What an amazing day we had yesterday when I got to go with Mal’s 5th grade class to Capers Island, near the Isle of Palms, on their field trip. We had to have Mallory at the school at 5:15 am, so it was definitely an early morning. Most of what made it so, so good was the amazing guide we had teaching the kids all about the island, ecosystems, etc. Here she is showing Mal, in the blue, and her good buddy Ashley, something interesting, no doubt, as we were on the boat heading out to the island.

Charlie and Adam both made it from their pack to the District Pinewood Derby competition, and conveniently enough, that was held at River Hills Church, about ten minutes from our house. So I headed over there to spend a couple of hours watching the guys in action. Here is Char when I first walked in. I don’t think I’d seen him in his Webelo’s uniform before. He looked so handsome – and grown up!

The scoreboard almost as soon as I walked in.  I missed this heat of Adam’s, but did get to see him finish second a couple of times, which was pretty exciting.

Another fun spring break adventure today, when I took Charlie and Adam to visit Linville Caverns. They had never been in a cave before, so they really loved it. I wish the pictures had turned out better, but the lighting wasn’t that bright on the tour, so you can’t really see the formations that good in the picture. This one was called The Bat, and it really did look like a huge bat. The bats had already left the cave for the summer – although as cool as it was up there today they probably with they’d stayed a little bit longer!

Then we headed up to Linville Falls, where we had a very cold picnic, and then hiked down to see the falls.  In a funny turn of events, just as we were putting everything back in the car after we ate lunch, a little boy that’s in scouts with Adam came by with his brother and mother, and they told us the quickest way to get down there.  Here are the boys heading down.  Alas, my pictures of them with the waterfalls didn’t turn out :-(.  It was a good, good day, though.

What a good day I had today. I spent the morning with Momma and Sherri – she’d been visiting in Rock Hill for a couple of days, and I hadn’t had time yet to get over to see her – and then Charlotte and I took lunch to Kirkie and Dick’s house, to celebrate Kirkie’s birthday. It was just such a special time being together.

Then this evening was June’s softball game.  Another victory, and I got this cute picture of her with her dad afterwards.  Good times…

What a fun day we had today. It was Rock Hill’s spring break, so Charlie and Adam were here for the day. They helped me fix a cake for my friend Kirkie’s birthday lunch tomorrow – that’s how we spent the morning – then after lunch & naps all around we headed into town to pick June and Mason up. They don’t get to play together too often, so it was great fun for them all. Here we are snacking on popcorn and oj after school.

Then tonight after Bible study at church I stopped by Meg’s to meet their good friends, the Stukenburgs, who stopped for an overnight visit on their way from Florida home to Wisconsin.  Meg originally met them when they lived in the DR – in fact, Susan helped Meg sew on Lindee’s wedding dress.  I thought maybe I’d met them when I was down there picking up the dress, but none of us could remember it, so surely it didn’t happen :-).  It was just a quick drop-in visit, but I’m so glad I got to meet them after hearing about them for so many years :-).

Not sure why this picture is so small. I’ll be so glad when I finally understand something about technology. Anyway, yesterday when June and Mason were here after school I realized we hadn’t done any cooking in a while, so they helped me make some pickle dillies. I love when June can help with the recipe reading 🙂

I had small group at church, so got there just in time to see June’s last at bat of the game. She got on and scored, and her team won big, which was a surprise. It’s very much a rebuilding year for her team, but maybe that’s the case for some of the other ones, too. Here is Bug on third base, getting ready to head for home.

Fun day today. Momma called this morning to let me know that Andy & Amy were going to be in town for a few hours, while they were in Winston this weekend for a wedding, so I headed over that way to visit with them. We had a great visit, and even got Momma out to ride around looking at the beautiful spring flowers. When I got home, though, I realized that none we saw were any prettier than the ones outside my front door :-). Good reminder!

In years gone by, Charlie has always played baseball in the league at Catawba Baptist Church. This year, though, for the first time he is playing rec league ball with the city, and kid pitch at that. They didn’t win their first game, but Charlie played one inning in right field and one in left, had one at-bat where he walked and then scored a run, so we thought that was a pretty successful way to kick off his season. Here he is after the game.