Meg and Helen

These two silly swimmers love swim meets!

IBC

We were given some balcony tickets to the IBC and since Aubrey Scott couldn't come to Jane Gray's birthday party, she went with us.  The girls had so much fun and loved watching all of the beautiful ballerinas!

Jane Gray's 11th birthday party

Jane Gray turns 11 when she is at Desoto, so we had an early slumber party for her and seven of her friends in Yazoo City.  We left Friday afternoon and arrived in Yazoo City around 6:00.  The girls went swimming and fishing and canoeing and then ate pizza and birthday cake.  After dinner, the girls helped Jane Gray open her presents and then played upstairs.  Around midnight, we went back to the pier and cooked S'mores.  The girls then watched a movie, ate popcorn, and went to bed around 3:00.  They woke up around 9:00 and after breakfast, rode horses until it was time to return to Jackson.  It was a fun, and busy, birthday party!

Charlie caught Walter!

Charlie caught Walter this afternoon on his new birthday fishing pole.  The fish weighed in at a whopping 10 pounds!  Charlie and Daddy are so excited!

Prep tennis camp

Charlie went to the Prep tennis camp again this summer.  He had a great time, learned a lot, and WON the tennis tournament on the last day of camp.

Prep art camp

Jane Gray, Liddy, and Sayley went to art camp this week at Prep.  The girls created several beautiful pieces of art and also got to spend time with Jane Gray and Liddy's cousin, Elizabeth Gaines.  Elizabeth Minor took the girls for yogurt one day after camp, and the girls had so much fun together!

Charlie's 9th birthday party

Charlie and John Woods had a baseball birthday party to celebrate their 9th birthdays.  The party was held on the T-ball field at NJYBB.  We divided the boys into two teams and played a baseball game with tennis balls so that the boys could hit lots of home runs.  The boys had a blast!  After the game, we sang "Happy birthday" to the birthday boys and ate lots of cake.  It was a fun party!

State Champs!

The Jackson Thunder marched through the State Championship Tournament this week undefeated, and to top it off, Charlie had the game-winning, walk-off base hit in the championship game!  He played extremely well in all the games.  His daddy was mighty proud of him and his accomplishments.

Happy birthday to Charlie!

Charlie turned 9 years old today.  Fortunately, his baseball team won both of their tournament games and got a bye, so he didn't play baseball on his birthday.  Instead, he went fishing with his Daddy, spent some of his birthday money on a binocular, swiss army knife, and compass, watched Ole Miss play in the CWS, and ate dinner at one of his favorite restaurants, Nagoya.  Our chef even let Charlie participate in the egg roll.  He did great! After dinner and a fried banana cake, Charlie and Grandpa took a little spin around the neighborhood, and then we celebrated with a chocolate cake made by his sister.  It was a great day!

Last night at the beach

We went out to eat with the Eisenhauers at the Summer Kitchen tonight.  After dinner, Mommy and Charlie and Daddy and the girls went on separate dates.  Charlie took Mommy to our favorite spot, the Sugar Shack, while Daddy and the girls went to another candy store.  After the candy store, Daddy and Meg danced the night away at an outdoors concert.