Last weekend we joined the Bolling family at one of our favorite restaurants: The Homeplace. It was an enjoyable afternoon, but also a bit crazy with all the kids. Even though we had to wait a while, they were pretty entertained by the cows :) And the dinner was delicious!

We've been working on this with Vivian ever since Pastor Nick's sermon from the passage on Resurrection Sunday.
Of course she doesn't understand most of what it means, but we pray that she will hide these words in her heart and gain understanding at an early age.

Colossians 1:
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

We have certainly enjoyed the beach this summer! Last week was our third visit. It's fun for me to take the girls at this age because they have a blast and it's a nice change of scenery for them. I didn't really get the camera out until Thursday afternoon because I thought maybe you'd seen enough of the same beach pictures recently! But I couldn't resist getting a few of the girls playing, so enjoy!

We had a great time celebrating my mom's birthday while at the beach! We took her out to breakfast that morning, and then went to pick up my dad at the small airport in Beaufort and she had no idea! She was so surprised! We gave her some small gifts and then Grandma cooked an awesome dinner for her. Of course we all enjoyed it, though! We had a DQ cake for singing happy birthday and made a great party out of it :)

On Wednesday of our beach trip last week, we drove a few miles up the island to the aquarium. I've never seen Kate so excited about something...she was squealing and talking nonstop the whole time. Her sister was also pretty into all of the exhibits. It definitely takes two people to bring them to a place like this...I was thankful to have Gramme there to push the stroller and lift one of them up to see. It was a nice morning out of the sun.



I will try to post the rest of the beach pictures tomorrow!

The blog is a little quiet because we've come to the beach again for a small trip! We have been here since Monday, and will leave tomorrow. We all miss Daddy a lot, so we are looking forward to being home again, but we have certainly enjoyed our vacation with Gramme and Mama Dot. I will upload more pictures when I get home, but here is a preview of our trip to the aquarium yesterday:

A few Saturdays ago we spent the day at the lake with friends. Aaron is planning to participate in the Tough Mudder in October, so every Saturday for the past several months, they have been training. This particular Saturday they drove to the lake to do their training, and the wives and some other families drove up later in the morning to meet them. We ordered subs for lunch and spent half of the day there. It was beautiful weather and fun company. Thanks to everyone for making the drive up there!