Summer Continued

Holly motivated me to bake with kids one day. We made zucchini bread. I am not a baker but the kids loved it. Maybe we will try it again before Christmas :)

The boys had asked to do a lemonade stand so we picked a 99 degree day to do it. We headed up to the street in front of the playground in our neighborhood since we don't get much traffic on our street. It started out slow but they ended up selling all that we took up there. Leah and Hannah came to buy some and stayed to help us sell.

We went to Durham for a night in July. We headed to the Museum of Life and Science and spent some time at Mom Mom and Pop Pops before going to Corie and Daniels for the night. The boys loved being with their cousins and Camden got to get spoiled solo with Mom Mom and Pop Pop for the night.

Camden showed us her balancing skills at the pool on Sunday. Aunt Corie is convinced she'll be a cheerleader. Actually, now that I think about it she has the screaming part down too! And this float she has on, well its not actually a safety device and I think its from the dollar store but it is her favorite thing to have at the pool and actually has worked really well. It use to be Holt's favorite too and somehow does the trick to keep her afloat. It also keeps fearless, aka Camden from hitting her head when she runs to jump off the side.

We headed to Dan Nichols park in Salisbury one Saturday. This place is incredible. I have had it on 'my list' for a couple years but we have never made it there. It is about an hour from Charlotte but worth the drive. Almost everything there is a $1 or free. They have miniature golf, a carousel, a train ride, mining, paddle boats, a spray ground, petting zoo, wildlife park, nature center, and about 3 or 4 huge playgrounds. We spent a few hours there and didn't hit everything but you could spend a whole day there and spend about $20-25 for a family of five. Can you tell we were impressed?

This was the boys favorite part, rock mining.

Thanks to the incredible Ms. Joneen mommy got to have a few hours with they boys on a few Thursdays to do things that we can't do with Camden, or that mommy is not brave enough to do with Camden. I took the boys to the creek at Freedom Park and let them play. They were in heaven. In this picture they are trying to catch tadpoles with their boots. Didn't quite work but they had fun trying.

I also got to take them up to Camp Lurecrest to see the Whites. We had the best day all together. They boys swam for a couple hours, got a yummy camp lunch, played at the house and then headed to the lake. Pierce and Holt both did the rope swing and tried the iceberg.

The boys were watching the campers come down the slide. Pierce and Holt are already talking about going to camp. Crazy that Pierce will be able to go in two more summers, if his mommy is ready to send him :)

Holt climbing up the iceberg.

Keller, Coleman, Holt, and Pierce

This picture was from my iPhone so pretty far away, but Pierce is up top about to swing from rope.

Other June/July happenings...

-Pierce played his first season of baseball. He loved it and did great. Seems to fit him well.

-Holt took tennis lessons and did great.

-We said goodbye to the Brays...super sad day.

-Visited the Shild museum in Gastonia.

-Went to the raptor center. The boys enjoyed it, I think there favorite part was marking the birds off on the map and hearing how they were injured, gun shot would, hit by car, etc.