4th of July Beach Trip

These pictures sum it up! Family, friends, sun, beach, pool, being together = an awesome beach trip!!!

CATS Art Camp

The last week of June the girls participated in an Art Camp at the CATS Art Studio! It came highly recommended by Thomas and Elizabeth and certainly did not disappoint! The girls LOVED it!! Friday the camp ended with an Art Show for parents and family! The girls made some beautiful pieces and had tons of fun!!!

Swim Team!

So proud of both of our girls this summer! They both swam all four strokes legally in their swim meets and both earned the Iron Man award for swimming every event at least one time during the swim season. So throughout the season both girls swam: 25M freestyle, 50M freestyle, 25M breaststroke, 25M backstroke, 25M butterfly, and the 100M Individual Medley.

I am so proud of our girls and their hard work and determination during practice and the meets!! Way to go girls!!!

Claire swims 25M freestyle. She is in lane 2 (solid blue suit and cap). (sorry for my loud mouth in the videos!!)

Camdyn swims breaststroke. She is also in lane 2 (solid blue suit and cap).

Look Who Can Ski!!

Thank you to Steve and Kristen and Dr. and Mrs. VanVoris for having us to their beautiful lake home on Sunday! Lake Greenwood is beautiful and we had smooth waters for letting the girls try out water skiing for the first time!
Coach Steve did an awesome job and both girls got up!!! YAY! So much fun!

Yay for the swim dress! We love you Lands End!

Kiddos jumping in together!

Cam skiing for the first time!

Claire skiing for the first time!

Ninety Six

On the way to Lake Greenwood last weekend, we stopped by Ninety Six to check out their National Historic Site. After our weekend at Kings Mountain we couldn't pass up the chance to see another Revolutionary War Battlefield right here in our own back yards!

Grandmother's Hydrangea

This is the very first bloom from Grandmother's hydrangea that I've been nursing for the past 5 years!! I am so terrible at gardening and have been pretty convinced that I'd never see a bloom and this was the year! So pretty and sweet - just like Grandmother. :)

Lion King!

Thank you Nana and Greg for the wonderful birthday present of 4 tickets to the Peace Center to see The Lion King!! It was absolutely amazing! We just loved it all and didn't want it to end! We are so thankful for your generosity and love in giving us this special memory together!