The End of Summer

What a whirlwind this summer has been and we can't believe it's almost over! Max has had a great summer. He loves the pool and we will be sad when it closes in a week. Thankfully we can still go to the indoor one at the Y. He is such a little fish and would spend all his time under the water if he could. We let him try the big slide and he loved it!! He is such a dare devil. He is sooooo excited about being a big brother and wants to tell everyone that "Mommy has a baby in her belly". He is still insisting on naming the baby Buzz so we will see how that goes! He discovered the joy of a new box of crayons and spends quite a long time coloring. We are excited about fall. Max starts school on Sept 9th and we have a sonogram that day and hoped to find out who this little baby is! The first picture is one that Max drew of his family. We'll let you figure out who is who! Apparently none of us brush our hair!

The Black and Blue Ride

Lee and his friends Todd and Nathan rode in a 200 mile relay race that went through North Carolina and a small bit of Tenn. and Virginia. They each did a few legs of the race and finished 7th out of 25 teams! Max and I are very proud of Lee!

Philly Trip

We had a great visit with Nancy and Eric in July. Max loved meeting Reno and Custer their cute cats and we had a really fun day in downtown Philly. We took Max to see the Liberty Bell. He had been singing a song about it from his patriotic CD and had played with a replica at Nana's house so we thought he would enjoy the real thing. We also went to the Franklin Institute which is a really cool science museum. There were lots of buttons for Max to push and things to climb on including a 2 story giant heart! He really enjoyed that and we hope to go back there again sometime soon!

Happy Fourth of July!

The aquarium was lots of fun and we had a wonderful last day on the beach! We are looking forward to a yummy cookout and then fireworks on the beach Nagshead Pier!

More Beach

We are having such a fun week at the beach! We have had wonderful weather-not very hot and storms at night not during the day! We have noticed that it is really windy down here in Salvo all the time. We celebrated Addie's third birthday and there were lots of princesses. Yesterday we took the kids to a beach on the sound. It was perfectly calm and shallow-even Emory got in! Lee, Ben, and Bapa went charter fishing today and caught a cooler full of Mahi Mahi. Tomorrow we are heading into Manteo for a performance of Sleeping Beauty at the Lost Colony Theater and a visit to the aquarium. Of course the girls are all hoping for some shopping time while we are there! The best part is having everyone together!

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We are having a blast at the beach. Max is loving playing with his cousins Addie and Emory and we are all loving having our own pool. We took our friend Lucy to help with the kids and she has been amazing(In Addie's words "I want to keep her!).

Holiday Lake

We spent a very fun weekend at Holiday Lake campground in Appomattox, VA with our friends the Rowleys. Jenny used to camp there as a child with her family so it brought back alot of fun memories. We spent the hot days at the lake and Max started swimming underwater-2 days before his first swimming lesson. He is becoming quite the little fish this summer!