One Big Happy Family

Here is a recent picture taken at Hilton Head of Jacob's entire family.  His sweet family now includes 24 - the matriarch and patriarch, 7 children (Jacob's siblings), 6 spouses (us married-in folk), and 9 grandchildren.  We had so much fun at the beach together during July 4th week.  I honestly could not have married into a better family.  I love having so many sisters that have been awesome to me over the past 10+ years.  I also love all the married-in's and all their fun and different personalities.  And how could I leave out all of our cute little nieces...and now, one brand new nephew!  I hope to post pictures from the beach early next week.  Until then, enjoy...

Charleston RiverDogs

While I'm on a roll of posting late, here are a few pics Charles and Daddy-O attending their first baseball game together in June.  They saw the Charleston RiverDogs for a few innings due to a rain delay and toddler attention span.  I snapped the first picture as they were heading out the door, and Jacob snapped the others on his camera phone while they were there.  He said C was more interested in the cracker jacks than anything else.  I'm glad they had a good time though. 

Shark Week

Just a few quick pics from Shark Week at the aquarium (one of our favorite places) a few weeks ago.  For much better pics, visit my sweet friend's blog here.   We have been out of town so I'm playing the catch-up game with all my posting.


 Charles hamming it up while Finley and Frances are enjoying each other's company

 Pretending like he sees a shark...

Touch Tank

Campground area

Beautiful Ravenel Bridge

Playing outside

Back home, thought I would try to get in one more pic of the matching outfits...they didn't seem to agree.

Road Trip

Back in June, we took a road trip to Birmingham and Langston, Alabama, Atlanta and finally Augusta.  We had such a fun time visiting family and friends and just relaxing.  Thank you everyone for having us!  First, we went to Birmingham to visit Jacob's sister and we also stopped by to play with some old friends along the way.

Little MM was so kind to let us invade her toys.

Here are my dear friend's little boys.

Yes, it was hot in Birmingham, but here's a shot of the mommas.

We also had a picnic at the botanical gardens with Suz and Jason (my sweet SIL and BIL).

They just played and played.

Until they were worn out.  They ended up taking super naps that day.

Suz and Jason were so kind to watch C and F for the afternoon/evening while Jacob and I drove up to Florence to see one of his good friends from residency get married.  Here is a pic that Suz snapped (with her her cool iphone) on the way to the yogurt shop.  How sweet.

We spent Sunday morning in a cute little town, Helena, playing in the water.  We also got to visit our old church that evening.   Nice to see familiar faces even after being gone 2 years.

Next we drove up the road to Langston to visit Jacob's aunt and uncle who live on Lake Guntersville.  It is always a treat to spend time with them - good food and wine, fun play time, and great company.

After spending a few relaxing days there, we drifted on down the road.

 

And stopped in Atlanta to visit Aunt Laura.

And her new baby Lucy.

Final stop, Augusta, to spend the night with Grandmother and Grandfather.  We had more water time on an afternoon boat ride.

Aunt Miriam played with us too.

And finally, we arrived home to this.

Our air conditioner "kill switch" wasn't working properly so water leaked from our attic all into our hallway and Charles' room.   Thanks to our insurance company, we got a good paint job out of it!