Beach Season

Below are some pictures of one of our first beach outings of the season.  Charles was completely fascinated with the baby sand crabs, and Frances wanted to jump in the waves.  I'm trying in as much  beach time as possible...before T3 makes an appearance in mid-July.

He Is Risen!

More Easter pics to come soon, but until then, we are very thankful for Him!

No Training Wheels

I seem to be working in reverse chronological order these days.  Right before heading to Albany to visit Nana, we decided Charles was ready to take off his training wheels.  He has been ready for a while, but we are just now getting around to it.  We started off in the front and back yards, and he did great.  The only issue is that he isn't tall enough to reach the ground.  We are still working on his dismounting technique, and on this particular day when I wanted to take pictures, he insisted on wearing his backpack.

Annual SOWEGA Trip

We took our annual SOWEGA trip to visit Nana {and throw in a baby shower for my sister-in-law} a few weeks ago.  We always pack in a ton in the short time we are there, and we always have so much fun with our Nana {and her cat Nora}.

This is the perfect picture of what South Georgia looks like - the trucks, the trees, the sunset.

We drove by my grandmother's old house in Cuthbert where my mother was raised.

The highlight of our trip was visiting Grandad in Cuthbert and going on site to watch timber being cut down.  And Mr. C got to help drive a bulldozer!  C was quite concerned when he saw the trees being cut down.  We coincidentally read The Giving Tree the week before.  We assured him that baby trees would be planted in the cut trees' place.  He seemed okay with that. 

Miss F was not quite ready to take the wheel

This is Grandad's great friend that runs the logging company

We even got to take a small joy ride in the Peterbilt

We had so much fun celebrating the upcoming arrival of Kade, my nephew!

But, we couldn't leave without visiting Chehaw Wild Animal Park and viewing the new meerkat exhibit.

Upward Soccer

This is C's first year playing an organized sport - and he {we} chose soccer - Upward Soccer to be exact.  It's a great Christian sports program for children that I just heard about a year or so ago.  They aren't so focused on the winning/losing aspect, which at this age I think is a good thing.  There is plenty of time for that later.  They concentrate on good sportsmanship, healthy competition, and skill building.  And an added bonus, at every practice they have a little devotion time with scripture memory verses led by their coach.

These pictures are from his first soccer practice.  He definitely doesn't have the whole concept of the game yet, but he is learning little bits week by week.  Don't worry, his actual soccer game pics will be following soon.

The warm-up

On the sidelines

Devotion time

Not happy about Miss F getting the last yogurt covered raisins

Love this face

My sweet Charles

Kids Bridge Run

I'm back from NYC and fully recharged and refreshed!  That will be another post, however.  A few weeks ago Charles and Frances participated in their first Cooper River Kids Bridge Run.  I was not able to run this year due to a little baby growing in my tummy, and we needed to get Jacob to the airport for a conference in NOLA the same day.  Although chaotic, the children had so much fun with all the pregame bounce houses, food, and friends.

A little fun before the race

 Fueling up

Miss Lucille fueling up too

On your mark...

The medal

Everyone's a winner!