Exciting Weekend in the 'Burg

The Parrish family enjoyed a great weekend...with sunny weather and lots of activities going on, it was hard not to have a happy time...Friday night marked the beginning of Spring Fling festivities, including our favorite event, the annual Steadman Hawkins Classic downtown professional cycling race; it is the signature event for Biketown and our friends at Partners for Active Living do a fabulous job with this celebration. We enjoyed seeing friends, eating BBQ, and feeling the rush of air on our faces as the pro racers flew by... Remsen even shot a brief video and posted it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux0Td2a6Xyk

Spring Fling is a great City event; the busiest streets in downtown Spartanburg are closed for pedestrian traffic, bands on stage, and carnival food booths....ahh the smell of funnel cakes...

Saturday afternoon JR, my mom, and I attended a baby shower for Gina (my roomate from Wofford). She is due in July, as is our friend Amy, for which we attended a couples baby shower on Saturday evening. The evening shower had a surprising twist to celebrate the Kentucky Derby... guests put in a "donation" and drew the name of one of the horses in the race. I must be on a lucky streak; Big Brown won me $70 and a first place trophy! Yahoo!

Last but not least, our kid is getting great at talking! We posted a video of him in his crib, talking to his beloved Clemson Tiger mobile. It is shadowy (that is from me, standing in the way of the light!), but a fun movie of our happy baby: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irPcpL29PYw