Saturday, July 17, 2010

Summer in the Triad!

Mel, Me & Jaime- Beat the Heat 5k
Yah, that glow is post race sweat!
Jaime's son Max handing out water to runners
Arielle's mouse had 10 babies! (Finding homes was quite a challenge)
Parent Night Picnic at Raven Knob Scout Camp
Toby, Colin, Chris & Ben dancing at camp
Raven Knob Scout Camp
Toby's Scout Troop
Raven Knob bridge to chapel (loved this pretty spot on the lake)
Waterfalls at Hanging Rock
Arielle helping a beginner during the horse camp parent show
Arielle jumping Miss Scarlett at horse camp
Arielle's camp trophy
Arielle & Ann Marie
Picnic lunch last day of horse camp
Stables at Hidden K
Dash Baseball Game
Dash Mascot
Athena, Lyna & Arielle at end of year party
(that is the 'hamster ball' in the background- I was the lucky party volunteer who got to push kids around in it)
Going to see Wicked in Charlotte with some church friends!

It has been a fun, busy summer in North Carolina. Highlights: Carowinds Amusement Park with the cousins (Sloans & Bryants), Toby enjoyed earning most improved player at Wake Forest Univ. Soccer Camp. He also went to Forsyth Country Day Sports Camp and enjoyed airsoft gun wars, a day at Celebration Station & Wet n' Wild with his friend Uly. Scout Camp was great and Jim & I enjoyed going up to Parent's Night at Raven's Knob Boy Scout Camp. What a pretty camp they have for the boys! Arielle loved Horse Camp (and being a big helper to Michelle for the week) and Camp Merriwood overnight camp with her three girlfriends from school (Athena, Haley & Jessica). Phew! The kids have done alot in June & July. It helps break up the summer for them to go to some fun camps, esp. while I'm at work M-F for half the day. We have also been enjoying lots of pool time at our community pool. I ran the Beat the Heat 5k with Jaime & Melissa and some other gals from Anesthesia school. It was good to know I can still run despite spending much more time Jazzercising than running lately :) Another summer highlight has been going to the Winston-Salem Minor League baseball games "The Dash". A fun benefit to my good job at LRB Real Estate has been to be able to go VIP style to the games with great seats and dinner included. It's been a fun, busy summer! My mom & dad are coming to visit next week and we can't wait to show them around. All the scheduled camps are over for the summer so it should be some lazy days of summer up ahead.