Sunday, April 24, 2011

Easter

Our family Easter Sunday

The boys and Max
Look how big he is. Will he ever stop growing?

We all receive an Easter basket from the Easter Bunny even Max. Max loved his basket. He didn't want ours which were filled with candy. Hunter picked out the blue rubber chicken for Max's basket. He loved it. It makes the most annoying sound.

After church, Mom invited us over for lunch. It was nice spending time with them.

Max and his Easter chicken on the back steps.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Jane and the boys



It is hard to believe that Hunter is as tall as Jane. And Jordan isn't too far behind.
According to Dr Pitner, he will be 6'1". We will see. Hunter already wears the same size shoe as Chris and me.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Spring Break - Beaufort


We spent the second half of Spring Break in Beaufort. The boy's favorite part of Beaufort was the outdoor swimming pool at the hotel. We could have saved a lot of money and swam in the neighbors pool. But we all enjoyed getting away.

We took a horse and buggy tour of Beaufort which was a lot of fun and we learned a lot.

The Castle was built over 150 years old. There are gorgeous giant Oak trees in front of the house.

This is the hanging tree. Numerous pirates and outlaws were hung from the tree.

As you probably know most of Forest Gump was filmed in Beaufort. Even the Vietnam scenes when filmed near Fripp Island. Here we are in front of Bubba's church. Tom Hanks stepped in that very spot during filming. The bench scenes were filmed in Savannah. I guess they could not find a bench they liked in Beaufort.

This is the bridge the Forrest Gump ran across when he crossed the Mississippi River. After filming, the movie studio left the "Welcome to Mississippi" sign on the bridge. The local government was not very happy and had in removed.

Another picture on the bridge.
We also went to The Chocolate Tree, the chocolate shop were Forrest got his famous box of chocolate.
YUM!!!

This was a neat overlook we found in Port Royal. There were about 6 flights of stairs to walk up to get to the top.
We ate at our favorite seafood restaurant, 11th Dockside, in Port Royal. We had not eaten there since Hunter was a toddler. So we enjoyed eating and talking without having to entertain a toddler.

We enjoyed looking at all the ships outside to restaurant. What a beautiful view.

Our boys

We went to Hunting Island State Park. There we are at the top of the lighthouse. You could see for miles.

There was a neat Nature Center and boardwalk at Hunting Island State Park. There are my men on the boardwalk with the Fripp Island bridge behind them. (which by the way was the bridge Nick Nolte drove over in The Prince of Tides)



Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Spring Break - Charleston, SC

We went to Charleston for the first half of spring break. Jordan had a rehearsal for his play so we left after is practice was over. After we checked into the hotel, we headed downtown to eat and go on a ghostwalk.

Walking around Charleston in the dark talking about ghost is a little spooky especially when you are walking through graveyards.

This is an alley in Charleston where duels took place. A doctor was killed in a duel in this alley. He would walk down the street whistling an unique tune. They say you can still hear him whistle. In the house he use to live in, the humor is that you can hear him walking upstairs whistling especially when the children that live in the house are sick. Remember he was a doctor.
We walk through one of the graveyard in Charleston. There was a full moon that night. We heard stories about people who were buried there.

So after the ghostwalk, we had to use the bathroom. They gave us a key and said it was the first black door on the right.

This is the sign on the door.

We did a walk tour of Charleston. After living in Charleston for 3 years, it was funny being a tourist. But at least we know our way around.
The 3 sister houses

I love this picture of the boys looking up at the houses.

When I lived in Charleston, I went to First (Scots) Presbyterian Church on Tradd Street. So we went inside so Jordan could see my old church.

Jordan inside First (Scots) Presbyterian



You can park your car or horse in front of this house.

Window flowers

Hunter at the four corners of law


The boys sitting in the pew that George Washington sat in one Sunday long ago.

Saturday, April 09, 2011

Camping at Sesquicentennial State Park

Our den was camping at Sesquicentennial State Park. Hunter is now our den's Den Chief. He is working on getting the boys ready to cross over to boy scouts.

He taught them about fire safety and how to built a fire. He had them pitch a tent as a team without help. He review the Scout Motto, Oath and Law. Then he taught them how to tie several knots.

Zack and Hunter

Luke and Hunter

Hunter and Jordan
Jordan was Hunter's most difficult student since he didn't want to learn anything from his brother.


A huge storm just missed us. There was golf ball sized hail in Rock Hill that night. Thank goodness we were not camping in Rock Hill.

We went on a Nature Walk that morning before the park was crowded.

The kids by the lake

Sunday, April 03, 2011

Max's first boat ride

Hunter and Max

We took Max on his first boat ride. I'm not sure how much he liked it. He went under the steering wheel compartment and tried to hide. If he keeps growing, he will not be able to fit under there much longer.

Back at the dock

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Scout Saturday at Riverbanks Zoo

Jordan and I attended a scout program at the zoo. It was for both girl scouts and cub scouts. Look at all the scouts that attended.

Jordan is the back row surrounded by girls.

They did a wonderful program about customers and producers. They also had live animals for the kids to see and touch.
Jordan


Did you know that a giraffe has the same number of vertebrates as a human? They are just much longer longer on a giraffe.

Jordan holding a giraffe vertebrate

After the program, Jordan and I explored the zoo. There is a fake tree in the bird house we love to visit. This visit was much more eventful than our others. There was a bird on the other side of the glass that didn't like us in his tree. He kept hitting the glass with his head to get us out of the tree.

This is the view of the bird from inside the tree.

Jordan is the gardens at Riverbanks


My cousin, Janet, got married at this very spot in the gardens

The monkeys put on a show for us.

Sunday, March 06, 2011

Canoeing in the Congree Swamp



Jordan's cub scout den went to Congree National Park to canoe down Cedar Creek. There was an extra space so Hunter visited his friend, Chris.



Hunter, Chris, and Jordan


Jordan is ready to canoe

Hunter, Jordan and Chris were in a canoe by themselves. They were the first in the water. Ready to canoe.


Jordan, Hunter and Chris canoeing



Jordan

The canoe trip was beautiful with all the large cypress and Spanish Moss. You can hear the birds, squirrels, and beavers on the shores.


Hunter

Chris and I were in a canoe by ourselves. All the boys in our den attended but one. It is always nice to have a good turn out. I think everyone had a great time.


Chris

At the end of trip, Chris and I had a race with Hunter, Jordan and Chris. Well, you can guess who won... the boys. In our defense, there were 3 of them. :)