June 09

Chris and I spent our anniversary at the Balantyne Hotel
and Spa in Charlotte. It was REALLY nice - I had a great
spa treatment, and we enjoyed a great dinner and breakfast
just the two of us.

Here is the view from our room:

We took the kids on a weekend camping trip to the Pisgah

National Forrest. It's a camping trip that the church I grew

up in has been doing every year for 40 years now. My parents

and several other families that I grew up around camped with us.

Rainbow Falls (we hiked a short trail with the kids
to see this neat waterfall...Reid walked the whole way!)


More Rainbow Falls


Enjoying the cool at the bottom of the falls


This was mostly what Reid did the whole weekend...
played with the rocks in the FREEZING water!

Mommy and a cold Reid

At the ledge in the middle of the falls

Enjoying some "Frogmore Stew" at the campsite

Sarah's new friend, Madeline

Sarah wanted to see exactly how dirty she could

get, so she stuffed her shirt full of these nasty, dirty, sooty

campground gravel rocks. Many were entertained.....Mommy's

eyes rolled....

May 2009

In May, Sarah had a Tinker Bell play date at our house

with some girls from her pre-school and her friend

Zoey. They had a great time dressing up, painting their

fingernails, decorating the sidewalk, and blowing bubbles!

Reid got into the painting too! He was COVERED

by the time the play date was over! Sarah loves her

Tinker Bell costume!

Sarah's friend, Princess Riley

Princess Amalee

Princess Zoey

And this is what our driveway looked like!

Sarah broke her leg (tibia and fibula) on the 27th while

going down a slide in a bouncy house. Who knew you could

break a leg while inside a bubble of air?

Post-casting session frosty.

We went and visited Grandma and Daddy Bill for the

weekend - a great distraction for Sarah and Reid while

we were getting used to Sarah's hurt leg.

Reid played lots of t-ball

Hanging out under the shade trees reading

princess books

Another great hang out spot

Eating corn on the cob from Daddy Bill's garden

Driving Daddy Bill's old Ford convertable.