Harbour Town

Tonight after dinner, we drove to Harbour Town to take some lighthouse pictures...

Courtney, Garrett, Kelsey, Doug, and Lisa
Matt and I

Liking to stroll...


Garrett trying to get Benjamin to walk
Sara, Garrett, and Lisa

Beach afternoon

Okay, confession time. We dropped our camera in the ocean this morning. Saltwater and Sony do NOT mix. I tell Matt "let it dry out, it will be okay"...yeah right. When we open the lens cover, sand and saltwater come out. Not a promising sign. Matt immediately gets online and starts shopping for another one....whoa, back this horse up...this is a budget vacation. So four stores and one Sony camera later, I am back in business. For those who know me, it was the "little" camera we replaced, not the large one (thank goodness). Anyway, here are some of the pictures from the afternoon. No worries, the ocean pictures are from FAR away.

Ben's posse...
Hey, where are Ben's feet??
Taking a stroll back from the ocean with Uncle Doug
Daddy and Ben before we ate...and had a wardrobe change
Ben loves for Kelsey to throw him in the air--no, she didn't drop him!
Courtney (Nanny C) and Ben outside the restaurant

Garrett and Ben

The fam

Beach Morning #1

WARNING--the following may cause extreme jealousy. Matt and I took Benjamin to the beach :) Sorry we will probably miss your party, but Happy Birthday Allie!! And happy July the 4th...we are really enjoying it so far! It seems as if Benjamin is liking the beach and ocean for the 15 minutes we were there this morning.

Ahhh.... The view from our balcony :) Playing with some of his toys from home.. Oh my goodness, the orange ball travelled too! Ben and Daddy heading down to the beach The first time touching the sand Walking to the ocean

Little Swim Team

We went to watch Kennedy and Colin's swim meet the other night. This was Ben's (and my) first time to watch. It was so exciting! And hot!! Bruce Pearl was there (one of Colin's heroes) and was autographing swimming caps for the kids who asked. Colin was so excited. Luckily, I had taken my big camera and got some great pictures--I feel like a paparazzi photographer now!

Oh, and their team won!! GO SAC!!

Ben's shirt says "Little Swim Team" and he is wearing his swimming trunks. It won't be long until he is out there with K&C.
Kennedy before the meet
Their coach writes their races on their arms!!
Colin with Jason
Coach Pearl and Colin
Colin finishing a race
Kennedy (second lane) finishing the backstroke
Big Swim Team
Ben with Kennedy's cap on
Colin swimming...you can see Pearl's autograph on his cap

Ben and Allie

Ben and Allie had a playdate earlier tonight. Of course, Benjamin is trying to teach Allie that a ball is the only toy a boy needs...
Mom, why do we have to sit in this chair every time we see each other??
Just relaxing...
Sorry the video is dark, but can you see the new trick??

Some summertime cousin time

We went to Nonny and G's for dinner last week and Ben got another peek at his new cousin, Addie. I had just changed her diaper and been re-christened, so she was a little fussy when we sat Ben beside her. He just looked and tried to climb off the couch. At least he didn't hit her with a ball!!!

Aunt Summer, who is that??

What is going on?? What is all that crying?? (There is almost 11 months difference between them--wow, what a difference)
Ben's idea, "I'll ask Aunt Amy, she will let me do anything..." :)

Grammy, Amy and I took the kids to the zoo on Friday. Mammaw and Pappaw got us season passes for Christmas--what a treat!! I had forgotten about the Honda Hoot being in town and we had to park and ride a school bus to the zoo entrance. I should have just dropped Kennedy and Colin off with Benjamin. As you can tell, I have 2 nannies for the summer :)

My first school bus ride

Here is a bunny we saw in one of the exhibits. He wouldn't come out for me to get a picture, but his name is Benjamin
Amy, Keke, and Colin petting the camel. Surprisingly, Ben's Mom wouldn't let him touch...
The animals in their cage...
If you look closely, you can see the huge gorilla in the background

Kennedy gave Benjamin some of her ice cream....Mommy had to stand in line to get some while Ben was screaming for more.

Kennedy and Ben on the giant tortoise

Riding the carousel