"Ice Pease"

Tonight, Joe was in the mood for Mexican. This doesn't happen often, so I quickly agreed! Since we are having unseasonable weather today, (the high temperature was 83 today) we decided to eat on the patio.

Shortly after getting there, Carli was excited to be eating chips. She really loves them! She probably ate 10 of them.

After finishing her chips, Carli began to find things to amuse her. She played with chips and the straws. Then she saw my glass of iced tea. "Ice pease."

I gave her a piece of ice, thinking she wanted to eat it like she usually does. Nope. She figured out it was something fun to play with. Every few seconds, it would slip out of her hands and fall through the cracks in the table. Then it was "Ice pease" again. She would play with it for a few minutes, before losing it again into the cracks.

"Ice pease." This happened over and over. Carli entertained herself with ice for 20 minutes or so. It was fun to watch her as she discovered that if she held it long enough, it would begin to melt away.

Austin is 18!

March 1st was Austin's 18th birthday. On Saurday, the 3rd, we surprised him with a party at the Piney Grove Fire Station (where else?). The guys there were great, taking him on a wild goose hunt so we could all gather together and surprise him.

Here are just a few pictures to document the big event: