Fishing at Lake Lanier

 Sometimes we forget that we live really close to the most beautiful lake.  One of the times we remembered, we went fishing around sunset and made some gorgeous summer memories.

 We found a perfect spot for fishing and e need to go back there asap.

 We are still trying to teach the art of patience to these kids, but some Twizzlers helped a little bit.

 Hunter was the only person who caught a fish and even that one was a small one, but it was a start!

Scout Camp 2016

 Scout camp this year was a family affair.  I was the parent volunteer of Hunter's group for the week, Lincoln and Palmer were Den Chiefs, Lincoln for my group and Palmer for another.  McKay got to go to the Children's group with a buddy and had a great time.

 Doesn't he look like he's having a great time?

 Last year Hunter saw that Lincoln made this chair and he was dying to make one of his own.

 Palmer started out the week being a volunteer for woodworking.  I was so proud of how helpful he was to all of the boys. He did a great job.

 You can't see it, but Lincoln is behind Hunter helping him out.  I love to see my boys work together.

 These three did a great job toegether!

 Cool kids.  

 Learning about woodworking.

When we got home that night the boys wanted to use their chairs around the campfire.  Palmer needs one now.

 Hiking.  We really just go on a walk in the woods adn try to avoid all of the poison ivy.  It grows everywhere in the park where we go for scout camp.

 Working on tying off rope.

 Hunter was so good at knots that he helped the rest of the boys with them.

 They had a contest to see who could put up the tent and take it down first.

 Important to get a picture to document it.  They were so fast at it!

 It's so funny, but the boys all would fight over who got to pull the wagon and hold the flag.  The other leader and I were laughing because in a few years, they will be fighting over not pulling it.

 There was a station that had SWAT team, police officers, fire engins and some other safety vehicles.  It was so neat for the boys to be able to see these things close up.

 This was the last day when there was water games at the end.  Hunter's board shorts were a little...loud (they are my favorite).

 The fire deptartment came and sprayed their hose for the boys to play in.  They loved it!

 All of the volunteers together.

 The Den Chiefs all got to go in the firehose by themselves, which they were tickled about.

 This was our den for the week.

 On the last day of camp the kids all did a skit.  This was McKay's group doing their skit (song).

This is Palmer's group doing their skit.  For some reason I didn't get pictures of my den...darn it.

Silverback Game

 Josh surprised us with season tickets to the Silverbacks (minor soccer league in Atlanta).  We had so much fun going to all of the games.  The boys loved that we could sit on the front row nearly every week.

 After games the players all would come out and sign autographs.  Trust McKay to give the awesome keeper bunny ears.  

The boys were pretty excited about these autographs.  We really loved the whole experience of the Silverbacks!

Helen, Georgia

 We headed to Helen at the beginning of the summer rather than the end like we did last time, it still ended up bing busy, not quite as crazy as last time.

 Most of the pictures I have for some reason took as videos, so I don't have too many.  

 Most of my pictures are of Hunter too...not sure how that happened since I was attached to McKay.  

We went with our friends the Taylors.  We went to eat at a German restaurant and of course went to the chocolate factory.  It was a lovely day in Helen!