The end of summer :(

Well, summer ended with Labor Day, and what a summer it has been. Here is briefly, what the Shirleys did the summer of 2010.

Dave worked...and finished a bathroom!!! Yeah! I think he got some fishing time in also, but with the fall approaching, he is making up for lack of outdoor time by hunting and fishing a lot!

Amy worked at Pattison's camp this summer along with seeing her private patients and driving the boys around to all sorts of activities.

And they both have gotten lost in Lost! They started watching it sometime in August and have rapidly moved to season 5 with the end in sight! It has been addicting and admittedly a time stealer! But is was summer :)

Camden has followed Nathan around to all his activities and being dropped off for camps, etc., and has spent a lot of time with his favorite lady Mrs. Donna! He also got to hang out with cousins and grandparents. Especially noted was his cousin and friend Josiah! They are trouble!

Nathan has had a very busy summer. In addition to camps, he also has been able to hang out with cousins and grandparents. Especially fun was his week at Grammie Camp and his weekend with his Papa and Gramma. He also finished (with much coaxing) his summer workbook and learned about 4 different states: North Carolina, Connecticut, Chicago, and Texas. We made foods from these states to taste, and although they weren't all a hit, it was a lot of fun. It was especially fun to take a trip to the NC coast at the beginning of the summer. And just to make the summer more enjoyable, we took a trip to the NC mountains over Labor Day weekend.

Our second trip involved a fly fishing trip for Dave and a friend, so his friend's wife and I tagged along. We went apple picking (actually picked them off of the tree this time), went to an apple festival, and played in the mountain stream. Nathan even got to experience a little whitewater tubing when I let him take a tube from the house we were staying in down a short part of the river. He enjoyed it, but a brief look of fear/panic could be seen on his face when he entered the "rough" waters!

So summer was fun for us. Now it is back to school and more structure and finishing Lost!!


Running to the apple trees

Camden picking apples...he had fun picking and then throwing them into the basket!


Amy climbing in the apple tree for the perfect apple! Most of the ones within reach from the ground were rotten.

Nathan had to get in the tree also. He wore jeans so he could climb a tree and eat an apple!

Amy, Nathan, and Camden

Our friends, the Bowicks


Skipping and throwing rocks

Camden in the freezing water!

Nathan in front of Looking Glass Falls...he was going to swim there, but I think he had had enough of the cold water!

What a fun way to end the summer!! I just love the mountains!