Splashin' in the 'Boro

Laci invited us to come spend the day with her in Statesboro yesterday. After an uneventful drive, we arrived in Statesboro and spent some time with Laci and our grand-dog Libby at Laci's house. We then went and had a delicious meal at Longhorn where Laci works as a hostess, but had the day off.

Laci then took us to Splash in the Boro www.splashintheboro.com a water park in Statesboro built with Splost funds. It was SO much fun. They had two pools, 3 water slides, and lots of activities for the kids. Heyward was the only one of the little ones tall enough to go on the big slides, so Jody, Laci and I took turns going down them with her.

I'm posting a few photos of our day. Thanks, Laci, for showing us such a good time. We look forward to coming again VERY soon! The kids are already asking how soon we can go visit you!

A "Beary" Happy Birthday

Lindsey Kate turned 7 on Saturday. We celebrated on Friday with a family party and on Saturday took 6 kids (3 were ours) to the Build A Bear Workshop in Jacksonville. It was so much fun. It was the first time we had been. The kids all got to choose an animal, give it a heart, stuff it, wash it, name it and bring it home. We came home with Pinky the pink Poodle, Linda the dog and Poochie the frog.

At the end of the party, Lindsey Kate rang a bell and everyone in the store sang Happy Birthday. We then rode the escalators upstairs to eat at Chick Fil A in the food court. I don't know that any of the children had ever ridden an escalator before. It was quite exciting. Remember how much we loved them, Katharine?

Micajah and Lindsey Kate were quite impressed with the cake. Linds said it was "Way more better" than the one in the picture and Micajah said "Yep, it is prettier than Miss Regina". Miss Regina was his teacher at preschool last year. He guages the beauty of everything against Miss Regina. The fireworks on the 4th of July were "pretty, but not as pretty as Miss Regina". So, I guess I did pretty OK if the cake is prettier than she.

Anyway, here are a few photos. One of the Cake and one of the kids at Build a Bear.

Back to School

Today is the first day back to school. Sniff... sniff... It is hard to believe the Summer is over and they are back in school. Lindsey Kate is starting 1st grade and Heyward in the 3rd. It was nice to know, though, that they STILL want mom and dad to walk them to class the first day instead of dropping them off a block away - so no one will know who their parents are.

In the 3rd grade, they begin to switch classes. Heyward will have one teacher half the day for English, Spelling and Reading and another for Math, Science and Social Studies. WOW! Time flies. Her best friend Carrie is in her class and they get to sit together. She is SO excited!!

Here is a picture of them on the way in this morning. It appears that we are having a little bit of a bad hair day. I think it is because we went to sleep with partially damp hair. It will take us a few weeks to get adjusted to the school schedule. Thank goodness they are too young to be affected by Bad Hair days.

In addition to the regular school supplies, they are now required to take hand soap, boxes of Kleenex and Ziploc Bags - hence the Walmart Bags. When did our schools become so financially deprived, that the kids have to supply their own soap and kleenex?

Anyway, here's praying for a GREAT School year!