Friday night Jeff & I were in Rock Hill to see Adam and the Bearcats in action on the football field. Alas, none of my action shots turned out that great, but I did get this one of him sitting on the sidelines when he came off the field.

And this one after the game, celebrating a Bearcats victory. It was a fun night.

We had some sad family news last week. A good friend of Elise’s from high school delivered a still born baby, so Boo came over from Murrells Inlet to go to the funeral with Elise. Afterwards they came by here to eat a gourmet supper of tuna salad sandwiches & chips – and Leesy said it reminded her of being at Granny’s house, so I figured that had been the perfect thing for us to have. The little mama had requested that everyone wear bright colors to the funeral, and Boo & Elise did a good job with that. I got this picture of them as they were getting ready to leave.

Yesterday Andy drove down from Winston-Salem, and he & I drove out to Camp Cherokee, where Lesley & Connor are getting married next month, so Andy could check out the setup for the traditional Uncle’s Brunch that will be held the morning of the wedding. We met Adee, the wedding coordinator there, and had a good time meeting Will, the camp director, who had known Lesley since she was very, very young, and is the older brother of one of Emma, one of Lesley’s bridesmaids. Lesley took pictures of the amphitheater where the ceremony is to be held last year when Connor’s parents had come over for the engagement and they all went out to check out the camp – but I loved seeing it for myself. It is such a Lesley kind of place for her to have her wedding. It is going to be so much fun.

There is a brand new lodge at the camp – the ribbon cutting was just last spring, and this is the first wedding that will be held there – where the reception will be held. I am even more excited about the festivities now that I’ve seen the location!

Yesterday Jeff & I were in Rock Hill at Waterford Golf Course to see Clara kick off her final golf season. I got this picture of her teeing off.

And I got this picture of our low-score medalist after the match – she shot a 45, and Clover won the match, so it was a good day on the links.

I have no idea what button I pressed on my camera to make the pictures turn out so light at the football jamboree Friday evening – at least I hope it was a button, & not that my camera is just dying. Anyway, it was a great time. Adam and the Rock Hill High School Bearcats played Spring Valley in the first game, which started at 5:30. It was brutally hot – luckily one of Jenny’s friends let me use one of those fans that goes around your neck & blows up at your face, which helped tons. Anyway, Adam plays on the kickoff team, so we got to see him in action a good bit on that, because Rock Hill won the game 34-0. Then he got in on defense at least one play in the second half – maybe a couple more. He is #45 – he’s the fourth one from this end, running up to meet the Vikings on one of the kickoffs.

On the sidelines with one of his very best buddies, McCoy, who is #44 this year. I really appreciate their numbers being right next to each other. That makes it much easier for us to keep up with them both 🙂

This latest jigsaw puzzle that I worked was 1000 pieces, and the hardest I can remember doing in a while. That background about did me in. The grandkids sure were proud, though, that I was working a Marvel puzzle 🙂

Meg & I were in Tennessee last week to spend time with high school classmates, but our first top was in Franklin, to see Josh, Hillary, and the boys, and have a delicious supper. We had so, so much fun. I got this picture of almost-three-year-old Jack showing off the train he made with the dining room chairs 🙂

A couple of weeks ago June texted me and asked if, when Little Hope came into town for the weekend, they could come hang out at our house for a while. I told them of course they could. They have both told me at different times that their favorite thing about Thanksgiving is sitting out on our front porch and talking, so I wasn’t too surprised. I got this picture of them while they were visiting.

Sunday after church I ran June’s birthday present by to her – a mere two weeks late. She is definitely our family green thumb, so we got her a propagation station. She knew exactly what it was when she opened it, too, which shouldn’t have surprised me. She had on her new shirt for her new job, since she was going in that afternoon, so I got to see her in that, too.

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