Nationals in WV & Beach

Okay! I know it has been a long time since I posted last. I have a lot of pictures and a lot has happened since the last post. I am not going to try to cover everything, but I will try to hit some of the big things we have done. We went, in July, to West Virginia to our FWB National Convention. This year was the first year we have had kids from our church compete and it was fun to watch them and cheer them on. Bryan sang in the praise team and overall it was a good week. We traveled there with Mema, Aunt Kay, Uncle Ralph, Aunt Bebbie and Cooper! They are always so much fun to be around! Our motel in WV was probably the best one yet. We had a suite, so there was a lot of room! (with three kids and all of our "stuff", we definately needed the extra room!)

After the Nationals, we came home for about two hours to clean the church and then got back into the car and headed toward the beach! We stayed on Radio Island and enjoyed a day and a half of relaxing/playing in the pool! The kids had a blast, but we were all ready to be back home by Saturday night!

The next week, Bryan and I took the kids to Grandaddy and Grandmama's on Tuesday night and we left Wednesday morning for Choral Festival in SC. Bryan and I had a great time at Choral Festival. We were able to see Phillips, Craig and Dean in concert as well as the Thomas Road Baptist Church Choir with Guy Penrod. It was a good time for us to catch our breath and be ready for the busy fall we have. The kids did really good at Grandaddy and Grandmama's even though, at one point, all three of them had a fever! Bryce was able to go to Peace's VBS all week and had a great time!(He only had fever Friday night and Saturday morning!) Brant went to VBS on Tuesday night, but no more after that because he ended up running a fever off and on until Saturday. Melia kept everyone laughing (and busy) and only had fever for one night! Mama said they all were really good, but most of the time they didn't really feel like being bad!

Well, that is all for this post. I will post more pictures later!

The kids getting ready to leave for WV.

We made a potty break at a rest area and let the kids walk aroung for a while!

Bryce, Brant, Melia and Cooper

Brant in the pool at the beach loving his floaty!

Melia sticking close to the stairs!

Bryce jumping in! (He is becoming such a good swimmer.)

Brant jumping in!

They were so tired after a day and a half of swimming!

Melia being a "big girl"!