Fun in North Carolina

In June we flew to North Carolina to visit the grandchildren (and their parents). The weather was great--not too hot or humid . . . yet. First we visited with Maren and Andrew in Garner (near Raleigh).


The boys had lots of fun in their little pool, and had to show me all their tricks. Will thought a picture of him jumping off the slide into the water would be really cool, and he was right.

Hyde preferred the side approach.

And here are our men at work. Andrew wanted to build a fort in the backyard for the kids to play on, and of course, Grandpa (never one to sit around) was more than eager to help out. (A picture of the finished project is now on Maren's blog.)

Making progress . . .

Still in the beginning stages, but the boys were already so excited about it.

Maren drove us to Casey and Tim's in Clemmons (near Winston-Salem). We arrived just in time to attend Alexa's "Fifth Grade Celebration" (since she would be moving on to middle school. Here are a few of those in attendance.

No one can ever accuse this darling Maya of being camera-shy.

Alexa receiving a certificate of promotion. (I guess that's what you call it.)

Here she is with her teacher. So cute!

I told you--loves the camera.
Unfortunately, I was so busy having fun that I forgot to take many pictures, and some of the ones I took didn't turn out for some reason, which explains why there are no pictures of Ivy, Nate, Livie, and McKenna. I'll just have to do better next time.