Pool, Caverns, Beach, and Mountains!

Justin finished out his baseball season!  They definitely improved as the games went on!

He did get an actual hit in mid May!

Swimming in the pool!

We moved the chicks to their Mansion outside!

Justin wanted to wash my car one Saturday!

Miranda spent the night on May 29th and went to church with us!

We went with Erin and Miranda to Linville Caverns on June 3rd!

Chris, Isaiah, Leah, and Ella came to visit June 12th and 13th!

The kids were excited to go to Sunday School together since they've been combining grades!

We also went swimming at Ann Trent's pool!

We went to Pawley's Island June 14th through 18th.

Nana and her friend Linda came along with us!

We saw the Pirates Voyage show on Wednesday afternoon, which was great! 

Lots of acrobatics and diving!

And the kids loved the ocean! Justin would jump over the waves with Jason and just kept laughing!

Hallie did a great job going over the waves too! It pays to be tall!

They only did the boogie boards once at low tide but liked it!

They did a bit of body surfing but it was hard to catch on video!

The kids got me this umbrella that hooks to your beach chair for Mother's Day!

We found lots of starfish on the beach!

The hotel had a cute splash pad at their pool!

We came home Friday from the beach, then on Saturday morning headed up to Cherokee/Bryson City for a Father's Day weekend with the Holcomb side!

Saturday, we went tubing down the river!  Justin first rode by himself but had a hard time getting around the rocks. He rode two more times on Jason's lap!  Hallie rode with Aunt Becca's great niece Laney and all had a blast! It was quite a workout!

After tubing, we went to a Mexican restaurant (but all the kids ordered Chicken tenders & fries!)

Here they are: Justin (7), Laney (6), Hallie (10), Miranda (6), Sydney (2), and Nathaniel (3).

Sunday we hung out in Cherokee, doing shopping and did one of the Old Tyme photos!

Grandma was so shocked when she saw it!

Tree, Roller-skating, First Hit & First Crawdads Game

A big tree limb fell in the middle of the night of May 1st

So before it got all cut up, the kids enjoyed pretending it was a jungle! 

They even got blankets and pillows to put in their jungle "bedroom".

Mom found a pair of roller-skates at a yard sale for Justin and he started practicing!

He got good quickly and we went to Skateland on May 7th!  He only stayed in the practice area but he still did great! They liked to do spins!

Mothers Day weekend, we stayed at Nana and Papas since they were keeping Sydney.

We saw the Saakes on Saturday and did the Holcomb crew on Sunday!

Justin got a hit in his game on May 10th! He got out but he hit the ball!

We went to the Crawdads game on May 12th.  It was Texas Rangers night so the kids got hats!

They actually watched most of the ballgame which was awesome! The Crawdads got a single home run and some more good hits!

Lost tooth, B-day party, Baseball game!

Well, it did my pics in reverse order so we'll go with that!

Wednesday, April 28th was Justin's first official baseball game!

PawPaw and Karen came and Karen took some great pics!

He only got to bat once and struck out, but he played outfield and then 2nd base and 

did stop a few grounders!  

Sunday, April 25th, Hallie and I went to Miranda's birthday party that had a bouncy house!

Saturday, April 24th we had a party for April birthdays at Lee and Der's.

Unfortunately, it rained all day we had a good time!

Justin lost a tooth on the morning of April 24th!!

He and Hallie were arguing over the remote control and

somehow it got out!  He didn't cry or freak out with the blood either!

Justin's bday and baby chicks

On Justin's birthday, LR had a football game! 

We figured it was the only time their would actually be a 

football game on his birthday! It was a bit cloudy and rained for a bit, 

but we made it until half time!

We bought this chicken coup but places have been 

sold out of chickens.....

So, on April 10th, we went to Tractor Supply to get

baby chicks!  Ten in all!

Jason made them an area in the basement!

I always said Hallie has a "mother hen" personality

and now it has become a reality! She loves to hold them!

Easter

The kids have enjoyed planting flowers lately!

Easter egg hunt at Nana and Papas

                                                                         Silly cousins!

    

  The kids always enjoy their Easter baskets from

Paw Paw and Karen!

The day after Easter.....exhausted!

 

Homemade kites

I love how the kids enjoy the simple.

Justin made a kite out of ribbon and plastic bags. Hallie used the ribbon as a tail. 

They had a blast!