Peaches and Birthdays

Here in Lexington County, the 4th of July is a time for celebrating the sweet southern deliciousness known as the peach. Don't let any so-called Georgia peach tell you otherwise...South Carolina produces more peaches per capita than any other state in the nation!

The town of Gilbert hosts the annual Peach Festival, and the opening ceremony of the festival is the parade.

Some floats were really festive...


I never even knew the Gilbert Motor Speedway existed!


It really didn't take much to secure a spot in the line up.




This crazy camel is drinking Mountain Dew!


I should have seized the opportunity and taken the gum that was offered to me. Does anyone know how to remove gum from seersucker shorts?


The tractors were a big hit with Mason.





Wow. Did I really take a picture with port-a-johns in the background. OOPS!


Note candy on mouth.




This is slightly off topic...have yall seen these flags all over the place lately? They have really made a comeback. Last time I saw one was in 11th grade -- Mrs. Poag's US History. Then when we were in HH a few weeks back, my father-in-law was sporting a t-shirt with one of these flags on the front. Now I see them everywhere I look! In case you don't know, its the Gadsden Flag, originally flown during the Revolutionary War. Recently the Tea Party has adopted the flag as one of their symbols. I like it! I hope Graem likes it also, because I bought him a t-shirt with the flag on it last week!



Also...here in the Clark household, the 4th of July is a time for celebrating our good friend Jay B's birthday! This year he turned 4 on the 4th! Sally had the children march in their own little parade. So after 2 days as a parade spectator, Mason became a parade participant. 3 parades in 3 days is definitely a record in my life.









We have big plans for Spencer to coach all of our children in t-ball in a few years.




Happy Birthday to Jay and to America!

Festivities

It's been quite a week here in Gamecock Country! We've had a great time participating in some of the festivities celebrating our baseball team and our national championship! (Although I like to call it the "World Championship" since we won the College World Series).

Wednesday night we joined about 15,000 other Gamecock fans at the Colonial Life Arena in welcoming the team home from Omaha.



Today we stood on the sidewalks of Main Street as the team and their entourage paraded through town.

















I still can't get over the Carolina Flag flying atop the State House!

(photo credit: SpursUpBlog)

It's a Great Day to be a GAMECOCK!!!

I couldn't be more proud of Coach Tanner and the Carolina baseball team! Way to go fellas!!! How bout those GAMECOCKS!!!

Happy Birthday, McKendree!

We celebrated McKendree's third birthday last weekend with an "Art Party."








The children got in touch with their inner Betty Crocker and decorated their own cupcakes. Mason opted for all sprinkles and no frosting on his cupcake.

This is the Life

Fun times at Aunt Ruth's pool...






It's so wonderful to be married to someone who makes me laugh...and doesn't mind laughing at himself every now and again! Nice skirt (and shirt), sweetie!










Show me your tan line...

(To everyone in my family that reads this: please don't show this photo to Gigi -- she loves to give me lectures on sunscreen application! I slather my children in SPF55 & they never burn! It's beyond my control if they pick up a little tan along the way!)

Doing what they do best most...


Mason and Ruthanna had a great time "swimming" and playing in the water. I think they were fueled by each other's courage and by the end of the day they were venturing to the deep end and even jumping in the water!




The big kids had fun as well.


Out like a light...


Somebody please get this child a Cocky. Did Aunt Beth sneak that Tiger into Robert's stroller?

Hilton Head Revisited

One of my absolute favorite things about blogging is looking back at old posts. I started this blog in 2008 and the subject of one of my first posts was our trip to Hilton Head in August 2008. Our family has changed so much since then! Mason was 11 months old. Read here and here.

Last year we went in June and I was pregnant with Roper...about to pop! Read here.