Rafting in North Carolina

Sean and I took a vacation with some good friends of ours (minus Ryan!) It was our first vacation without the little guy ~ my mom and dad came out to stay with Ryan for a long weekend, and we took off for the cabin

Brad, Shub (Jason), Bonny and Doug all joined us for this adventure

The boys decided to go rafting at Nantahala Outdoor Center - here is the before picture

Brad, Sean, Doug and Shub

Bonny and I hung out and waited for the guys

Here they are at the bottom - unloading

With one intentional flip - they survived

After.

(note Sean's belly...)

DeSoto Days Festival - the playground

We went to the festival with Bob, Jess, Ella and Brad

Unfortunately, the rides were on a break when we got there, so we had to find something to entertain the kiddos. We spent a lot of time at the playground.

Ella had a blast spinning on this...

Ryan decided the BIG orange slide was a lot of fun

Brad and Ryan

back to the slide...

Sean's first soccer game

Ryan and I went to Sean's first soccer game today ~ Ryan had a blast sitting in his cool soccer chair watching the game (while eating "nacks")

The fun part is that not only is Sean playing, but so are Bob (Jess' husband), Brad, Jason and Jason's brother, Josh

Here is Bob!

Sean, with Bob in the background

I swear Bob was trying to avoid me - he was always on the far side of the field...

Ryan was determined to pick up both soccer balls at the same time...

Brad and Ryan