picked up a few last minute things for the shower and headed over to Golden Corral (my FAVORITE again!). Stryker was a very good boy and ate all his dinner so got treated with a Spiderman tattoo by the face painter that was in the restaurant. He was super excited about it and I’m sorry I didn’t get a picture of it. L  We headed home for baths and crafts and chocolate milk….

What a cute milk mustache!

This is Max. He dislikes Stryker GREATLY.

 

It’s such a great dislike that it’s almost funny. God forbid they accidently meet in the hallway; they both jump 4 ft in the air with a chorus of hissing and screams. Funny… I’m telling you. Stryker tries hard each time we visit Aiken to get close to Max. He really wants to be the cat’s friend. He finds Max’s toys and tries to coax him from under the bed…always to no avail. One day, maybe these two can just be friends.

Luckily, Old Sally Girl doesn’t mind Stryker too much. She’s very tolerable of the kids even in her old age. We love Sally Anne!

Anyway… Saturday afternoon was the shower. Aunt Lorie, Peyton and Maddison drove up for the afternoon. Poppa entertained the boys with slip and slide fun and sand toys while us ladies hosted Katie, her family and friends for her shower. It was a great afternoon and the bride to be stocked up on lots of good gifts! I was in charge of the décor… Here are few things I made for decorations that doubled as gifts.

That night, we were all worn out! We had a cook out with Katie & Logan and then an early night in. Nana, Stryker and I played Candy Land.

Although it only last a few minutes because our “bad sport” son decided he wasn’t winning and didn’t want to play anymore. NOTE TO SELF: Work on that! Not to worry though, b/c the next morning he beat Poppa, Nana AND Granny in Wii Bowling….

That he was excited about J

We had a lazy Sunday morning as the rain fell for most of the day. Finally there was a break and we decided we’d better make a break for it as well. We loaded up and got back on the road to home. Although we missed Daddy, it was a fun weekend away with my family and my boy.