Monday, September 6, 2010

Our Summer in Pictures--First Installment

Okay, I've posted about half of our summer below in photos...but a LOT more is to come...I've realized that I'm going to need to do this in bits or it will never get posted at all! Hope you enjoy seeing a bit of our summer fun!

Darcy enjoying one of Daddy's softball games. We spent one evening a week out at the ball fields cheering on Jeff's team & letting all the kids run around & play. It was always a highlight of the week!
Darcy walking with Grandpa, extra time with the grandparents is always a wonderful summer perk!
Drew, just being cute, and in need of another haircut!
Drew enjoying the refreshments at a friend's birthday party! More M&Ms please!
Darcy being her cute self at a birthday party!
VBS Week! I spent the week teaching a class of 16 four & five year olds. It was great fun on our Faith Safari!
Here I am being wrapped up kind of like Jesus was wrapped before they put him in the tomb...and then I got to break out of the TP to represent Jesus rising from the dead! 
Ah, 4th of July week at the Lake...here the kids are rushing straight out of the car to greet their cousins!
Sophie says the water's great!
Drew found a silly hat
Drew enjoying a swim with Daddy
Boating fun!
Just a relaxing ride after dinner
Beautiful sunset!
Darcy taking care of her babies
Drew & Darcy enjoying popsicles on Pop!
More boating fun...Drew thinks he is the navigator!
Fun with Nana
Jack getting driving lessons
Sophie at the helm!
Drew just chillin' with Zoe
Dinner out at a restaurant on the lake. The interior is very pine intensive...walls, tables, chairs & even the high-chairs!
Drinks served in mason jars
Darcy loves the chocolate milk!
Another beautiful sunset
We love to turn the music on & dance on the boat...Sophie has all the best dance moves!
We enjoyed a day in Columbia, SC visiting their EdVenture Science museum
The kids posing in front of "Eddie" the worlds largest boy
Checking out all of the exhibits
The girls try their hands at dentistry. Darcy finds it great fun!
Life-size Operation game
This exhibit was pretty neat...huge magnetic gears that the kids could move all around & connect.
Big tractor tire
And I will leave you with this cute shot of my two boys...mainly because for some reason blogger isn't allowing me to upload any more photos, I keep getting an error message. 
Stay tuned for the next installment of Our Summer in Pictures......
Coming Soon!

5 comments:

Sarah said...

ooohhh... never heard of edventure in columbia, but you can bet it's now on my short list of day trips for the near future! the pics at the lake are great - so happy you have that quick escape from home where kids can play and you can somewhat relax.

Michelle said...

What a wonderful summer!!!! I'm missing it already. Just dropped Alden off at preschool today, sigh-We were just in Columbia but I did not know about that museum, thanks for sharing, we'll have to check it out. We did make it to the zoo while we were there!

Jenny said...

What wonderful pictures Melanie!!! You all DID have a great summer! I too can't believe it's over!

Julie said...

These are great pictures!!! However, I think my favorite one is the one of Drew asking for more m&m's. His expression is priceless...not to mention the chocolate on his mouth!

Stephanie said...

Loved all of your wonderful pictures. It looks like you had a full and fantastic summer.