Out and About

It was a hot summer day, but it had been far too long since the kids had been out on their "wheels".  We made a quick (not really when you consider we identified every bug and plant species) trip around the neighborhood, just to get a little Vitamin D!

Super Cooper

 sweet boy and girl

 silly boy and girl

 my big girl

 off they go!

Big Buy

Reagan has been saving her money since Christmas.  She even asked for money for her birthday.  After months of debating whether to make the big purchase or not, she did it today!  She bought her very own iPod Touch, with her very own money!

One happy girl!

Summer Fun at Ms Beth's

We spent the afternoon at Ms Beth's pool.  The kids had a great time swimming and watching cartoons when the rains came!

a snack before swimming

 1st one in the pool

 Reagan couldn't wait to go swimming

 playing chase

 I left Cooper's shark at home, so he had to swim all by himself ~ he did a great job!

 Reagan was a fish, as usual

 Cooper swam to the deep end all by himself

 He thought about jumping off the diving board, but decided against it!

 Reagan didn't waste any time jumping off the board

 swim, swim, swim

 jumping in the shallow end

 King of the Pool

 Queen of the Pool

 playing catch with Sera

Vacation 2012 ~ Videos Part 3

Cooper jumping & swimming to Greg

Cooper FINALLY putting his head under water

Greg & Cooper go under water together

Cooper really swimming

Cooper swims to dad, then mom

more swimming by Cooper

Reagan trying to catch mom

Vacation 2012 ~ Videos Part 2

Reagan performing a handstand/flip in the water

Greg throwing Reagan

High flying Reagan

Another toss of Reagan

Cooper swimming / treading water

Cooper and Reagan jumping together

Another handstand

Vacation 2012 ~ Videos Part 1

Here are a some videos from our first few days of vacation

Cannonball by Reagan

Cannonball #2 by Reagan

Cooper jumping to Gigi

Bubba throwing Reagan

Cooper jumping to Greg

underwater Reagan

Reagan jumping in the water

Cooper swimming

Bubba throwing Reagan

Cooper in the ocean

Reagan's handstand

Vacation 2012 ~ Going Home

Today was "go home" day, and the kids were not ready to go.  All week, they had gotten up around 7-7:30am, but today...we had to wake them around 9:15am.  We even let them ride home in their pajamas!

sleeping in!

 We stopped for lunch at the BEACON in Spartanburg, SC.  This drive in has been featured on Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

 enjoying our lunch 

Everyone enjoyed their lunch and milkshakes, but as we were leaving Reagan was stung by a bee.  It was very dramatic to say the least!  After a couple of hours of wailing in the van, she was able to finally calm down and watch a video.  By the next morning, you could hardly tell where she had been stung!

Vacation 2012 ~ Day 6

Knowing this was our last day of vacation ~ we made the very most of it.  We spent all day at the pool and beach.



Reagan and I were the 1st ones at the pool this morning ~ she had the pool all to herself

 Cooper jumped to Gigi and knocked her sunglasses off into the pool...never fear, Reagan is an expert diver!

 Reagan to the rescue!

 my sweet, jumping boy

learning to kick on top of the water

 Reagan actually wanted to go to the beach and hunt for shells

 she and daddy were on a mission

 looking at a crab daddy found

 she decorated her volcano with her new found shells

 aaahhhh

 Cooper played in the kiddie pool with his boat

 getting ready to race Greg

 a big throw

 daddy and daughter

 father and son

 swimming to mom

 Cooper FINALLY went underwater

 I tried to get him to wear his "gobbles", but he refused

 Reagan has perfected the underwater handstand

 brother and sister

 nap time 

 my view of the pool

 We didn't even "pretty up" to go out to eat tonight.  We let the kids play in the water today so they could make the most of their last day of vacation, so we just walked to THE FROSTY FROG CAFE and had dinner

 Everyone wants to be the frog!

Reagan

 Pirate Cooper

 Greg

 Gigi

 Bubba

 and me!

 It wouldn't be a day of vacation without a stop at THE FROZEN MOO for one (or two) last scoops of ice cream

 Cooper wanted to go back to the pool after dinner, but it was closed for "maintenance", so he went back to the beach instead