Mom and McKay Dates

It's hard to be the youngest brother and to not get to go with the boys to YM camp.  Even dad went.  McKay and I decided to do some fun things ourselves while the boys were gone.  We set out to find yummy donuts for National Donut Day and boy did we ever!  We went to a place called "Screamin' Nuts" and it was delicious and so cute!

My favorite was the lemon lavender and McKay's favorite was the berries and cream.

I am a hydrangea lover so McKay was a cutie and took a picture in front of them.  It was a bit sunny...

You never can be too careful.

We also went bowling.  I don't know if McKay had ever gone before.

Neither of us were very good, but we had so much fun!

I'm pretty sure McKay beat me.

I told McKay we could make whatever he wanted for dinner and he chose jdawgs.  They were good.  McKay even cooked the hotdogs! We had a great time.

Lincoln Football Fundraiser

Lincoln loves football, but he despises having to do fundraisers.  They do one every year and it stresses him out.  This year dad had the idea to see the tickets they needed to see at the football equipment pick up.  They okayed it with the league, Palmer made a sign (since Palmer and to work, Lincoln agreed to try and sell both of their tickets.  

At first it was rough and Lincoln wanted to give up.  He kept trying though and by the end of the night he had sold 42 tickets for the golf ball fundraiser (he needed to do 12 each for he and Palmer), and three raffle tickets (he needed to sell 10 each).  I know this is not something he likes, but I could't be prouder of him doing it!  He was actually really good at it!  He had a guy tell him no, and then tell him he does a lot with wrestling.  Lincoln told him that he wrestles also and they started talking, and in the end the guy bought one from him.

In the mean time, Josh was helping people with uniforms.

We had a few people from our ward come and they were awesome to buy tickets.

This experience really built Josh's confidence!

And McKay sat and waited for everyone to be done...he's a good sport.

Lincoln Clemson Football Camp

Lincoln's football trainer, Allen, suggested that he got to the Dabo Swinney Camp at Clemson.  The day before the camp, Lincoln was switched from DB to receiver.  He was pretty nervous about switching, since he hadn't played receiver since rec football in 7th grade.  He doesn't look too nervous though...

Checking in. 

Heading to the receivers.

Warming up

Pep talk

Lincoln lucked out and was assigned Dabo Swinney's son Drew (who plays receiver for Clemson right now) as a coach.  

He learned such good things.  This was actually the perfect thing to go to before he started playing receiver for his team the next Monday.

This guy was an actual Clemson recruit and Lincoln got away from him when he played DB on him.

This kid had shut everyone down, but Lincoln got past him.  Twice.

At lunch they did some pep talking to the boys.  I thought it was great.  It was super hot though and I think the boys were dying.

Talking to Dabo Swinney

This guy couldn't stop Lincoln unless he held him.  And he did.  The whole time.

Pulling on his shirt.

His most beautiful catch.  Everyone cheered when he caught it.

They had lunch and got to watch Clemson vs Notre Dame.  

Lincoln's friend Brayln was there too.  It was fun to see a familiar face.

It was so fun to be with our boy for the day!

Having sushi for dinner.  That's what Lincoln picked.  We loved being with him!