South Carolina

We went to Isle of Palms in South Carolina in August with some business partners of Cavan's in Carmedic.We rented a beach house walking distance to the beach with 10 families. It was a full house, but we each had our own rooms so it went a lot better than I thought it would. We had so much fun!!!! It was so relaxing with such great company. We went on a water taxi and got to see downtown Charleston. One night we all went to the beach when it got dark to catch ghost crabs. It was one of the most fun activities we did all summer. The kids thought it was the coolest thing ever. Then we all got in a circle and let the crabs go in the middle of us and they crawled all over our feet. Daniel wanted no part in that! We look forward to another trip next summer.

High School 10 year reunion

One of the things I did while visiting in Oregon was go to my 10 year High School Reunion. It was nice to see old friends again. Especially my best friend Angela!

Oregon

The kids and I spent a large part of our summer in Oregon. We had a lot of visiting to do and since the weather is so amazing in Oregon in the summer we stayed for almost 5 weeks! Cavan joined us our last 10 days there. It was so nice to go home for a visit. We had endless things we wanted to do and people we wanted to visit. We missed Cavan greatly though and it was a long time to be away from our new home here in Florida. 

Bikes

Before we left to visit Oregon this last summer, KaeLynn finally got the confidence to try her bike that had no training wheels. She was starting to get it, but we left to Oregon for a month just shortly after. When we came back she lost all confidence. Daniel really wanted a bike for his birthday, and since the bike KaeLynn had was too small, we bought her a bike for her birthday and went ahead and got one with training wheels. She is very happy and loves riding all around. Daniel is still building up his confidence and skills. He has had a few crashes with one bad road rash on the side of his face, but he is not giving up! 

At Gemini Springs they have really good trails for bike riding. We had a lot of fun going as a family. Daniel really struggled that he can't go as fast as KaeLynn, but soon I know he will be riding right a long with her!