Hair Be Gone

After one super hot day at Carowinds Savannah was ready to get rid of some of her hair.  I couldn't believe it but she even was game to cut off 10" to donate!  I'm so proud of her . . . and she is super thankful to have much less hair to wash and dry every day, although it is a bit shorter than she would have liked.

Here she is with her new short do and her hair all packaged ready to send to Wigs for Kids!

Ten, Thirteen, Seven-Eleven

Ten-year-old boys loved having hours to play together at the Morrison pool this afternoon

Thirteen-year-old girls loved being able to bake in the kitchen this afternoon.

And then we were all happily reunited for free slurpees at s7-11!

And that's what we ALL call a wonderful summer day. :)

Free Bowling

We are super thankful the Marions are in town this week!  All four kids play so well together, which makes life super easy for the moms. :)  To start the week we met at the bowling alley to take advantage of "free" kids bowling.  They had a blast, but I think the $1 Preston spent on the candy claw machine may have been just as much fun as the bowling was for us all.

July 4th Adventures

We had a pretty low key 4th of July this year.  The kids were super excited to get to see Toy Story 4 as a family early in the afternoon.  Then we went home for a BBQ chicken dinner before heading out in search of some fireworks.  Our usual spot did not have them this year and we really didn't feel like driving anywhere far so we found random neighborhoods to see the local ones instead.

We then went home and enjoyed our sparklers . . and called it a day!

Weekend Summer Fun

I gave the kids the choice of several exciting activities to kick off the weekend on Friday morning . . . and we ended up at Sports Connection's arcade!  It was so much fun and we racked up quite the number of points that the kids decided to save and get a bigger prize next time we go.

We had been out on a Shipt shop earlier in the week and just happened to pass by this pirate-themed mini golf so the kids couldn't wait to take Dave today.  It was fun, but boy was it HOT!!!  We were drenched and ready to go home for lunch by the time we finished 18 holes.

BUT, of course, we made time to stop by Krispy Kreme to pick up donuts for good grades. :)

Summer is so much FUN!!!

First Pool Day of the Season

I cannot believe it's taken us a month to get to the pool this year! Today was finally the day . . . and thankfully the Marions were available to join us for an afternoon at the Y pool.  The kids had a blast playing together and are already talking about when we can go back. :)

Page Family Summer Birthday Celebration

Life has been so crazy for us lately . . . but thankfully we were able to find a day that we could meet up with Denny and his family in Elon to celebrate the summer birthdays.  So after church, we headed to Great Grandma's house to have lunch and enjoy some fun time with the Pages!

There were many laughs, as usual, and lots of time for the cousins to play together.  I love this age when they can just go outside and makeup games to play together. :)  It was a quick trip, but wonderful to see everyone.