Carrying on the Tradition

Some of my FAVORITE childhood memories include my summer visits and holiday get togethers with my dad's side of the family. We cousins have stayed pretty close through out the years and it's especially fun to get our kids together now and carry on the tradition of Lovelace reunions! Ann, Randy, Paul & Kathy were kind enough to let us all pile on their boats and drive us around- all 27 of us if I'm counting correctly!!! We had a fabulous time at Lake Bowen and hanging out at Ann's, looking at old photos, grillin' & roasting marshmallows :)

Ann on our swim over to her dream lake house :)
We were a wee bit tired after the day on the lake
(Ann, Bahnson, Joyce, Julie Bryce)

Isabelle, Arielle, Gracie

Joyce & Bahnson

Nancy, Kathy, Megan

Megan & her boyfriend Austin

Bahnson

The "island"

Austin & Megan

Paul's very full boat

Jules & Me

Josh, Conner, Toby

Link & Winston in Gracie & Sara's pink lifejackets :)

Conner, Isabelle, Arielle

Link, Sara, Conner

Josh & Toby

Toby & Arielle's End of School Year Festivities

8th Grade Graduation Day

Amy, Danielle, Toby, Bryce, Victoria

Angelica threw Toby an awesome surprise farewell party :)

Jessie, Kayley, Danadia, Arielle, Hayley

Arielle & I went to Five Guys after her 5th grade graduation to celebrate

Southwest Elementary 5th grade graduation

Arielle's Activity Recognition Night

5th Grade End of Year Party at Tanglewood Park (Arielle on end)

Angelica came to Toby's final Optimist game

Coach Mark Yost & Optimist Team 'Germany'

29.....Again!

I had a nice little BD party (4/26) at home with Jim & the kids. Complete with cake, a new game (apples to apples), and entertainment provided by Toby.

RaNdOm SpRiNg STuFf

Treats I made for my Mia Maids
Teddy & Gage (Gage came over to ride to school with us in the mornings, Teddy would wait anxiously by the door for him to arrive)

We took the kids to a Disney Magic Show, only to find out that all the kids there were like 4 yrs old! LOL.

Jim & I woke up one weekend morning to this sneaky slumber party

I went to Asheville for moral support when Link had his tonsils out & tubes in. He's so tough! This was him right after surgery, they wheeled him to the car in this cool wagon instead of a wheelchair

Easter Weekend at the Beach

We found this old school baseball pinball game and couldn't stop playing it!

Arielle Eating S'More Burger at River Cafe

The kids on ropes at Wonder Works

Super Bubbles

Bed of Nails

We spent Easter 2011 at Myrtle Beach and had a great time! We played in the waves (even though it was cooold), visited WonderWorks Science Musuem and found lots of great places at eat :)