Wow?! Where did the summer go? We were the crazy traveling family. We started with a beach trip to Hilton Head with Grammy, Grampy, Addyson, Rorie and Macy. The boys had a BLAST and didn't want to leave. They lived in the water (beach and pool).
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| Cousin LOVE |
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| Why yes Mr. Ducky, I LOVE the beach |
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| G's first FULL juice box |
After the beach trip to Hilton Head, Gavin had a camp at school for one week in June an one week in July called Summer Fun Days. They played outside, made crafts, jumped in a bouncy house, had music class and Popsicles on the playground. Gavin LOVES school (ESP his teachers) and mommy and gage enjoyed a little time to regroup.
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| Summer Fun |
After Hilton Head we also were blessed with an amazing gift- ISR swimming lessons. We had taken music at our church with a little boy named Christopher and his mother Janet. Janet had told us she was an ISR swim instructor. I didn't have a CLUE as to what ISR was and what it meant. We had enrolled Gavin in swim lessons at Little Otter here in Charlotte, but it was more 'fun in the water' than learning how to swim. ISR stands for Infant Swim Resource and a resource is EXACTLY what it is! We had approximately 6 weeks of lessons and I now feel confident that if Gavin fell into water, he could either make it to the side or turn over and float on his back until someone could get to him. I have a couple pictures below. My greatest fear this summer was having two kids under the age of two at the pool ALL BY MYSELF. I think we all know that Gavin has no fear, so these lessons were more than a gift for the Milgate family.
After ISR we had another family beach trip. This time it was with Brian's family in the Outer Banks- Rodanthe, NC. Again, the boys enjoyed spending every minute with their cousins, Shane (and his girlfriend Ally), Sarah, and Violet. Lots of beach time with day trips to Ocracoke for a ferry ride and Kitty Hawk to fly a kite on the sand dunes. We LOVE the water!
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| Cousin LOVE! |
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| Mommy and her Gmen! |
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| Daddy and G flying a kite |
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| Cousin LOVE- Shane giving gage a bottle |
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| G LOVED the candy store in Orcracoke |
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| Daddy and G made S'mores |
Overall we had a FABULOUS summer! We are now in the midst of Fall which means football, chili and soups, sweats and sweaters and cool crisp weather to enjoy.
