Jeremiah's First day of 5th Grade!!

 Wow, the start of another buddy on his school journey.  Jeremiah - 5th grade!!

We celebrated the first day of school with a trip to Dunkin Donuts!

(Poor Adley - this was after we dropped him off for football practice!)

Brooklyn Fair Friday!

 What a blast to go to the local fair Dave went to as a kid.  We went on ride bracelet day, and it was HOT.  We saw some tractor pulls, pig races and go cart races (which were really supped up riding lawn mowers that went REAL fast. )

Two dudes on the Big swings

Jeremiah on the Scrambler

Grandma even got a ride bracelet.  Go Grandma!

Grandpa met us later in the day as well!

Fun Fun!

First Day of School!

 Nathanael is going into 8th grade, and had his first homeschool community day today: Challenge B.

He had a GREAT day, and is looking forward to the adventure.

There are currently 4 other kids in his class, and two are visiting to see if they want to join.

Fun Fun!

Grampie Visit

 Friday to Saturday we go a visit to Grampie's in!

The trampoline is always FUN!  We even went to a local swimming hole - Four Corners!  The boys all jumped off a 10 foot cliff into the water.  Crazy FUN!

Jeremiah went first! (That's not Dave beside me but Adley....getting so big!)

Next up, Nathanael! 

Adley is blurry - guess he is so fast!

We've had quite the road trips! 

Ready for 10 local days until our camping adventure Labor Day weekend!

Road Trip!!

 What a wonderful Road Trip!  Long but GOOD!

We left Thursday morning and arrived at the Garrisons about 5:00pm.  We hung out with them, got some burgers for dinner, then came back to their house for a walk to their playground for some four square.  That evening they introduced us to mini golf on the XBox, what a blast.

Friday morning we left for MaTaunte Andrea's.  It was going to be an 8 1/2 hr trip. That was a long day - but we did it.  We had a Taco night!  YUM.  

 

Saturday MaTaunte Andrea had Nathanael go pick the watermelon and cut it.  WOW a yellow one!  With seeds we spit off the back porch. 

We went to Carowinds roller coaster park. What a blast.  On the boarder of North and South Carolina - where the Carolina's meet!  

Dave and Jeremiah on the Big Swings

We rode some great rides - then grabbed some food at 2:00.  Then the Rain came - the craziest thunderstorm, pouring rain.  HUGE puddles - they opened up the movie theater so people could get out of the rain.  We are planning to head back next year for more fun...  That evening we went to a yummy bar for dinner.  

Sunday we went to a local state park - the rain potential was still very much in the air. We took a short hike, we swum, we rented kayaks and paddleboats.  Fun.  We went home and enjoyed Andrea's garden, played some games.  That evening was a good movie night to relax by.

Monday morning we left for DC.  We arrived at the hotel, and walked towards where the DC Monument Bike tour would take off, had some dinner.  There were flood weather warnings and a little thunder, but we were able to do our trip with a little rain at the beginning, but it was GREAT. 

Getting ready to GO

WW2 Monument - wow!

 We saw a bunch of monuments, our tour guide described each site wonderfully then we could go explore it.  What a treat.

Tuesday morning we decided to go to the Smithsonian Zoo.  Jeremiah wanted to see the Panda's, there is a baby there - who turned one this Saturday.  We drove home after that.  What a wonderful trip.

Plum Island - Parker River National Wildlife Refuge

 What a FUN beach day today - with some fabulous birds and comfortable overcast skies!!

This one mile boardwalk trail was fabulous!

There were fun overlooks. There are TONS of birds flying in the sky!!  

....tons!!!

Another overlook!

A 'fire tower' style lookout.

Ocean time!

They had these cool cairnes set up 

At the Welcome center that was closed due to covid!

Adley Birthday!

A new Falcons shirt!  Very exciting.  The youth went to serve at the WISH Project, packing backpacks for kids in need.

We went to a high school graduation party.

They had a mechanical bull.  Go Jeremiah!

Go Nathanael!

Adley got a phone for his birthday!!!

Sunday he had 2 buddies over after church for pizza.  They went 'questing' at BodaBorg.  Then ice cream afternoon back at home.

 This guy had nice birthday day adventures!

Friday Bike Ride

 Dave took Friday off. (Wahoo!) and we went for a wonderful bike ride to Old North Bridge on the Narrow Gauge and Reformatory branch trails.

Having our snack!

Finally a picture of the three.  That's rare these days!

Love,

The bikers

Duct Tape Boat Regatta!!

 Today was another duct tape boat regatta at the pool!  What an adventure as always!

We've got two teams at our table working hard on their boats.

Here is one creation!!

Nathanael's Creation was a little big for the one hour build time, but is on the blocks in lane 5.

And the race is ON!

Nathanael's boat crumpled when the rider entered the boat.

But that didn't stop the rider from swimming to the end.

And grabbing the other two members of the team to swim it back. (Jeremiah is one of the swimmers.)

You can see Adley's boat in the far lane, that sweet girl was light but could not for the life of her paddle that boat anywhere. 

They all had fun though. 

Love,

The Crazy Boaters

Jeremiah Track and Field

 Jeremiah enjoyed a 4 week track and field fun this summer. Tonight was his last evening.

They are working on a 4x100m relay!  Here is the baton pass.  They finished up by running an 800m! Jeremiah did great - 5th place....that's a lot of running!

Go Jeremiah!

Zoo Day!

 We had a great zoo day with friends!  The weather turned out so nice too!

Fun Climby things!

This truck faced the Lion House!

Climb like a red panda!!

Turtles at the end!

The ZOO!