Visiting Grandmollie

We had a great visit in July to our Grandmollie. It was so sweet to see the boys reading books with Grandmollie. KG and I stayed at Grandmollie's house and we had precious hours together at night of KG scooting across the floor full of grins. The boys stayed with Daddy at a hotel. We went running and made some trips to the park to get some little boy energy out. The boys I mean kids loved riding the carousel and eating snow cones- some of my favorite childhood memories. We also were really glad we were able to schedule our trip to go to church with Grandmollie- her church has such loving people who feel like an extended family. I just wish we could make NC & MS closer together!

Grad videos

Graduation

We're having a great summer. June was filled with afternoons in the pool with friend. We started July with the boys graduations- K's Kindergarten graduation, C's preschool, and T graduated from toddler school :)

boys getting their certificates. We had a wonderful graduation- The boys all said the Pledge of Allegiance. K read Ps 23 and the Pledge to the Bible. C sang "There were 12 Disciples" T sang "Awesome God." and KG looked cute scooting around. Then we had a great cookout with a red, white, and blue jello flag & the yummy lunch that Grandma brought.

Pictureless Wednesday

so is it really middle of June already? How time flies. Memorial Day Weekend was a blur of fun- cookouts, swimming with friends, a birthday celebration with Grandma, Uncle B, and Pops Leon. Then James headed up to DC for a few days and my parents, Becky & David spent the night here on the way to a 100 mile bike trip. Another great birthday celebration and visit! And we found out James was selected for ROTC PMS. We're moving to Baltimore, MD next summer!

We've spent tons of time in our backyard pool with friends. We've had lots of fun & eaten lots of watermelon. The boys play Marco Polo, run circles around the pool, practice swimming, play sharks, and splash lots!

Every few days we have a quiet (as quiet as it gets with 4 small kids) day alone at home to recover from all our hot weather fun. We got to eat breakfast with James one day this week before he headed back to DC. We got to learn more about free range chicken eggs. And then enjoyed a nice morning outdoors- We got to watch a spider catch, wrap, eat his bug breakfast. We found more blackberries around our yard and checked out our apple tree. K asked if it was okay to read his Bible because he wants to read it in the morning like Mommy & Daddy. I heard on the radio a comedian talking about how we take pics of the good times bc we want to remember the good memories. I want to do that with this blog too.

Then back to the loud splashing fun of more cookouts and swimming with friends. Mixed with the researching of Maryland. Sometimes the internet really is great. You can "meet" people from somewhere before you go!

More May Pics

We've had a fun May (other than James having to work too much but at least he's here!) The boys really enjoyed soccer. Here's a pic in their soccer uniforms.

We're super excited about our new tent- we've done some practice camping. We set up the tent in our living room. Then did daytime camping in the backyard and then one night of camping in the backyard. Plan was James and the boys- turns out it was James and the biggest boy. The rest stayed inside with me and KG.

Here's the gang dressed up again.
K's first Field Day- we had a blast. I stayed with the younger kids in the playground. I wish we had a picture of me & the other 3 moms pushing several double strollers with 3-4 small ones hanging on each stroller up the hill. We got back to the field just in time to see K finish the distance race- he came in 3rd! He did super! We were so proud he kept working hard!
Here's us sharing a yummy treat at the Dogwood Festival- another fun day. We also went to Got to be NC fair up in Raleigh which was great. The boys loved seeing all the animals. The all you can eat BBQ was great too.

More May Fun

I guess it's been a while since I was on here. we had to send our camera in for repairs. so here's the ones I didn't post yet.

K lost his first tooth- it came our about 10 min after he said it was loose.

yummy strawberry picking with friends

I have 3 good berry pickers now. we went 3 times this season and wish we'd gone more. I made 2 batches of strawberry jam- well one is strawberry syrup since it didn't set. now we're ready for blueberries!

May

some of the Royal Blue Sharks during a game. K & C are having a good time playing with their friends.
We visited the Cape Fear Botanical Gardens before one of the games- beautiful out!

checking out a lake with a friend