Friday, July 29, 2022

Pawleys Island!

Pawleys Island the last week of July with mom and dad!

As usual, they enjoyed diving over ways and used their boogie boards more this year!

We went to our favorite restaurant Pawleys Raw Bar and ice cream place, Island Treats!

Even did some putt-putt! 



















Hallie said a funny thing when she, me and Justin were at the pool.

She wanted to leave but Justin didn't, so I told her I could call Jason to come get her.

She said, "No, I don't feel that Justin is safe with you."

What????

So she asked Justin who he felt more safe with- her or mommy?

He said her!!!! Come on!!!

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

VBS, covid, and All star game

Kids went to Corinth VBS the last week of June.

It was called Monumental and talked about the story of Joseph- how God is there despite bad circumstances.

Justin said this was a friend he made in his group.


Hallie's group! She really liked her teen counselors Julia and Nicole!

She said she wants to do next year and she'll be able to be a counselor!

Then we got to put what they learned into practice since all of us got Covid after VBS was over, including mom and dad. 

Overall it wasn't bad with Hallie coughing more than all of us but we had to skip out on 4th of July at Linda and Gary's.

We did go to Deda's house and watch fireworks over the lake since we were able to stay away from people.

We played plenty of board games and tried to enjoy our time in quarantine together! I slept in Hallie's room since both of us got sick first and the boys slept in Jason and mine's room.

I was able to go back to work before Jason so the kids got to spend two days with him alone which they enjoyed!

They even made Sawyer a collar!


Justin's All-Star games on Saturday July 9th.

We lost both- definitely not at the level of these other teams.

Justin played first base and centerfield, but not much action at first base since the other teams hit so well. He did make a few outs there!

He struck out twice and got a hit that was called an out even though his coaches were sure he was safe.

It was extremely hot that day which didn't help.

But a great experience for him!

Mom, Dad, Linda, Gary, and Karen came!










Monday, July 11, 2022

Pool fun!

Having fun at Karen's pool!



Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Linville Land Harbor fun

We had our annual cousins vacay at Linville Land Harbor June 16th through 19th.

We went for a hike at Beacon Heights trail!








Playing four square


Fun in the gameroom




Paddleboats! They saw a huge turtle in lake


Video of some of the kids going into the cold lake water for the first time!





Drip sandcastle 



Some of the kids had some close calls but no one fell into the creek water







The girls with matching Dutch braids



We went to Mast General store and spent way too much on candy!



Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Carowinds

The Ross family recently moved but treated us to Carowinds on June 5th for Bennett's late birthday. 

Kids on the Wilderness run!


Swings!


Carousel 





Little swings


Justin got on the pirate ship ride!




We don't ride the Imitimador roller-coaster but a #3 car is near it!


Teacups!


Kim took this picture and unfortunately I got veritgo/dizzy once it started. It may have been because I was going backwards but I had to close my eyes the whole time but at least I didn't feel nauseous or throw up!


Rock n roller!


This was Justin's favorite ride last year!
The trailblazers


We tried to get a picture together but kids were tired.