This past Friday night we finally celebrated Dave's birthday with family (his actual Bday was on the 16th). We had a wonderful dinner of pot roast, which was Dave's request, and had Oreo Delight for his birthday cake... yum! Mama and Daddy came over to help us celebrate and we had a nice time together!
This past weekend we celebrated Dave's birthday in Clemson, SC. We had given him a night away with all of us at the Martin Inn at Clemson's Walker Golf Course. Dave and Mitchell played a round of golf on Saturday afternoon while Amelia and I spent the afternoon relaxing at the pool. Then we spent the evening with our dear friends Neil and Denise Burton grilling out steaks, catching up, and celebrating Dave's 42nd! All of our kids had a blast playing outside together with other neighborhood kids while we watched the Georgia football game on TV. On Sunday morning we got to sleep in a little, then had a wonderful breakfast on our suite's patio overlooking beautiful Lake Hartwell. After breakfast we played some tennis, then packed up and headed home. It was a perfect weekend of quality time together and with great friends!
Last weekend we traveled to Myrtle Beach, SC for a long relaxing weekend. We stayed at the Lakewood Campground Resort in my parents wonderful camper and had a great time! The weather was beautiful and we enjoyed playing on the beach, riding the waves, searching for shells and sharks' teeth, swimming in the pool, water wars (a really fun game at the campground), riding down the HUGE inflatable slide, and playing putt putt... we also ate very well! It was great because we were on no particular schedule and stayed up late playing games and slept later in the mornings. Just what we needed to officially end our summer!
Sunday night we attended the Oconee Youth Playhouse's annual Gala, which is a fundraiser event for them. At the Gala the students perform numbers from this year's upcoming shows... this year they will be doing Grease, Children of Eden, and Children's Letters to God! They also recognized the kids who have done 5 or more plays, and 10 or more plays with OYP... Amelia has now done 9 plays, so she was recognized and received a star! When you have done 10 or more you get a star on the "Wall of Fame" at OYP! One more to go, Amelia!
