Charleston

Finally a much overdue trip to Charleston with the whole family to visit Katie, Chuck, Lucy, and Bree (The kids fell in love with the dog.)  we visited Charles Town Landing, took a horse carriage tour, and visited the Aquarium while not at the Collins house playing in the backyard. Fun Labor Day weekend!

Leaving is so sad

We want to stay in Antigua much, much longer, back to the real world now...

We are so ready!!!

Girl's weekend

We had a girls bunco group get away to Edisto Beach this weekend, it was much needed and lots of fun!  We were back in time for the Superbowl of course!

Mountain Trip

We traveled to the mountains for MLK weekend with the Collins Family, who are also going to be our new neighbors in 4 short weeks!  We were excited to let the kids vacation together and get excited about living near each other again.  

The first day we hung out in the house while it rained and rained.  We played games, explored the house with all kinds of fun things, including a movie room, and enjoyed each other's company.

Day 2 we headed out for a morning hike near the house for a mile or 2.  Lilli Jane got to ride on our back, but the rest of the kids did such a great job!  

Then we headed to Chimney Rock and hiked up 500 steps to the top since the elevator was broken.  I carried Lilli Jane all the way up!  We felt accomplished!  Kevin carried her down and I think he had the harder job to balance with jello legs.  We both made it.

Day 3 it snowed a very little bit, but the kids had fun and we loved watching it come down in the mountains.  Then we headed to Wolf laurel to tube.  What an experience, it was so much fun!  Again a workout getting kids up the hill and big ice steps, but all had a great hour of fun!

Washington, DC

We took a quick trip to DC with the big kids to see Matt graduate from the FBI Academy.  We explored the city while we were there...the kids loved it and were so good during all the traveling, walking, and waiting!