Summer coming to a close...

.. it was a whirlwind summer for us, with DisneyWorld, deep sea fishing, numerous trips to the pool, lake and grandparents as well as a trip to NYC/NJ for us. Sprinkle in family visits and it was pretty much none stop "vacationrama" for the kids... not looms the beginning of school again for the twins and as I have mentioned below, a new school. They started off in the private Catholic school, meandered over to the Magnet school and now.. well, this is just a regular elementary school less than a half mile from the house. I-Man wants to ride the bus to school and doesnt seem to understand that he could actually walk to school quicker in the time it will take him to wait, catch and ride a school bus to class. At any rate, the school grind of gymnastics, ballet and baton will start for Ryles and I-Man will start up with soccer season in September. Throw in an occasional Clemson foray for a game as well as usual family stuff with have us with a filled schedule once again. We hope to plan an Alumni event for the Frat as well as the usual impromptu events with friends this fall. Oh..and yeah... gotta do that work thing too...

But, of course, Ryles did bring up to Jessica last week that we had not actually gone to the beach this summer. Splash Mountain at Disney, the Waterpark in Fountain Inn, the pool every other day, deep sea fishin', the numerous lake swims at Granny Fran's... that all wasnt enough water it seems. So we hit the beach last Saturday...

It was typical of the two. I-Man hits the water and and if we were't constantly yelling for him to come back he would simply hit the water and keep swimming until he reached Italy, then suddenly realize that something was amiss... Ryles is a little more daring than she used to be but still keeps close to shore with a wary eye on our whereabouts at all times...