Update

I haven’t blogged in a long time for numerous reasons…mainly because I tried this crazy thing called working last semester.  With three young children to care for, teaching three undergraduate courses, and the queasiness and exhaustion that go with first trimester pregnancy… there was no time for blogging.  Yes, we are expecting baby boy October 12!  Yay!

So, I’ll just post a very brief recap of our spring/summer here and maybe I’ll get back into the swing of posting every so often!  We’ll see!

Some of the highlights included:

Pierce playing soccer for the Y.  Watch out soccer world.  Pierce is quick and fierce! J

Snacking spectators!

Sydney’s first communion.  A beautiful girl, a beautiful mass, a fun celebration afterwards.

 

Pierce turns 5!  Pirate party!

Pierce loves Legos!

The map to our treasure hunt!

Fashionable pirate Sydney.

Papa John arrived at the party in full pirate gear (eye patch missing in this photo).  The kids LOVED it!

Leading the treasure hunt. The kids were way too smart for my map and "hunt" - they wanted to go straight to the "X", but I made them play along and follow all the dotted lines to get there!

Pirate booty at the end of the "hunt"!

It’s a boy reveal "party"!

 

Last day of 2^rd grade for Sydney and pre-K 4 for Pierce.

 

Grant turns 2!  Elmo party!

 

Grant loves his new water table.

Summer fun: "Camp Cromer" for the kids, rainy day tea parties and beach time are among the few of the things keeping us busy.

Camp Cromer with cousin Addison.  Yes, mom and dad had them all spend the night at once - brave people!

When it rains - tea party for snack time!

Family beach time at Wrightsville.

A wonderful visit to the Outer Banks to kick start our summer, which included...



the consumption of a ridiculous quantity of Duck Donuts!  YUM!

Daily beach play.

The consumption (by some of us) of a little too much sand!

Hiking up and running down the dunes at Jockey's Ridge.  A little hotter this year than last, so our visit was brief, but fun.

Lots of boogie boarding - the big kids loved it!

A visit to the aquarium (the glasses are only decorative - a fashion statement at St. Mary in 2nd grade).

Shark viewing.

And a little celebration for our sweet 2-year old Grant!

Summer has been really good to us.  We are happy to be here in Wilmington.  The kids are enjoying camps and the freedom and relaxation of summer.  I am thrilled to be back home, and not working anymore.  Baby #4 appears to be healthy and growing just like he should.  Life is good.  God is good.  We are so excited about baby #4, but just enjoying our three as we have some free time in the summer until #4 arrives.