The Ward Family: September 2011

Post Date: 2012-02-21

Holy cow!! I only thought I had finished September. I had all the pictures ready to be uploaded and only uploaded half of them! Below is the rest of September 2011 fun!

Every year the Perry community has a 16th day celebration parade. This year, Ryan and I took Tad and met up with his parents and the Davis clan. We had a blast!

Below: Every year, Ditch Witch has several pieces of equipment in the parade. Tad just had to check it out!

Below: Alyssa and Grayson (with they help of Grandmama) waiting for the candy throwers.

Below: Tad's favorite part of the parade....the bands!!! Every time a band came around the corner Tad abandoned his candy gathering position and set on the curb anxiously waiting to see the band march by.

Below: Back to trying to catch candy!

Below: Tad really wanted to play in the bouncy toys and they were SUPER crowded. So, we decided try something else. The man running this ride was awesome. Most people would have probably said he was too small and moved on to the next person. He took the extra time to set this up to fit and I appreciate because it made Tad's day. He was so proud. He did not turn circles, just swayed back in forth, but he had a blast!

Below: Love that look on his face!

Below: Then we were downright silly on the way home!

Below: Ryan is already working with Tad on his baseball skills.

Below: Tiffany and Ashley working on shower invitations.

Suzanne and I entered the Warrior Dash. It is a blast! Basically you run a 5k, which includes all kinds of obstacles. It was so much fun! I plan on entering again this year. Check out more information and the dash at http://www.warriordash.com/. Suzanne I will miss you this year!

Below: Suzanne and I decided to make t-shirts for the race. Of course all the kiddos wanted to help. We got Tad a t-shirt to paint (since he was coming to support us) and the girls loved the paintbrushes and the sound of the tarp.

Below: Tad is working hard on his t-shirt.

Below: While Suzanne and I were busy painting away on our t-shirts, Tiffany, Ashley, Angie, and Ryan were working on wedding invitations.

Below: Aunt Christy and Addison reading an Elmo book!

Below: Suzanne and I painting away on our turtle shirts!

Below: Addison had a blast with Aunt Christy.

Below: Addison spotted Uncle Ryan's phone... and he couldn't say no!

Below: TURTLE POWER .... because we (or at least I) knew this was not going to be a fast race.

Below: This created some laughs along the way.

Below: Tad was pumped that we got to ride a school bus to and from the event.

Below: Ready for battle!

Below: Picture with our biggest fan!

Below: GO TURTS!!!

Below: This sign says it all...

Below: Yep...we conquered this hill.

Below: A goofy before picture.

Below: Aunt Christy, Tad, and Mom watching some of the action. This included the mud pit and leaping over logs of fire.

Below: Suzanne conquered the massive hill and the climbing wall.

Below: As I was going through the mud pit at the end of the race, apparently Tad said "Boo not get all muddy." When he saw me after the race he thought something was wrong with me and cried.

Below: Suzanne and I after the Dash!

Below: This is where we cleaned up after the race. The water was so cold!!

Below: Future warrior!

Below: The hats brought out our inner warrior.

Below: The hats are awesome!!!

Below: We tried really hard to keep Tad awake for dinner, but he didn't make it. Here, Ma and Tad are hanging outside the Olive Garden waiting for our table.

Below: Fortunately, we had a table in the corner and Tad settled in quite nicely.

The next series of photos are some I ordered from the event website.

Below: I would just like to point out that I was the only smart one that did not follow the rest of the group. I went to the left (our left) and passed several warriors.