Summer 2009 thus far...

I have been horrible about blogging so far this summer, and to be quite honest, I make no promises for the remaining hot months. We have been running wide open, and it appears that we will continue to do so until the end of summer. We have upcoming weddings, family reunions, and to top it all off, we have some schools to open!

Needless to say, take what you can get, and hopefully we'll post again before anyone can believe it!

FOR STARTERS!

McRea is quite the character these days, and she does not like clothes one bit. Not sure if it is becasue she doesn't want to slow down long enough to get dressed/undressed or if she just likes to bare it all, but here's a picture where she does just that! She was dancing to the song on the commercial for the Great Wolf Lodge. I told Jay that she was trying to tell us that she's ready to hit the water slides!

EARLY SUMMER 2009!
Fun in the swimming pool! After 6 swimming lessons, we are working hard on survival skills and our dolphin dips!

McRea loves the zoo and "monkeying around!" We went with friends to the member night at the zoo recently and had hotdogs and Icees for dinner. It was way too hot for Mama, and it definitely wore McRea out! She truly loved this gorilla and I think she thought he was going to have a conversation with her. She patted his head, and kept looking around at him for a reaction!

Sometimes she loves the carousel, other times, not so much. I think she was trying to decide about riding on a zebra in this one!

CASHIERS

We traveled to the Cashiers for Web's Baptism and could not have asked for a more beautiful weekend. The weather was perfect and we got to spend time with good friends and lots of babies! We had fun at the park, got to enjoy a nice dinner out with adults only (thanks Nessie!) and overall really enjoyed the outdoors. Web's Baptism was beautiful and he did great. I think he would have bathed in the water if they let him! The reception afterward was at a gorgeous clubhouse overlooking the mountians, and the food was delicious. McRea really seemed to enjoy the scenery! Here are some pics of McRea's first real trip to the mountians! She seemed to love it!

4TH of JULY

We traveled to Beaufort this past weekend to spend the long weekend with Erin, Blake, and McKinley. We had a wonderful time and once again, had wonderful weather. McRea enjoyed swimming in the pool for hours at a time and playing at the pirate ship playground with Blake. And what a good helper he was. They had a blast together!

That's it! Hopefully the 2nd half of summer will be as much fun as the 1st. Maybe just a bit more relaxing....oh yea, we have a 15 month old! He He!