Picture time–by Schylie

Our time with the Newells was wonderful. We had a lot of nice downtime, playing games and just chatting. On Friday, we girls joined the Newell kids for a church youth group excursion to Carowinds, a theme park only a few hours away. It was a warm day, but so much fun. Saturday evening was spent having dinner with some friends of the Newells. At some point that day, Mama found a large tick embedded in her leg. She assumed that it had been there since Tuesday, the day we spent outside with Alan. Christie helped her remove it, and so far she seems fine. On Sunday, we attended church with the Newells in the morning and visited a PCA church in the evening. It was a wonderful Lord’s Day and we were warmly greeted by many. We left early this morning, around 7am. The whole family waved us out while Titus played his bagpipes for us. It was a sweet moment. Today, we drove a 12 hr day to New Jersey for a visit with our dear friends–Lamar, Tamy, and Malik. We anticipate a lovely visit with them, leaving on Thursday.

Here are some pictures from the last week or so.

Mama with Beverly
The infamous car accident. Right in front of us. Very sobering.
Another angle–about to tow it away.
Looking through the telescope at Alan’s house
Traipsing through the empty creek
Mama helping Alan fix the broken water pipe
Visiting a waterfall
One of the beautiful waterfalls on Alan’s property
Terra and I in the kayaks
Canoeing with Alan
Terra and Chantry playing ping-pong at Alan & Margaret’s house
Mama with Margaret and Alan
The Newell’s Guinea pig, Ginger, was very compliant…
Sandy enjoyed the Guinea pigs, Ginger on top of Phoebe
Terra with Liberty
Playing card games
Rob and Julie Newell took Mama to downtown Charleston
Mama at the Pineapple Fountain
Fury, the high thrill ride at Carowinds–loved it!
Ready to ride Nighthawk!
Group picture (just missing Jacob). We are standing on the border of North/South Carolina, which goes straight through the park 🙂
Terra with Bethany and Liberty
Terra helped Bethany make peach sorbet–yum!
Kid picture! L-R: Christie, Jacob, Bethany, Titus
Mama with Julie Newell

Signing off…