Our First Honey Extraction

Eric was pleased with how his first extraction of honey went. It was neat to watch and the honey is very tasty!!

Football Begins

Peter is once again playing football for a home school team. This is their second year and they have won 2 games which already is a great improvement over last year. They have an ex-NFL player for a coach and he is doing a great job with these kids. Peter tried out for and received the kicking job this year (although he still plays on the field). Peter is number 20 in the pics. Katie is the team photographer and has set up a blog for the team pictures at (if anyone wants to look at football pictures):
http://northatlantasaints.blogspot.com/

August Birthdays

We had two August birthday which I did not get to acknowledge on their day (the story of my life these days..). However, we did celebrate - Anna turned 9 and Scott turned 22!!

Beach Trip

We did get to the beach in August and had a great time. I posted most of the pictures on facebook (in a more timely manner) but here are a few which I like.

More Vancouver

With vacation and the start of school I never posted the rest of the Vancouver pictures, so here are some more.....

Vancouver

Eric had a business trip this past week to Vancouver, BC. He has taken each of the older children (when they have been around age 13) with him when he has gone to interesting places. This time it was Molly's turn. They flew into Seattle where Eric's parents picked them up and they all drove up to Vancouver to stay for the meeting. Molly was able to spend time with her grandparents which was a special time for her and she enjoyed traveling to such a neat place. One day they headed up to Whistler, which is where the 2010 Olympics held the alpine skiing. Here are some pictures. I have never been there, but it looks like a gorgeous place!

Catch-up Post

July was a very busy month for us. I was working in the kitchen at camp which while it had its benefits, much of the rest of things got put on hold. So here is a little of what we did in July.

We started July with our annual running of the Peachtree Road Race - the world's largest 10K road race. A friend from church who volunteers at the race snapped the picture above after we all finished (the guy in yellow is one of Scott's housemates). Then the picture below is in our matching Peachtree T-shirts after we cleaned up.



Scott's house, The Hot House, held a pig roast. It was quite interesting as I had never seen one before. The meat was excellent!






Molly and Emily went to camp with their friend Corrie. Peter also attended camp and Matthew attended day camp, but I did not get any pictures of them. I don't necessarily do a great job documenting the whole camp experience. In fact I think they are "out of sight, out of mind" as all my children claim that they are the only campers in their cabins who do not receive mail or care packages from home. Oh well....


Then we finished up July with Emily turning 10. All in all a busy, but fun month.