wavywards: July

We were back on the East Coast for the month of July. Aunt Kel caravaned east with us and was a big help with Casey and Frisco!

The 4th of July and the following week, was spent at Grandma Gail and Grandpa Tom's Lakehouse. Aunt Marcy, Uncle Stuart, Lily and Jack were there to play as well as our cousin Alex, Great Uncle Mike, Great Aunt Jeanne, Alli and Davis from KY. There was a lot of activity. Casey loved swimming in the water, jumping on the island (a big raft floating off the dock), riding on the sea doo's and swinging in the airplane and car swings. She also went kneeboarding (or in her mind..."snowboarding").

We then headed up to NOVA to see friends. Casey got to play with lot's of kids. We visited Jessica and her boys, Hunter and Jake at their house. She was frantic trying to play with each and every toy. We went swimming with Stacey, her little girl, Cate and Dyani and her little boy, Harper. We went to Lily and Jack's pool, where all 3 kids went down the slide into the deep end over and over again. Casey has gotten very comfortable in the water, especially with her water wings on. The wings have helped her learn to kick on her own...and she's starting to move her arms too.

We headed down to Roanoke for a weekend to visit Gramma Lois. Casey had fun entertaining Gramma and a good time at the new rec center splash park.

We got back to Dillon, then headed out on our annual camping trip the last weekend of July. It rained most of the weekend, but we did get to go hiking and canoeing, and Casey had a blast rain or shine. We also stayed in our first B&B, right outside of St. Elmo ghost town, outside of Buena Vista.

Casey has gotten very verbal and very articulate. She talks non-stop, has lot's of questions and demands, wants you to "watch me" "look at me" and says "Mamma, Mommy, Mom" over and over. She has a lot of energy. She is good at playing on her own and loves to look through her books.

Sorry for no blog all month, but it was just too busy of a month!

Enjoy pix.

kneeboarding at lake gaston

on the way to va we stopped in ky to visit cousin wes, tricia, colin and leah

riding on the pontoon with grandma gail

frisco and casey pontooning

riding in the paddle boat with grandpa tom, jack and lily

riding the hot dog on land with her cousins

immediately after this picture, jack pressed the gas and the golf cart headed straight towards the lake...luckily, we were all gathered around and we stopped it in time:)