Dating my husband- July

This month all the kids are home from school. We have spent most of the month traveling and having family time. Instead of going out to dinner we spent time outdoors. While in the mountains we would leave the kids at the house with my parents and we would enjoy a nice walk on the mountain. While we have been home we like to head out after the twins have gone to bed for a walk in the neighborhood. It is such a nice break to get some fresh air and spend time together. I love this time of year!

Special Talks with Grangran

While in the mountains my dad sat with each of the kids to have a talk....

Abby can never date

Water Gun Fun

One of the highlights for the kids is the epic water gun battles up in the mountains.

Trip to the Waterfall and moutain river

The boys love climbing the waterfall when they go up to the mountains. This time they brought Grangran with them. After the waterfall it was over to the river for some swimming.

4th of July

The kids love coming up to the mountains for an old hometown parade. We were all ready in our red, white, and blue to head down to Boone.

After the parade we went to the town square for cake and watermelon before heading back up the

Mountain Vacation

We were all looking forward to our first mountain trip of the summer. After a busy June it was nice to start July off with some family time. It is always so relaxing to come up to the mountains. We played corn hole, went fishing, went to the park, enjoyed long walks in the mountains, rocked in the rocking chairs, played Frisbee golf, made slingshots, and just had fun....We also loved being up there for 4th of July to enjoy the hometown parade and fireworks.

Luke- NCSU Soccer camp

Luke was so excited about his first sleep over camp. He has been counting down the days for months! We sent Luke with his good buddy Sawyer. Those two had a great time. They were right next door to

Twins First Movie

We took the twins to see their first movie- Finding Dory.

Abby was so excited about it, she kept telling everyone that Caleb's first movie was Finding Nemo.

Twins 4 year old update

Every year I try to get a special picture of the twins for their decorations and invitations.
I love to capture each of their personalities.

June Updates

Matthew finished school

This smile! I am so thankful we finished this class with smiles.
He was so excited to make his teacher a special thank you gift and bring it to her.

Every Friday I would take Matthew to a learning class. This class was to help him with his speech and work on learning what to expect school. After the first month I almost dropped out. Matthew

June-Dating my husband

The boys did not want us missing out on our monthly date. They offered to babysit one night so we could head out for a nice dinner at Twisted Fork. Yummy! It happened to be restaurant week so we tried some new dishes and dessert.

Saying goodbye to Elementary school

Wow, this was a hard one. For the past 12 years we have been walking thru the doors at Heritage, now it is time to say goodbye. I tell Luke all the time he started going to the school when I was pregnant with him. After he was born he was dragged to every school event and play. It was finally his turn to attend the school and just like that he is also finished.

Joshua-Graduating Middle School

It is hard to believe how quickly three years went by. When we found out Joshua was being sent to the new middle school it was not something we were looking forward to. He would be leaving his elementary school friends and switch tracks. He was ok with it, he was ready for middle school. What a great three years it has been. He did so well at the school. He made some great friends and was involved in some awesome clubs.

Caleb-Powerade State Games

Caleb had a great time playing on the east soccer team at the PowerAde State games. A weekend of soccer and getting the chance to play with some of his friends from other high schools-perfect!