Festival of Tables

I was at the church for a good part of the day today, helping with preparations for the annual Festival of Tables to be held tomorrow. I am strictly a kitchen helper, but I so love seeing all of the tables decorated with folks who have that gift. There weren’t a ton already finished by the time I left, but of course I loved the Halloween theme of this one.

Thursday Pix

Yesterday morning I headed to Columbia with a long lost friend. Her daughter danced decades ago with Lindee & Addie, and then I would see her at the post office until she retired from there. Honestly, I think that was probably 20 years ago. So yesterday we got together & headed to Columbia to visit the European Market, and then had lunch at the absolutely delicious Julia’s German Restaurant next door. The decor in there was so, so cute.

We drove around a little bit – neither of us is very familiar with Columbia – and then headed on back to town, driving through a horrendous rain storm on the way home. Clara came over after her soccer practice & showered & got dressed to head out to her chorus concert. Jeff & I are going to see the performance on Saturday night.

Tuesday Pix

I got to take Clara to school on Tuesday because Mallory had to be at school early for Teacher Cadets, and I accidentally picked up my camera instead of my phone when I left the house. I’d been wanting to take a picture of the soccer sign they had on their back door, and since the season ends this week, I am squeezing it in just under the wire. I think it is so cute.

That evening was Adam’s final track meet of his middle school career. He has had a great season with two brand new events – discus and shot put – and while it wasn’t his best showing of the year, we are so proud of him for branching out and for how hard he worked.

Winthrop Baseball Game

Sunday afternoon I picked Mason up after church & we headed to Rock Hill to take in a Winthrop baseball game. It was a beautiful day to be out at the ballpark – sunny but not too hot, with just a little bit of a breeze blowing. And Mase picked us out some great seats. It was a great game, with Winthrop pulling out a victory with a walkoff single with the bases loaded. Fun times.

Final Prom Post

We got a picture of Mallory twirling in her princess dress. She looked so pretty.

Her friend Lexi was a little bit late arriving to the photo shoot, so we had to go back and get individual pictures with her, too.

Prom, Part 2

The girls showing off their corsages. Well, Mal is actually switching wrists with hers 🙂 They all just looked so beautiful.

These funny girls wanted to get individual pictures with each other so they would have them for posting on birthdays on whatever social media they are using now. This is her with Kat – they have gotten to be good buddies in the last few years. Mal is going to USC this fall & Kat is going to UT, so they are already planning some visiting weekends when they play each other in football 🙂

Senior Prom, Part 1

Tonight is Mallory’s senior prom, and we met over at her friend Kat’s father’s house to take pictures. He has a beautifully landscaped yard for photos, but we went inside when we got there to wait on the others to arrive, because it was so windy outside. Leesy got this picture of her with her proud grandparents while we were waiting. Not sure what I was saying when she snapped this photo 🙂

They wanted to recreate the picture that we took at Elise’s prom of her with Mallory and Clara, and this is what they came up with :-). I’m sure I’ve got the original somewhere, just not sure where.

Camden Burials

There was a very nice, solemn ceremony when the remains arrived from Columbia in the late afternoon. On their way, they had been driven through Fort Jackson and then around every single school building between there and Camden, so the soldiers and students could pay their respects. There were the remains of 12 colonists, from Maryland and Delaware, and one from Scotland, The honor guard from Fort Sumter was so impressive. Just very moving, and very emotional for a lot of people.

The bodies were lying in state at the Kerhaw House, the mansion there at Historic Camden, and we all walked through to pay our respects – but of course no pictures were allowed inside. I got this one looking up while we were on the steps getting ready to go in. Such a special day.