First Day of School

Today was Abbie's first day of Kindergarten. She is such a big girl. I asked her if she was nervous, and surprisingly she answered "no". In all honestly, I am not sure who was more ready for this her, or me. We have had such a fun summer but we were really looking forward for this chapter of her life to begin. No tears from either of us. I can't wait to hear all about it.

We took her to school today to make sure we got plenty of pictures. But she is going to take the bus home.

She practically ran inside.

She grew up so fast.

All ready to start learning.

And there she goes. Sniff, Sniff. Have a great day Abbie.

And not to leave out Kendall, she had her meet the teacher day at preschool today. This is her first year of school so it was a big day for her too.

She was so excited to go to school. Up until today she has been telling everyone she was going to Abbie's school this year. It was nice to hear "this is my school" when we pulled into the parking lot. She is going to love preschool

She promised me she wasn't going to be shy. It only took her a minute to warm up and see what the room had to offer.

Lemonade Stand

The girls finally decided it was time to earn their own money! Yeah!!!! Abbie made fruit punch and lemonade and set up a stand.

They even had chairs to sit on while they waited for the money to roll in.

They had 5 customers (including Daddy) and were selling their glasses for $.20. They made $3. Not a bad profit. Abbie was a little disappointed they didn't have more customers.

Spaghetti Night

Cara loves spaghetti, but she isn't as excited about the sink bath she gets right after it. But she looks so cute.

Lake Badin

Again this year we were fortunate enough to go spend a weekend at our friends lake house. Somehow I didn't take a lot of pictures but I did capture Cara counting her toes.

And my little no fear girl Abbie learned to knee board. Like tubing she wanted to do it forever and go fast.

Hopefully I will get a video of it up soon.

Hot Springs NC

Brian and I went to Hot Springs, NC with his sister Anne, and her husband Jim for a little get away without kids. We hiked a bit, fished a bit, relaxed and I played with my camera.


The first night we were hanging out by the fire and a horse came to visit us. We gave it a few apples and got a few kisses.

This is Henry the spider that hung out next to our front door. He was so big Jim felt the need to name him.

And this is the snake that slithered by the house. Luckily, we were on the deck when he went by and not down there. Snakes are not my favorite thing. He was about three feet long, we should have named him too.

Another Camping Trip

Our family vacation this year was getting back in touch with nature. The girls really enjoy fishing. They even like getting us the worms to put on their hooks. It reminds me of the days fishing with my grandfather.


My new discovery was called a Mexican s'more. You take your marshmallow and chocolate and put it between the flour tortillas shells. But before toasting it you add peanut butter too. Messy but...Yum.

While camping we also did a little hiking. On one of the paths we found wild blueberries.

We found the girls had a lot more fun camping with us when they were involved. They were great at helping with putting up the tent and building the fire.

Sisterly love.

This just made me laugh.

Kendall was a little less enthused about taking the pictures but she did enjoy the overlooks, especially when she got to see the train come out of the tunnel.

4th of July Weekend

Happy 4th of July. We were lucky enough to take the girls to our beach house for the weekend, aka, Richard's House. And his friend invited us onto his boat to watch the fireworks over the water. We had a great night.

Abbie showing us what kind of boat she hopes to have when she is older. That is fine, she can be a boat girl:)

Caitlin spent two weeks with us, so I had to get picutures of her with the girls.




And if you haven't figured out, I just love posting great picutres of the girls. I really know nothing about photography, so when I capture something like this, with great lighting, I call it lucky and post it.


And a few pictures from playing on the beach.


Cara got introduced to Cheetos. What a treat. "I know there are more in there."

"Ah yes, there it is."

The Girls at Durham Museum

Another fun day with Caitlin. We took the girls to the Durham Museum of Life and Sciences with some friends. Abbie blended in nicely as a butterfly bench.

Kendall was all smiles playing around the bears.

Leave it to Cara to hitch a better ride than her stroller.

Wiped out after a long, fun day.

Swimming in the Fountain

This summer has been a hot one. One night when we took the girls to an outdoor concert at the Factory. They decided they needed to cool off. Well, next thing I know all the kids were swimming in the fountain. It was really funny when Abbie came up to me with a handful of change and said, "Look what I found". How do you explain to a 5 year old she just stole someones wish?