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What a wonderful father-daughter field trip to the pumpkin farm! We had a great time, and got to bring home two pumpkins.

We had a great time at the game this Friday night. The girls got to cheer at the game after participating in a cheerleading clinic last Saturday.

Grandma Fern came for a visit over the Labor Day weekend.

The kids have all begun a new school year. This year, even Alex is in school. He's attending the First Baptist Preschool. Megan is in 4th grade, and Sam is in 1st grade.

After Megan's party, we went bowling. Everyone had a great time, and even Alex bowled!

On July 13th, Megan celebrated her 9th birthday! She had a wonderful party and a sleep-over that night.

The 4th of July was celebrated with patriotic cupcakes, painted fingers, and toes. There were some fireworks, too, but I have no pictures of those!

The second season of gardening is going well. Megan brought a cabbage plant home from school, and it made a very nice head. There's nothing like fresh vegetables from the backyard!

We hiked to the top of Table Rock Mountain, which was 3.6 miles one way and a rise of about 1,000 feet. (I left out the pictures of us gasping for air and limping around afterward.)

Adam and I went camping for a couple of days in Table Rock State Park near Greenville, SC. Beautiful!

Samantha has officially completed her first year of school. Congrats to the graduate!

Alex turned 4 on May 16! He's now old enough to move from a toddler car seat to a camouflage big-boy seat!

Samantha's kindergarten class put on a play called "Stone Soup" recently. Samantha sang and danced and did a wonderful job!

This year, both girls got to participate in their school Field Day. They both won ribbons and had a lot of fun!

The kids in their Easter finery - thanks, Grandma Fern!

Nana left us an Easter surprise this morning - homemade Easter cookies! They are so good.

It was about 35 degrees when we took the kids Easter egg hunting on Saturday. (Our battery ran down before we could get a picture of Megan.)

It's gardening time again! So far, we've planted onions, potatoes, strawberries, and cabbage. The kids are a big help!

The kids are loving having their Aunt Angela stay with us. We just hope Angela's patience holds out!