Day 2 - River Park and James' First Soccer Game

James played in his first soccer game on Saturday! He was a little shy having us all there cheering for him, but he'll get used to the fame soon enough! We were just all so proud to watch him play :)





We took Michelle to a fun park here in Greenville near the Tar(water) River. We rented row boats and paddled on the Lake for close to 3 or 4 hours. I was a little nervous about having the kids dumped over the edge, but we somehow survived and I really enjoyed being out in the warm weather in nature with the family. Michelle and I did the majority of the rowing and suprisingly - we weren't sore afterward (just exhausted). The kids really had a great time too.

Michelle Visit Day 1

Aunt Michelle came to visit the last 5 days and we have just had so much fun! She arrived Thursday morning. The day was busy getting ready for the church Relief Society Bunko activity that I was in charge of. It was so nice to have Michelle around to help out getting it ready.



FRIDAY we checked Caleb and Lucy out of school and headed to the beach! We visited historic Fort Macon near Atlantic Beach, NC and had fun exploring the cannons, the dungeons, the history, and the painfully accessible high drop-off edges that the kids didn't seem to be scared of at all!

The beach was quite breezy and the water was still cold. I think that the kids had fun in the water for about 10 minutes before they got out and started complaining about the cold. James and Annabelle curled up under their blankets, Caleb flew a kite for a minute, William was crying, Annabelle kept needing potty breaks. Michelle was a good sport through it all :)

(Annabelle curled up in her towel)

We called it quits around 6:30pm and stopped by a chicken and BBQ place for dinner where Michelle tried her first North Carolina BBQ. What'd she think??

Oh, and on the way home, we got a flat tire and a nice mechanic stopped by to help on his way home from work. Thank goodness. We were all so tired. It was a big adventurous day!

Crystal and Friends

It was so good to have some friends visit us this weekend! Crystal Parkinson and her 3 kids came down from Blacksburg to spend some time with us and we just had such a good time. It was so nice to have friends for the kids right here in our house the whole time! The kids just played and played. Even the new babies were excited to have a new face around! (They are so cute!)

We rode bikes, played in the corvette, watched Kayli and James play soccer together (Bryce is the coach and James had his first practice while they were here, so Kayli got to play too!), we went to the park, we played games, roasted hot dogs and marshmallows in the fire pit, played the wii. It was so great. We are so happy they came down to see us!