Weekend @ Swimmin' Hole Lane

Sunday was Cami's turn to cook dinner for the entire family. Our "little domestic goddess" grilled delicious talapia and shrimp for us with an assist from Derek. Beau provided the sides and dessert as well as the venue.

Saturday means soccer...girls @ 10 am & Cooper@ 1 pm. Cami was able to watch since she didn't work Friday night. Claire scored her first goal !

Mommy , Carol & Claire

Coach Daddy & Cooper

Student of the Month

Carol was awarded Student of the Month for September.

Mommy was out of town for work, so Carol was lucky enough to have 2 of her aunts in attendance!

Lolly and Carol

Tessa and Carol

Goodbye Kingstree!!!

Whooeeeeee! Beau has a new job! I'm going to be working for the Post & Courier (Charleston newspaper) as an online sales executive. Basically I'll be trying to get car dealers to list their inventory on the newspaper's web site, http://www.charleston.net/ . It's a normal 9-5, M-F job!!! Now I can have my life back.... The $ is decent and the benefits are great! I start on 10/6. Thanks for all the prayers and good thoughts. I feel like I've been in a body cast for 2 years and just found out it's finally coming off...now all I want to do is scratch!

Camping mishap

Our Boy Scout seems to always be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Cooper was camping with the young men from church Friday night and Saturday morning. Saturday morning began with a 5 mile hike. The scouts were trailing the scoutmaster in a pickup truck that had a nylon rope attached to the trailer hitch...somehow one of the boys stepped on the rope which recoiled and wrapped around Cooper's ankles giving him some nasty rope burns. Guess we're building character...

It's official...we're now Buddy's people!

It's official, we now belong to Buddy. It's been over 10 days since Buddy wandered up and we've found no one to claim him. (I'm secretly glad!) We had our first car ride and vet visit today to check for a microchip (none found) and to start the booster shots. He's perfectly healthy and was an excellent patient. Guess he gets to put his name in the hat to draw names with the family pets for Christmas. Doesn't everyone's family draw names for their pets?

Against my better judgement...

I really do know better, but sometimes I can be persuaded....

I agreed to go with Lynn to Clemson to visit with Will and to see the football game. I really do love Will like he was my own child, but I hope I never see ORANGE again!! It was 112 in the shade and miles to walk up hill to the stadium. Car trouble on the way home made the trip 2 hours longer and resulted in NO a/c. Another hot and sweaty day!!! He's only a freshmen so I'm sure I'll return, but it will definitely be in October....

There go our Saturdays...soccer has started

Cooper in action while Coach Daddy looks on!

Carol and Claire are on the same soccer team. This is Claire's first year to play. They play indoor soccer at a local Baptist church, called Upward Soccer. Cooper is almost too old to play indoor soccer. It's making him lazy to be able to use the walls! Sorry about the photography...Lolly and Tessa were in charge for the girls game and Claire was in charge for Cooper's. Photography lessons for FHE this week! I (Beau) was out of town for a football game.

Yes, I know I'm cute!

Snack time after the game.

Neve

Looks like Neve likes her cherry Coke, too!

The children, especially Claire, pick the kitten up constantly. I'm afraid we're raising a neurotic cat!

Hanna wreaking havoc...

Thank goodness Hanna is only a tropical storm but she's still going to give us lots of rain and wind. Schools are closing at 11:00 am expecting 30-40 mph wind around 2pm with gusts up to 70 mph. The miser I work for insisted I drive to Kingstree with the promise that he will give me a heavy car to drive home in should the wind pick up. Look for a little purple Metro flying across the LowCountry as Barney and I head for home! We're keeping a close eye on Ike!

Kim

Friends

Chillin' on Beau's porch. It's a dog's life!

Buddy and Sugar.

Surfing USA!

The Love Bugs Are Here!!!

We had a swarm of LOVE BUGS Monday. They were everywhere! Someone forgot to tell them to take the day off for Labor Day. The party went on regardless of their blatant "love fest". We all managed to somehow ignore them as we had a family cookout by the pool.

Everyone except Dara. They were making her crazy! She refused to eat and stayed for about an hour constantly swatting and killing the "lovers"!

We tried telling her that "SC is for Lovers", but she wasn't buying it!

They were greatly diminished by late afternoon and almost entirely gone this morning. I guess they were too tired from all that activity!

Buddy finds a home...

Friday morning Beau saw a small dog in the front of Brayton's house. By Friday night he had a name, Buddy, because Carol said he looks like dog from the movie Air Bud. By Saturday afternoon he was lounging and swimming in the pool. He looks like he's a golden retreiver mix and probably about 4 months old. He's been remarkably calm and well behaved. I think he has a new home...