Downtown Chattanooga

We had sooo much fun on Sunday going to downtown Chattanooga. Lee, Logan, and I met up with Claudia, MaryAnn, Shannon, and all the kids. Our first stop was the Chattanooga Market; we looked around at all the interesting things for sale by the local merchants, the kids played a bit, and I bought some yummy produce. I got some fresh green beans and corn on the cob to cook tonight. Yum!

After we left the market, we picked up Ryan and headed to Coolidge Park. The kids were all ready to splash and have fun in the fountain, but unfortunately it was closed... earlier in the day a kid had a bathroom accident and they had to close the fountain to sterilize it. The kids were a little disappointed, but there's always next time. They all rode the historic carousel instead. It was Logan's first time on a carousel. We thought he might be afraid, but he loved it. He just kept staring at the lights and animals and when the ride was over, he did not want to get off!

It was typical HOT July weather perfect for being outside (and sweating your butt off!) so Ryan, Lee, and the kids played in the park's field for a bit throwing a frisbee around. Logan had so much fun just getting to run free as a bird. He adores his little cousin, Harrison, and they were running back and forth and back and forth just having a good ole time! Claudia, MaryAnn, and Shannon relaxed in the shade while they all played, and I walked around snapping some pictures.

MaryAnn and Shannon headed home after the park, and Claudia, Ryan, Harrison, and my clan headed to Market Street to get some dinner. We ate at Taco Mac and we were all starving... the food was great. Logan was well-behaved and had fun feeding Daddy his goldfish crackers. I had a delicious margarita and Claudia had some Sam Adams beer.

All in all, it was a hot, but super day. It was great to see everyone and get out and do something inexpensive on a Sunday afternoon. I took tons of pictures and many of them came out so nicely that I had to share a lot of them. Normally I wouldn't post this many, but they all really capture our great day so well that I felt the need to share. I hope you enjoy seeing them as much as I enjoyed taking them!! *Click the photos to view the full-size.

Shake It!

A Saturday night spent with good friends having great times is always the perfect end to a week. Mike, Jen, Jeff, Natalie, and Josh came to our place to hang out, drink, play a little Singstar, and well, just have a fun time. Jen really felt like dancing, so our living room turned into "Club Curry" for a little while. Here's some fun pics of us all having a groovy time!

Lee & Me doing a self-portrait (me looking scary!)

Jennifer, Natalie, & Jeff dancing in my foyer

(trying to hide from the camera, but I found them!)

Still dancing...
Josh

Josh & Jennifer dancing the night away

Natalie

Natalie, Mike, Me, & Jennifer

Jennifer drank a whole bottle of wine by herself... right here,

my couch, is where she spent the rest of the night!

Yard work at our old house is such a pain!

I didn't do a whole lot of anything interesting today. Logan and I hung out here at home and watched t.v. and snuggled in bed in the morning and played around the house this afternoon... and Lee had to do some work stuff so he wasn't home 'til 5:00 today. When he got home we had to do our bi-weekly chore of mowing the yard at our old house (it's for sale)... which is always a pain in the butt... but once it's done, then it's done again for two weeks. What a relief it will be when/if the house ever sells!! Logan stayed home with great-grandma Hilda while we went and did the yard work.

It's pretty late now, but I'm hoping some of our friends will come over and drink and play some Singstar tonight! If they do, I'll be sure to get some good "drunken good times" pics!!

Here's our old house... good ol' 35 Songbird Drive

Chattanooga Market sounds like fun!

Today's been uneventful. I have done one load of laundry and taken care of one little monster.... surprisingly, Logan's been very well-behaved today. No tantrums so far! Let's keep our fingers crossed the evening goes just as well when he gets up from his nap.

I talked to my Aunt Claudia on yahoo briefly and she will be in town this weekend for her grandson's birthday, he's my cousin Ryan's little boy, Harrison. They might go to The Chattanooga Market on Sunday and told me I should come down there. I've never been and it really looks like fun. It's an outdoor public market that has live music, fresh produce, and hand-crafted items for sale by local residents. I think it would be a great place to take pictures. Plus, Logan would probably really like to get out of the house and to see his little cousin, too!

We have no plans for later... which is typical for us on any given night. We'll probably just play some PS2 Guitar Hero or Singstar.... both, tons of fun! We had dinner out at Cici's Pizza last night, so I'm sure we'll stay in and I'll cook tonight.

Water Baby!

I'm seriously going to try to keep up with my blog this time. I gave you a decent introduction of my life and what is most important to me, my baby boy, Logan... then I left you high and dry and didn't post again. So here goes... to catch you up to speed:

Logan is almost 19 months old now and into everything! He started walking back in March and then began running shortly thereafter. He loves to play outside.... he used to be afraid of the grass or, at least, didn't like to touch it. Now, he'll run through it barefoot and fall down in it and get right back up and it's no big deal. Logan also loves his little kiddie pool we got for him. Even more than the kiddie pool, though, he adores the garden hose.

After naptime today, I took him outside to play in the driveway. I was going to fill the little pool, but he had other plans and just wanted to run around with the hose. He had a great time!