Soccer Drills

Cooper was back on the soccer practice field.  His regular coach was on his honeymoon, so another coach in the organization stepped in to help the kids.  

Back to the Rink

No rest for the weary...not more than 2 hours after we got home from our visit in North Carolina, Reagan was back on the ice!  Not too many pictures today, as I was out on the ice, skating with her!!

 

 

JT & The Tennessee Boys

The real reason for our visit to Hickory...Jessica and I have had tickets to see Justin Timberlake in concert for over 9 months!!!  That got the ball rolling and we decided to make it a family trip (less Cooper!) to see everyone again.

JT is amazing in concert!  He can sing, dance and play the piano & guitar.  Although we didn't have the best seats in the house (we were on THE.VERY.TOP.ROW.OF.THE.ARENA - ROW X), it was worth it to be there!  Although cameras weren't allowed, I was able to take a few videos with my iphone and found a few photos from the local newspaper the next day.

 

Photos courtesy Charlotte Observer

Here are a few videos I took with my iphone (from the very top row of the arena!).  Try to ignore the girl in front of me, she waved her hand all night!

Rock Your Body

Like I Love You 

TKO

 

Let the Groove Get In

Heartbreak Hotel

Poison

I have lots of other videos, but they're too big to upload to Blogger:(

Swimming with Friends

We travelled back to Hickory yesterday to spend time with our friends.  Today, we had a pool party/picnic/get together with the whole gang: the Sandidges, Parkers, Thayers and Whitfords.  It was so much fun to see everyone again...we picked up right where we left off!

 Reagan and Kara swimming

 most of the kids

 Reagan and Eden took a swimming break to watch a movie

Cooper opted not to make the trip with us - he had a soccer game he didn't want to miss (and the chance to stay solo with Gigi & Bubba was just too much for him to pass up!)

Pick Up Game

Cooper was supposed to have soccer practice tonight, but none of the coaches showed.  So, the boys organized themselves into a pick up game of soccer!  They weren't going to let a little thing like no coaches stand in their way of playing!

Defending the goal

 deciding on the teams

Reagan played for a few minutes with the boys 

 then, she decided it was too hot to play, so she'd just watch

Skating Practice

You would never have known that Reagan had taken a week off from skating practice for vacation.  She picked right back up where she left off!

 

 under the watchful eye of her teacher!

 so beautiful

Back to Church

Vacation is over and life is getting back to normal around here!

I saw a tshirt like this a few years ago in Hilton Head - it sums up Cooper perfectly!  I finally found a shirt in his size this year.

 Reagan read her Bible on the playground rather than play before church

Vacation 2014 - Saturday - Day 8 - Headed Home



Vacation is coming to an end.  We left Blue Mountain Beach early this morning.  We stopped at Peach Park (for what is becoming an annual tradition) in Alabama for lunch and to let the kids (and us) stretch our legs.

on the teeter totter

 

 piloting the helicopter

 Reagan chose to relax instead of getting sweaty playing

 sitting in the way back of the van

Read about our trip home last year.

Vacation 2014 - Friday - Day 7 - Videos