Birthday Party and Volleyball

This morning we started out the day with a birthday party for one of Handley's best friends, Annabelle.  She lives just down the street from us and we meet her when she was only 1 month old.  Today she turned 3 and had a huge party to celebrate!  It was at Champion Kids (formerly Southern Prep, but now in a new location).  Everyone there had a great time.  There are trampolines, zip-lines, foam pits, inflatable bouncy slides and so much more.

After the party we made our way down to Piedmont Park.  My cousin, Addison, was in town for the Red Bull Spiked volleyball tournament, so we met up with Aunt Missy and Uncle Neal to watch him play and help cheer on his team.  There were teams from all over the southeast that had qualified in regional tournaments to make it to this event.  Addison's team played all day long and kept advancing to the finals.  The top two teams in the tournament got to play against the Olympic Gold Medalist Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser.  He and his teammates did a fantastic job and I was impressed watching Addison spike the ball time after time.  They finished in 3rd so they were just one spot away from playing the Olympians.  Next year...

Addison is in the blue shirt, just spiked the ball and you can see the other team wasn't able to block it. 

Uncle Neal and Handley

Harper warmed right up to Addison.  Every time he would come sit with us after one of their games she would run up to him and wait for him to pick her up. You can tell in this picture she feels right at home with him and had assumed her position...sucking her thumb and rubbing her belly button. 

We had so much fun watching and cheering for Addison today.  There was tons of room for the girls to run around and play, a DJ blaring music, and free drinks.  We had so much fun that we ended up staying for 4 hours!