Stud

Tad asked me to get him a "tuxedo" so he could dress up for church. I found him a suit that he now wears every Sunday morning.

Getaway

Ed and I finally got to get away for an overnight together for the first time in years. It had definitely been since before Matthias was born, but we weren't sure how long before. We went to Virginia Beach for the Neptune Festival, and Tad and Matthias stayed with Grandmama and Granddaddy, and Andy stayed with Babcie. We all enjoyed ourselves! The only pictures we got were of the sand sculptures, but they were amazing! We got to watch some being built. It was definitely the highlight of the trip. We also enjoyed checking out all the vendors, catching a good band, and riding our bikes on the boardwalk.

Back to Life

And we are getting back into all our activities for the year. Here's Tad at hockey practice.

Crazy Part II

Tad and Andy decided to invite a couple of friends to go to Kings Dominion and spend the night for their birthdays.

Fall is Crazy!!!

September is always a very busy month for us. A couple of days after we got back from vacation, it was time for school to start for Tad and Andy.

And the next week it was time for Matthias to go.

Summer is Relaxing

The two weeks before school started were spent at Garden City Beach. We had to take a lot of stuff for two weeks!!

We spent the first week on the inlet, kayaking, fishing and crabbing.

Then a week oceanfront, which we spent boogie boarding, finding shark's teeth and playing in the sand. And of course visiting the arcade / amusement park a couple dozen times!

More Summer Fun

One of our favorite summer activities is water play in our own backyard. Water guns, slip 'n slide, sprinklers...This particular time we even had water balloons!

This is the closing event at the first of three Bible Schools the boys are attending this summer.

Tad has recently taken an interest in painting, so we've been doing some of that.

And no summer would be complete (for us) without a 4th of July trip to Blacksburg!