Ring Hunt=No Good - But Weekend was Fun Fun Fun!

Beautiful sunset over Lake Murray
The girls really loved swimming in the lake
Camdyn loved "helping" Mr. Jamison drive the boat
Love this one of Kristi and I! :) Hugs friend!!
Claire and Cole! :)
Sweet Cam!
Oh Yeah! Lookin' good in our orange life vests!! The tube ride was so much fun!
Love you babe!
Dockside Restaurant where we ate dinner on Saturday night! We rode the boat over!
Wyatt has some mad steering skills!
Cole and Cam cracking up on the boat!
Another sunset picture!
My camera truly cannot do this justice - but an island on the lake is a migratory location for Purple Martins and thousands of them fly each night during the summer nights to this one island and essentially swarm around like a cyclone and then roost for the night. Crazy!
Camdyn and I getting ready for our tube ride!
Nate took at cat nap on the boat!
Picture of boat party at Sandy Beach - theme was Reggae! Fun!
Camdyn swam and swam and swam and swam......
And then did this on the boat ride home! Wyatt was worn out too! :) So sweet!

When Nate was on a guy's weekend at the Temples lake house his Citadel ring slipped off and sunk to the bottom of the lake just off the end of the lake house dock. We went back this weekend with Nate's SCUBA gear hoping that he would be able to scour the bottom and come back up with his beloved band of gold.....after two dives on Saturday and Sunday mornings his bold attempts were unsuccessful. We hope to go back soon with an underwater metal detector and try the search again!

The poor results from the ring hunt didn't discourage us from a super fun weekend on Lake Murray with one of our favorite families - the Temples! Jamison, Kristi, Cole and Wyatt - Thank you for a wonderful, relaxing, just all around fun weekend! We are so thankful for your friendship!

Claire and Cam make the Tribune Times!

Claire and Camdyn both had their pictures included in the Tribune Times (local neighborhood section of the Greenville News)! They were featured in the Woodmont Cheer Camp spread! I was able to go to the Tribune Times site and pull off the pictures of the girls to load them here!

Go Cats!

Latest Sewing Project: Dresses

I used the pillowcase pattern and added in arm holes and casing for a ribbon neck and voila - the cutest dresses ever!

The materials cost me $6.50 to make each dress - so cheap and so cute! :)

Black Forest Camping Trip

Cousins working on arts n crafts projects  - sorry the teacher in me has to include some structured activities!
Claire standing on the porch steps of our home sweet home for two nights!
Pretty Place Chapel at Camp Greenville - view here is AMAZING! God is so good!
The girls and I at Pretty Place!
Claire and Daddy pointing to where we live!
Our campfires rocked! Way to go Uncle Jason and Daddy!
S'more making is always a hit! Yum!
Camdyn and I in Devil's Kitchen at Caesar's Head Park
Nate and I at overlook at Caesar's Head Park - Table Rock behind us
Triple Falls at Dupont Park

Hooker Falls at Dupont Park



Camping Crew 2009 - Jason, Cayce, Reese, Will, Stu, Clark, Nate, Kendall, Claire & Cam

Top 5 Reasons why much to everyone's surprise Kendall will go camping AGAIN:

1. Cabins and bathroom facilities (located just a short distance away) were nicer and cleaner than expected.

2. Clean fresh air with NO MOSQUITOES! Seriously - the campfire must have kept them away!

3. Campfire chats after kiddos are in bed with three of my favorite people! Love you Nate, Cayce and Jason!

4. Time away from TV, cell phones, schedules, and traffic makes you realize little you really need to be happy.

5. A chance to try something new outside of my comfort zone and realize that I really enjoyed it!

A Visit from Camdyn's Teachers

These fish were "won" by Claire when she was in Ms. Yarbrough's class so we had to show them we had kept them alive and kickin'!


Camdyn's 4K Teachers came by our house today for a get to know you visit! Camdyn and big sister Claire (who also had Ms. Yarbrough and Mrs. Spears) had a ball giving them a tour of our home and showing them some of their favorite things. Ms. Yarbrough and Mrs. Spears are wonderful, loving, nurturing role models for our girls and we feel so blessed that our family is able to work alongside them for the coming school year!