Thursday, July 17, 2014

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.  


Sunday, July 13, 2014

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!!
 
 

Saturday, July 12, 2014

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!)

Thursday, July 10, 2014

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

Sunday, July 6, 2014

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

Saturday, July 5, 2014

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.