Soccer Girls

Carson and Reese are playing on the same team this fall to make life a little easier on Mom. They are having a great time and love to go to practice and games. Kevin has had to step in as "Coach" because our assigned coach had to go away on business for a month. The poor girls, now they have Kevin yelling at them from one side of the field and mom yelling from the other and we all know that I am a crazy "soccer mom"! So far their team is undefeated and both girls have gotten in on some goal scoring. We used to pay for goals but this year they have scored too many so now we do ice cream instead!

The State Fair

Carson's 5th grade class went to the fair for a field trip. They were there to "study" Newton's laws of motion and how they are demonstrated on rides- I wish I had a field trip like that when I was in school. luckily, Mom was able to go and enjoy the fun with Carson. We had fun going on the rides and Carson sampled all of the "healthy" food thet the fair has to offer. Thankfully, she didn't have anything before she got on the "Fireball" because I think it would have come back up! It was hot and by the end of the day we were sweaty and tired but fun was had by all!

Whit's photo shoot

Here are some recent photos of Whit. I just thought everyone would like to see how the boy is growing. Enjoy!

Back to my blog

Well, I started this blog with the intention of keeping everyone up to date with our comings and goings and to post pics of the kiddos so everyone could see them on a more regular basis. Unfortunately, I didn't do so good. Well it is now my intention to post a new blog with some new pictures once a week or so (I hope). I have also tried to jazz it up a little with a playlist and some slideshows. I hope ya'll (I do live in SC you know) enjoy it!    Kelly

Working at the Car Wash

Brett taking Whit for a spin in the "Cozy Coupe" and giving the car a nice bath after all of those hard driveway miles. Really it was just an excuse for Brett to turn on the hose and test all the nozzle settings. His favorite is "Jet".

                                       Hadley, Griffin, Whit, Carson, Reese & Brett at Edisto
                                                   Mud Wrestling in the mud at Edisto
                                               Mom and the Gang at Edisto- July 9, 2008

Another week and another trip to the beach-what a hard life we have! This week we were at Edisto with Gram and Grandpa Markland. The kids love to ride in the golf cart with Grandpa and they love to play in the "mucky mud" at the end of the Island. They get covered from head to toe in the nasty stuff. We also find lots of pretty shells to collect and bring home. While we were their Mom and Pop (Kelly & Kevin) celebrated 15 years of wedded bliss (ha-ha)! Boy that makes me feel old to think I've been married that long! It was another fun week for us- Gee, I wonder what we will do next week?

Well, we made our annual pilgrimage to Kiawah Island, SC over the fourth of July. It was a little hectic with a houseful of kids but enjoyable nonetheless. It was Whit's first trip to the beach and as with everything he just took it in stride. He seemed very intrigued by the wave action and the sand between his toes. The big kids enjoyed jumping the waves, body surfing and playing in the sand as well. Brett ventured into the surf briefly but was much more content digging holes in the sand for his trucks. Reese was also not to keen on venturing out to far into the waves because she had an unexplained fear of jellyfish of which we saw none! Go figure! Carson and Hadley were my usual surfer girls and it took an act of God to get them ashore (thunder or a threat from mom). Griffin was his typical teenage self wanting to come and go as he pleased but enjoying some QT with Kimmy on their many bike rides. We enjoyed the company of many during our week- Mimi, Bepa, Kim, Kalyn, Patrick, Sue and Chrissy (cousins) and we were once again refreshed by our visit to the ocean (except for mom/Kelly who was a bit less refreshed due to her early morning wake up calls from Whit).