No Time to Chat

We're insanely busy, so I'm gonna give you a nice pile of pictures from the past five days, with captions.

Two little nieces reading on the stairs

Grace

Liberty

All little cousins like to sit on their grandparents' steps. It's a family trait.

Julia was at camp all last week.

She slept in a tent.

She made a friend ...

... or two.

After camp we all went to church together on Sunday. The flowers were pretty.

Teenaged cousins eat, A LOT.

My niece Kyrie and her hubby of one year, Jonathan

When I tried to take a photo of cute cousins, Katie bolted from the chair.

But I got a cute pic of her anyway :)

Ben is a great boy, and he likes his dear sister, Hannah. Do we have some good looks in this family, or what?

The eating was fairly constant.

The Iowa cousins arrived -- Kesse and Hannah.

Julia

Kyrie, Julia, Kayren, Kesse, Hannah, Patience, Aleya, Katie -- holding Nathan and Ben

Cousins give the best back rubs.

Julia, Kayren and I bought new rings at Linda's Rock Shop!

Then we went to Quotations Coffee Shop and Alynn got me a chai latte.

We also dashed to Pisgah Forest. Some friends had a birthday party there. Julia and Aleya took a turn in the tubes.

Kyrie and Jonathan are expecting their first bambino.

On the way home yesterday we stopped in Statesville and Mooresville, and dropped in at Birkdale Village.

I love the Fragrance Shop. If you have a smell you love, they have it.

Hundreds of apothecary jars

We had some time to visit with Kara and Peter! They look great.

I had to share this innovative planter idea.

Back in Oriental, the kids went sunfish sailing today.

Aleya and Kesse did a fine job of it.

Julia, Kesse, and Aleya took to the oars.

Then Jonathan and Kayren jumped on the sunfish. He was a natural.

The sunfish must have worn Kayren out because she fell asleep with her crochet hook in hand.