Beach weekend....

Adam gave in and agreed to coach Clemson's rugby team. With a game in Charleston, we decided to make it a family beach weekend. Absolutely beautiful weather, a low-country shrimp boil for lunch, a great decision - other than the rugby coaching, that is! ;-)

soccer!!

Savannah had her first soccer practice at the YMCA yesterday. She was a little shy at first, but warmed up by the end of practice. Her coaches are Clemson soccer players, and their team name is the Superheros! They have practice T/Th nights and games start in a few weeks. She is *very* excited about her pink shin-guards.

Daddy-daughter football nap

Adam was watching the Steelers the other day when Snow White crawled up on the couch, snuggled him, and promptly fell asleep.

Clemson Football Game Day

Today was our first family game day at Clemson! Adam got lucky and ended up with 4 of President Barker's seats!! We all got our Clemson gear on and made it to our seats just in time to see the players run down the hill in what is known as the "most exciting 25 seconds in college football". 

Savannah gets a big girl room!

A week in the life...

Right before school started last week, the kids went bowling for the first time. Savannah actually got a strike, and Gage, well, he just got in the way ;-). Savannah also helped Daddy cut down some trees that were bending over our driveway. Gage got a big boo-boo on his forehead by tripping and falling into the corner of the kitchen cabinets. He's tough though, after a few minutes of crying he was good to go. He's walking everywhere now, but is a little sad to have a tooth cutting through right now. All in all, everyone is doing great!

Finally...a break from the heat!

We are excited to have a weather forecast that does not include the 90s this week! We can out of our summer "hibernation" and went to the playground early this morning. And...everyone loves Daddy's new recliner, as you can see! :-)

Tractor races with the neighborhood kids

Not much of a surprise that Adam has joined the neighborhood kids in tractor races up and down the street...he lost ;-)

Summer is wrapping up...

Summer is winding down. Gage had a fun mohawk hairstyle the other day and we went on a little adventure to Twin Falls (who knew that we have 100s of waterfalls in Upstate SC!).  Savannah and Daddy played in the river while Gage splashed around in a little stream. Hard to believe only a week and a half until school starts for all of us. Savannah goes back to Montessori (but 5 mornings a week now!), Gage starts 2 mornings a week at the Mom's Morning Out program, Tammy is teaching a class at Clemson this fall, and Adam starts back for a busy fall semester after a busy summer. 

Crazy kids

Savannah got a nice short haircut for summer, we got to visit the Clemson Fire Department with the Moms Club, and Gage, well...he's just eating and getting into trouble...

Trip to NH for Ang & Nate's wedding

We were lucky to get a long weekend in Franconia, NH in the White Mountains for Nate & Ang's wedding. We caught a glimpse of two black bears on our first night there, and fell in love with the old farmhouse they rented for the week. Beautiful...