1st day of Second Grade and 10th 1st day of Middle School!!!

Silas started 2nd grade today, he's growing up WAY too fast! His teacher is Mrs. Cindy Helms at Fairview Elementary, which is just 2 miles from our house. I think that she will be a good fit for Silas, she has 4 boys of her own! Scott is entering his 10th year of teaching middle school, he started in Sept 2000 as a Lateral Entry candidate and got his teaching credentials for Queen's University in Charlotte. This will be the second year he has taught "Public Speaking" to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders!
We're praying for a good school year for EVERYONE!!

Dan Nicholas Park (Again)

We went with Nikole and Barbara to Dan Nicholas Park in Salisbury on August 10th. I have been too busy to post the pictures!! It was a very sweltering 97 degrees, but we managed to survive the day! It is so fun there, the boys love it. We went there on Silas' 1st grade field trip in May, so we had been wanting to take Scott with us, and it's in Salisbury where Nikole and Barbara live. We rode the carousel, the train, paddle boats, played in the water in the splash area, and made it through a half of a game of putt-putt. Poor Stephen was so hot he laid down on the course while we were waiting for the people in front of us to finish. That's when we figured out that he was DONE! We've decided that Fall will be a great time for our next visit there, when the temps are in the 70's!!