At Mom's

Here's the entire family at my mom's. We got to enjoy an evening of togetherness poolside. The girls played in the pool most of the time. The guys sat and talked about WVU sports and made predictions about the Steeler's up coming season... not to mention later on that night they watched the Buccos rally from behind to actually win a game. And of course we had the dogs: Maggie, Abbi, and Bomber to entertain us as they chased deer.... Well, Maggie and Abbi chased deer my Dad made Bomber stay at home. Poor guy.
My two bathing beauties haning out in the pool.


Lily making a splash off of the diving board. What a summer for her and swimming. She is a little go getter and soooooo fearless. "No, Mommy I can do it!"

Friends at Valley Falls

Check it out. This is a rare picture of me pregnant... I don't do so well being photographed in general. I normally prefer the other side of the camera. But, here's a pic of the girls and I that Stac snapped!




Ok. You all know how much Valley Falls means to mean. I love it here. So, I always try to take the girls on a trip out to share my love of this place with them. This was the first time they were really able to explore the area, but if I could have had a string tied to them to make sure they would not float away I would have been happier.




Stacy and Iona soakin' up the life... As always Stacy too is ready to head out an enjoy time here. So many memories ...




It was great being able to see Matt. Here he and Rose are having a swinging contest... I do think Matt got a little higer than Rose, but I'll never tell her!

More fun at Deep Creek

Here's a few more pictures from our beautiful week .





Ama and the girls cruisin' the lake.




Rose and Ryan cooling off after a whirling around the lake. No doubt Ryan is angling how to get Ama or Brian to take him on the jet ski. Which by the way is one of the favorite past times for all the kids at the lake.





Here is Maggie's first attempt at sailing. You can see Jack is helping out here. She totally got the hang of it after spending some time figuring it out.
I must say being pregnant at the lake does take a little fun away... I never got to do some really cool stuff (That was just a tiny pitty party for me).









A quiet moment sitting by the shore. Our family did take the canoe out on the lake for a brief spin, but it was a pretty bumpy ride. Any time the girls moved or slightly shifted I had the feeling we all were going on the water! And of course they had to paddle a bit too... which again left Jack and I helpless to their movements.

Deep Creek

Here I am playing catch-up on my summer. This bloggin' thing is harder to keep up with than I thought.

The pictures I have here are a few from our Deep Creek week with Jack's family. We had a wonderful time and the weather was perfect. All the things that you could wish for at the lake. We enjoyed a hike to Swallow Falls that made me want to freak out due to the amount of rushing water and the age of my children. We went on many cruises in the boat and got to watch Maggie work her new boat toy as well we got to see AMA water ski was such ease it was amazing. To bad Jack did not have the same experience. We also got to have campfires and watch an spectacular (and legal) firework show that was put on by Ama's husband and little boy.

The pictures here are from one of the last nights at the Creek. We went on a little sunset cruise after dinner. Which in my opinion is the best time to be out on the lake.



My little poser.












Rose and Lily with Grammy getting ready to set sail



Both of the girls get to sit with the Captain and drive a bit.













Ahhhh..... sunsets.