Field Day

The Jackson Center held a Field Day today to celebrate the end of summer camp.  The Center partnered with Mooresville schools and 20+ high school students came out to help.  The event was held at Mooresville High School.  It was a great community event.  Hot, but breezy.  Super FUN!

 Cole and Daddy warming up before the event.

 J.C. staff, parents, siblings, students, and volunteers.

 Cole lining up at the start line.

 A big smile during the race!

 Heather and Cole.

 The obligatory nap during the event.

 Gavin and Sarah during shoulder race.

 Cole and Daddy during shoulder race.

 Edit, Cole and Daddy getting ready.

And they are off...

July 22: Happy 5th Birthday

WOW... Cole and Gavin are 5!  It is so hard to believe that 5 years have passed since the terrifying day they were born.  We are thankful everyday for having them in our lives.  They are growing up to be remarkable little boys and I can't wait to see what the next 5 years have in store for them.  We celebrated this year's birthday at home with the Thomson's.  Angry Birds was the theme of the day with t-shirts from Caroline, socks from Lauren and paintings from Stephanie.

Mickey and Cars cake.

Watching Looney Tunes in the kitchen.

Gavin and Stephanie. 

She painted both boys a picture for their walls.  Angry Birds is Gavin's latest obsession.

Cole received "Beep Beep" for his room.  The paintings are simply wonderful. 

Thanks Stephanie, the boys LOVE them.

July 20: Swimming Lessons for Gavin

Gavin took his first swim lessons this summer in Mooresville.  The rec. dept. has been super this summer for Gavin.  While Cole is at the Jackson Center, Gavin is able to participate in camp and swimming.  He played all summer!   Wonderful program.  He passed Preschool Level 1 & 2 with flying colors (jump into the pool, put your head under the water, lay on your back and float, etc.) and is now able to move on to Level 1.  These pictures are from his last day in which they got to play on the slides.

Gavin receiving his certificate from his instructor Teddy.  (Yes, that is a rain drop on my lens.)

July 4: 4th of July Parade

This was our first year in which we stayed home for the 4th of July.  Usually we are in S.C. or Atlanta with my parents running the Peachtree Road race.  We went to the local  Brownsburg parade with Lauren, Caroline and Stephanie.  It was HOT!  But we scored a lot of candy and saw A LOT of tractors.  It was awesome.

Lauren before the parade started.

Cole, trying to decide if this was fun or not.

Gavin, looking remarkably like Bill Murray in Caddy Shack.

May 22-28: Jupiter, here we come.

The boys and I had an opportunity to go to Florida for a week....so we invited our favorite girls to come with us.  We stayed in Jupiter, thanks to my parents and had a BALL!  It was the boys first opportunity to see the ocean and they loved it.  Thanks Stephanie and Caroline for coming with us!

Our first night in FL.

Caroline and Cole.

Gavin on the rocks.

Sneak attack!

Guess who loved the waves most....

Cole in his "sand" seat.  Digging and eating it.

Gavin

Sand sculptures.

June 3rd: Walking for Dreams!

What a wonderful day we had at Walking for Dreams.  Our fundraising efforts exceeded our goal and we ended up raising close to $5000.  Thanks to everyone who donated to Cole and The Jackson Center.  We are so lucky to have such great family and friends who have supported us every step of the way.

Team Cole!

Brothers taking a break after a long day of walking.