Family Day with all the Marines!!

Last Friday we met Chris at work and then headed over to a local park for a (work) family day. Besides our family, there is only 3 (or 4) other guys that even have families. Chris only works with a small group of Marines and most fo them are single. It was nice meeting other MC families, but unfortunately they all live in WV or Ohio.

Chris with his Gunny and 1st Sgt.

It rained all that morning and everything was nice and wet. Adam put himself in charge of going down all the slides to dry them off. By the time we left he was in his third outfit. But he didn't care... he was happy even though his pants were dripping wet!

Allie lovin on someones dog. She thinks we should have a pet or two. Maybe one day, when they are older and can help out a little. :)

Game of horse shoes. Chris' team won!

Swimming Lessons!

Allie's been taking swimming lessons this week and last. I felt so bad for her last week, she wasn't feeling well and didn't even want to stay in the water. I should have known she was sick, she loves the water and doesn't usually complain even if she is cold. 1st day of lessons, waiting on her instructors.

"Wow, that's a big pool!"

"Oh, it's sooo cold!" The morning of her 1st lesson it was like 45 degrees out. Even though her lesson was late morning, I'm sure that water was still really cold!!!!

Tomorrow is our last day of lessons. I'll have to take the camera today and get a few of her sliding down the big slide. She's one of the only little girls that will go down... way to go Allie!! :)

Juice Sale!

Allie and a few of the neighborhood girls had a "juice sale" the other week. They did really well, selling almost $20 worth of juice. The reason they did juice and not lemonade, was a few of the other girls in the neighborhood were doing lemonade, but didn't want the younger girls helping them out. They all had fun, and there was even some friendly competition going on! :)

The sign they made. :)

The competition!

Tubing on the 4th of July!

We spent the 4th of July weekend with Chris' family. It was such a relaxing weekend, just what we needed. :) On the 4th Bill took all us tubing down Shermans Creek. It was lots of fun, even Adam and Allie enjoyed the two hour tubing ride.

Getting ready to launch. I wish I could have taken my camera with me.... it was such a beautiful ride.

Fun with sparklers

It was so cool that evening that the kids and I wore pants and sweatshirts. It's been such a cool summer. So unlike the summers we had in NC!

Heading over to my mom and dad's to watch fireworks!

More sparklers!

Happy belated 4th of July everyone!