4th of July

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my sweet, beautiful, FUNNY, WONDERFUL sister LIZ today!

We had a fun quick trip to South Carolina for the 4th of July. First stop, AIKEN. I got my hair cut and we enjoyed visiting with some great friends: the Ballard's, McArthur's, and Anderson's. I only remembered to take out my camera for one of the three families. oopps!

The McArthur Kidos

Our Abby's

Emma, Tess, Nicholas, and Jake

When we were leaving Grandma Barnhurst's house to go see Grandma Riley, Jordan (welcome home RM!) Aunt Rhonda, and Uncle Lee Tess excitedly said, "AUNT RHONDA, here we come!" We love spending time with them.

The two Pauline's

While at Grandma Great's the kids ate peaches, homemade ice cream, rode the golf car, and Uncle Herald's tractor, played in the hose and mud, and had such a great time just playing!

While at Grandma Great's house Tess went fishing for the first time in Uncle Heralds pond! She has been so excited to use her princess fishing pole.

After 9 hours of driving , as we were pulling into D.C. traffic we told the kids we were almost home and they both started to complain. Jake told us he didn't want to go home, he wanted to turn around RIGHT NOW and drive back to South Carolina!