More of Charleston

The son was super bright!!!

Aedan and Simon

Simon climbed a palmetto tree.

Papa, Mercy and Sadie Mae

Mercy loved hanging out with the big girls at the crab shack!  Bentley (the one with the carrot necklace) is Brent's daughter.

 

If there's a tree available, Josiah will be climbing it!  Although climbing a tree with dead limbs may not be the wisest thing to do.

 

Folly Beach:

Since we are land-locked, going to the beach is a MUST!

Aedan and Simon

Simon tried to get a tan, but it wasn't happening!

Time to play football with the seagulls!

almost got him!

Mercy with the pier.  Love this one!

And, once again we went to the Crab Shack!

Ice skating

Look out!  She's on skates!  Ready to try it out... 

Mercy tried ice skating a year ago, but didn't like it much.  I think she was fearful and only skated around the rink twice.  She was very eager to give it a try this time.  She was also very glad to have her Aunt Caroline to help her along.

She was a little unsteady at first and did fall a few times.

 

Caroline stayed close-by!

 

Go girl!  She has a smile on her face!

Aedan

Aedan with the class pet, Simon.

Josiah

 

By the end of our time skating, Mercy picked up her pace a little.

 

Sweet girl!

Above is a quick little video.  It's pretty early on in Mercy's skating adventures!

Some of Charleston

We did many things while in Charleston.  LOTS and LOTS of activities.  Here are some pictures of the fun...

 

Chuck E Cheese

Mercy loved riding this little horse.

Josiah enjoyed playing the Jurassic Park game.

onto the big horse

dancing with Chuckie

 At Monkey Joes:

Mercy, Papa, and Sadie Mae

 At the circus

Out to eat at the Crab Shack.  To the left of Mercy is Brent's daughter, Bentley. 

You'll notice in many of these pictures a monkey named Simon.  He is the class pet, and Aedan got to bring him along on our trip.  He will put together pages for Simon's adventure book.

The sun was bright!

Aedan and Simon

Simon decided to climb the Palmetto tree.

Asheville

The kids and I met up with Carla in Asheville for lunch.  The kids enjoyed being with each other and they were all intrigued with Robert.  Josiah, especially, loves babies so he was excited to get to hold Robert for the picture.  We stopped for about an hour and a half and talked some.  It was fun and a good break from the road.  I really liked the area where we stopped.  There were several good non-fast food place to eat and a Charming Charlies!

 

the kiddos

Carla, Robert, and I

This picture cracks me up!  Picture taken by Mercy with Aedan's hand in the way.  Carla and I were cracking up because it was taking Mercy so long to take the picture and when she did Aedan put his hand in the way!

some outside fun

This girl is on fire!

 

 

The give and go:

 

Date night

Ryan and I had a spontaneous date night to start off spring break.  I signed up to win tickets to the Ellie Holcomb album release show, and I won!  I signed up on a Friday afternoon, and then received an email that evening saying that I had won.  We quickly found childcare that that Sunday night.  It rained and rained like crazy all the way to Nashville and back.  And not just any rain, but a cold rain...and almost ice/snow.  We made it, though, and had a blast.  Ellie's concert was great and I am so glad we were able to go! 

 

picture taken by Mercy

Ellie Holcomb at the show