This past Tuesday we went to the Spartanburg Fair with some friends from church. The Emersons have three preschoolers. So the four adults and five children tackled the County Fair together. It was fun. Anderson loved the rides and all the other kids had fun too. Of course Ellis was too small and had to watch from the side line of his stroller. Wow, are rides expensive these days or what? I don’t think we got out of the kiddy ride area for under $20 per kid. Oh well…it was fun and it was a great time together as a family. Here are some pics from the night. One of Anderson, Ashley and Caroline on the carousel and one of Ashley and Christy Emerson.

Well, I can’t let the day come to a close without writing about two of my favorite people. Today is the birthday of my beautiful wife and oldest son. Ashley and Anderson get to share their birthdays. Ashley is 29 and Anderson is 3 (It’s still safe to say Ashley’s age – I think). The day has been wonderful! We woke up singing the birthday song and then Anderson was off to preschool. Later in the morning we had a little party for Anderson with his class and it was great. Cookies and icing everywhere. After school we had lunch as a family at Ruby Tuesdays to celebrate and give mom her presents. Then, even though it was a church night Ashley and I got to go to a great movie (Facing the Giants) with the church. It was a church-wide event. We got to leave the boys with the nursery – but we traded the two of them for the 30-40 teenagers who went with us. We had over 125 at the movie. Overall it was an awesome day and I’m so grateful God has blessed me with Ashley, Anderson and Ellis.