From San Francisco, With Love

Okay I've been remiss in the blogging department. I'd suggest those (few) of you still reading the blog should resign yourselves to the fact that the kids are getting older and more aware of their presence on the interwebz, Facebook has long since taken over much of the day to day keeping in touch business,  and life is just plain hectic most of the time. However I'll try to continue to post the highlights.

Like this one! Such an awesome trip to San Francisco / Lake Tahoe to visit the Larkins, whose kids got along with ours like peas in a pod. It was a very fun trip with so much to see and do! Below are some of my favorite pictures from the trip.  Of course the week went by way to fast, and back here in Charlotte we have so much to do to catch up with work and get ready for school to start!

14 Year Old Checkup

I took Ben for his 14 year old well exam today. He measured at 6 foot 1 inch even, and 143 pounds. His height is back to floating above the growth curve right now - they wrote "100%" for the percentile. The doctor said since he usually sits right around the top line (>95th percentile) for height, that he will probably settle back down there instead of staying off the chart. So he predicted something like 6'3 and a half for a final height for him. All I know is his growth better slow down soon - he grew 4 inches this past year and 4 the year before that too I think. He already complains his bed is too short :) Otherwise the checkup was uneventful. Ben is home this week doing his reading for school and resting up after a fun week in Philly with Uncle Mike and Aunt Kathleen! He had a great time.

On Sunday we head to San Francisco for a week! We are splitting the time between SF and Lake Tahoe. Hopefully it will be awesome! And a lot cooler weather than Charlotte. The girls are finishing up their last week of camp this week. Hard to believe the summer will be over in a month!

Ben and Annie

Ben and his cousin Annie at dinner last night. I think they look kind of alike don't you?

Cake Baking

Ben and Uncle Mike set out to make this cake for Aunt Kathleen's birthday:

And somehow took a left turn and ended up with this:

Apparently the cake didn't rise and the mousse filling didn't set , so they decided to improvise. It looks great! (Apparently it didn't taste so great though). I told Ben next time he needs to pick something less complicated!

Philly Bound

Ben headed to Philly yesterday — after a bit of a delay due to severe weather — on a plane named Wilbur. Have a great visit Ben!

Performing Arts, session 1

Becca finished up her first session of performing arts camp last weekend and performed as a Neverland native in a total of five performances of Peter Pan over two days. Phew! She did a great job! Now on to session 2, 101 Dalmatians, in which she is playing Boxer #2 ;)

Camp cutie