Y Guides Camp Cheerio Adventure 2016

This year the Painted Pony Princesses decided to try out Camp Cheerio Canoe Adventure.  It was quite different from previous camps in that there weren't a variety of activities, rather one central canoe adventure on Saturday.

They had a great time and enjoyed beautiful weather the entire weekend!

While they were away, Preston and I had lots of our own fun.  His team rocked their soccer game Saturday morning, winning 7-2.  Afterwards we got his hair cut and of course stopped by Harris Teeter where he took a ride on Harry. ;)

These weekends are quite exhausting for Dave, but for me, I LOVE the chance to spend quality one on one time with each kiddo in the comfort of our own house!  I married the best man ever. :)

Happy Birthday Daddy-O

Today we celebrated one awesome man!  Although it was a crazy afternoon with trying to carefully select the perfect balloons after school, pick up BBQ for dinner, eat, do presents and cards and cake . .   all before attending open house at 6:30pm, it was still fun to take a night and celebrate the best daddy in town.

We opted not to eat out since PSE had open house tonight, but I think Dave might actually have preferred to eat his favorite meal (BBQ) at home.  We made sure to have some of his other favorites including, baked beans and corn on the cob, and of course a super yummy ice cream treat.  This year it was a peanut butter cup polar pizza from Baskin Robbins!

Words could never fully express how thankful I am for this man.  He gives and gives and gives, all without complaining. He loves without reservation.  He is almost as patient as Job and always puts his family first.  I am so thankful the Lord blessed our family with him and look forward to many more fun adventurous years together.  We Love You!!!

Labor Day Weekend Festivities

This weekend has been filled to the brim with fun festivities!  However, we have also taken advantage of some much needed time to catch up on sleep in the mornings too. :)

Saturday started off with my long run.  We then enjoyed not being on a schedule and deciding what we wanted to do at the last minute.  As it tuns out, we ventured to Matthews Alive, a local festival with tons of different vendors.  

Showing off their prized balloon animals

We enjoyed dinner out at a nice Mexican restaurant and called it a day!

Back to the daddy/son runs

Sunday after church the girls headed for a long walk and combined that with a couple errands.  The boys were excited to get back to their runs together too.  They made it a couple miles without stopping!  Later on, we headed to a baseball game uptown.  We enjoyed great seats in the shade at the Charlotte Knights game.  The weather was awesome, much cooler and a wonderful change.

Monday, after a trip to the YMCA, we decided to head to Carowinds to close out the season.  I guess everyone else had the same idea, because it was CROWDED!  We had to walk a super long way just to get into the park, so needless to say by the time we left we were all exhausted!

It was a fun day, but we were all ready for an early dinner and bedtime too!