This is about the longest I’ve gone in between posts in awhile. I have hardly been home the last couple weeks. Lots of fun stuff going on.
Let’s see…The kids and I got home from Ohio on Tuesday evening. We spent Wednesday at home running errands. Thursday late afternoon we headed down to Charlotte for a kick-off party for Drew’s mom. She is running for school board in her county so we went to show our support at the kick-off campaign party. We had a delightful evening meeting people, eating good food, and listening to Lynn introduce her campaign. She did a great job. Drew and I left around 9:30pm but the kids stayed in Charlotte with Mimo and Aunt Anna. I’m glad they did because we had a horrible ride home. It was raining so very hard and it was a nerve wracking ride.
Drew and I enjoyed one half day at home by ourselves and then we headed out Friday afternoon to go to Lenoir for a weekend wedding for one of Drew’s good friends, Ryan. Drew helped officiate the service so we went for the rehearsal and dinner. It was fun to see friends we don’t get to see very often –Todd and Amy – and friends we see often – Kris, Katie, Micah, and Claire! Saturday morning Amy and I kind of bummed around running errands and then we came back to the hotel for showers. We went out for lunch and looked around downtown Lenoir. We went to the wedding at 5:30pm and the reception. We ate dinner and headed home. We left the party early but we didn’t want to get home late. Lynn drove the kids back up to our house on Saturday evening.
They had a fun time in Charlotte. They played with a lot of play-doh on Friday and then they stopped by Grandbob and Suzette’s on Saturday before coming home.
The whole family went to church on Sunday morning and then the kids and I left for the beach after church. We got down here around 6pm and got our stuff in and unpacked. We waited impatiently for our friends Callie, Chris, Jack, and Stella to arrive. Callie is my friend from graduate school who now lives in NYC. I’ve been up to see her twice in the past couple years. They had come down south for her sister’s wedding. They drove from outside Atlanta to the beach on Sunday and got here at 10pm. We were so excited to see them! Jack will be 3 in September and Stella is 2 months old!! The kids were so excited when they got here. They played a little and all went to bed very late!
We enjoyed a wonderful week at the beach. Drew joined us on Wednesday afternoon. We had fabulous weather and went to the beach everyday. Monday morning Chris watched all four kids while Callie and I went to Walmart for groceries. We got down to the beach in the late afternoon on Monday. Tuesday Callie, Lindy, Will and I headed down around 1pm while Jack napped. They all came down later that afternoon as well. We ate out for dinner on Tuesday night at the BBQ House. Wednesday we got up and got down to the beach around 9:30am and we had the best morning. The tide was going out and it just made for the best beach for the kids. We stayed until after lunchtime and headed in for naps and rest. Wednesday night we took them to our favorite seafood restaurant in Southport called the Provision Company. Thursday we got down to the beach around 10:30am and stayed until about 2pm. The kids had a lot of fun playing with Jack. We brought Stella every day and we all took turns sitting with her under the umbrella. Thursday there was very little breeze so Callie didn’t stay too long with her. We came back to the house around 3pm and I got to watch Stella while Callie and Chris took Jack back down to the beach to play a little while longer. Thursday evening we ate at another favorite local restaurant – Jones Seafood. We had ice cream after dinner and did some souvenir shopping.
Friday morning was busy with Callie and Chris trying to get everything packed up and loaded up in their car. We did drive down to the western end of Oak Island just to walk around on the beach down there. It’s really wide and the water was so calm. Unfortunately we had no swim suits as we just planned to walk around. We headed back and they left around 12:30pm. I was so sad to see them go. We had so much fun with them and I know it will be awhile before we see them again. Hopefully not too long. I loved getting to meet and hold and feed Baby Stella! Next time I see her she’ll be so big.
After they pulled out we ate lunch and then we met up with Katie, Kris, Micah, and Claire who happened to be down here as well. Kris’ parents have a condo so we headed over there to the pool and played with them. We had a fun time. We came home and started getting our things packed up and did some laundry and cleaning.
We came home today. We left around lunchtime and Katie actually rode home with us. She rode with me because she had to be back for church on Sunday but Kris and the kids stayed with his parents another day.
We have had a wild few weeks with about two days at home. We are home for the rest of the summer now. I can’t believe summer is almost over and school will be starting soon.
Now for pictures of our adventures!
One of our best family pictures – ever! Taken at Lynn’s kick-off campaign party.
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