My Parents Visit

We were so thrilled to have my parents here for nearly 2 weeks. We did a lot of relaxing around the house, a lot of soccer, and several outings, including a lighthouse tour which I will write another post about. The kids were on their 3 week break (year round school schedule) so we had plenty of time to make memories.

Grandma and Susie enjoyed making jewelry together. It was really great to have plenty of time to just hang out and not feel like we had to rush from thing to thing.

We had to do a day at the beach of course. The water has cooled off some but it didn’t stop the kids from swimming it in. They spend about half the time swimming and the other digging in the sand. Each time we go it seems like they discover new creatures to dig up and torment. This time it was hermit crabs, other times it has been mole crabs and some sort of slug. They love it. It was great because we had the beach pretty much to ourselves until a multi High School cross country track meet was held. It was kinda fun to watch them race down the beach though.

We also went to the Museum here in Havelock that has several planes on display and a small visitors center in honor of the US Marines.

The last thing we did on our way to the airport was stop at a popular little place called the cow cafe in downtown New Bern. The whole place is decorated with dairy cow theme. We thought Dad would like it. He did, the kids did too! There was a little gift shop that you could buy just about any cow thing you could think of. It was like cow overload! It was fun.

Looks like Dad is back in his element!

And last of all. Soccer, lots and lots of soccer. It feel like it never ended. We finished up in Logan and started here right away, so it has been an exceptionally long season for mom. This is Katie kicking the ball.

That is about it for us. After my parents left we had a couple more days off from school and now we are back in the swing of things.

Oh one noteworthy item to share, Katie set a goal of reading lots of books over the 3 week break, she wanted to have the most in her class. She read 100 books!!! She won the contest with a landslide and they announced it over the intercom so the whole school could hear about her amazing accomplishment. And her soccer coach heard about it too and made a big fuss about it at practice. She was pretty excited. She worked really hard. We are very proud of her.

Hope all is well with everyone. We think of you often.

Love, Jamie and Family