VBS and Carowinds (again)!

 Week of June 9th, the kids did Vacation Bible Camp at Holy Trinity.

Lucy's mom was kind enough to send this video of them.

They did service projects two days- at Trinity Ridge doing exercises with the residents and packing food boxes at Ashure Ministries.  On Thursday, they had a water day with a water slide!

The theme was the same as Corinth's but it was neat that the structure was different!

Week of July 23rd was our VBS.

The theme was "True North- trusting Jesus in a wild world". 

I got distracted and didn't take many pics.

We had a group of 10 &11 aged boys, who weren't the rowdiness group, but were very mischievous! 

They started bonding with Hallie throughout the week and were taking sugar packets from the welcome center, just being goofy!

But they were serious when asked to be and I was impressed one day when we waited for Popsicles that no one of them complained or acted impatient. 

Friday, July 27th we went to Carowinds with Karen, Miranda, and mom. 

Thankfully it was hot but not as hot as it was earlier in the week!

I did two new things- the pirate ships that Justin loves and the Ricochet, which the girls loved!  

The latter is quite jerky but it was fun!

Jason was able to convince Hallie to ride the Carolina Cyclone, but she didn't like it as much as I thought.  Jason said he forgot how quick and intense it was! 

Justin's baseball pics

 He pitched great this season!

Carowinds, Linville, Biltmore

We went to Carowinds on May 24th with Mike/Becca and her niece Clara and her nephew Nick and his wife and two kids. Justin rode more things that he ever has and Hallie got Becca to ride the Kiddy Hawk

Memorial Day ended up being a terribly rainy day, but we enjoyed the time at Linda/Gary's

May 27th and 28th, mom took the kids up to Linville since Nolan and Ellie were there.

They swam in the heated pool even though it was in the 70's outside.

I took off the week of June 2nd.

Hallie went to the Great Wolf Lodge with Miranda and Justin had his friend Korbyn over to play on Monday afternoon.

Tuesday, we went down to Charlotte for an Ortho surgeon appointment for Hallie, and then to Carowinds! Miranda came with us- she and Hallie had a blast on the Goldrush, Kiddy Hawk, and Snoopy Coaster.

Unfortunately, Justin's favorite ride Gyroforce was not working and then the Pirate ships went down as well.  But we plan to go back since we have a pass!  

Wednesday, I took the girls to Karen's pool for the afternoon and then Linda took them to her house so they could play with Sydney.

Friday, we went to the Biltmore House with Karen and Miranda.

We had a Subway sandwiches picnic at the Farm area.

The kids loved the free samples of Wassail and Raspberry drink. 

We toured the house, then went to the King Tut exhibit they have now. They had replicas of the burial coffins and other treasures.

It was very hot so we didn't get a pic with the house.