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?

Brian's Birthday

We celebrated Brian's birthday this summer too. No Birthday would be complete without a cake.


After cake and ice cream we headed over to Frankie's for fun. Nothing says Birthday like shooting things.

And driving cars fast.



I love taking pictures of people walking from behind, I find it so sweet.

Get him girls.

Pig Pickin'

One of the great things about summer is our annual pig pickin'. We skipped it last year because we had just had Cara. But this years party was the biggest one yet. Instead of cooking up Butts and Shoulders, like we usually do, we got a whole pig.

Good thing Richard came to help Brian because I would not have wanted to carry that thing.

One of the great things about Brian is he can makes a mean bbq.

Brian chopping it up.

More Summer Fun

Our dear friend Caitlin came to visit us from Australia for two weeks this summer. While she was here we took the girls all over the place. We took them roller skating, oh the memories it brought back.


It didn't take long for the girls to get the hang of it.

By the end of the day Kendall couldn't even make it upstairs to take a nap in her bed. She made it the stairs.

The girls took swim lessons. Kendall had a rough time at first adjusting, but by the end she gave it the thumbs up.

Abbie and Kendall like to include Cara in their play. Oh dear.

I took the girls blackberry picking. Abbie collected enough to make two delicious pies.