The McGinnis Family

You can see the kids absolutely love the outdoors. Ceirnan is a water baby for sure. CJ is more into setting things up than relaxing in the pool. He is definitely his mother's child. They have really enjoyed getting the opportunity to play more after Mama gets home from work. It's still light here until around 9pm.

Wow! Summer is flying by so quickly. I can't believe we're coming up on the end of July already. It's been filled with swimming, hiking, backyard BBQ, smores , and Popsicles . You know...all the important stuff. The kids are loving it as are we! This past weekend was our 11 th wedding anniversary. We decided to celebrate by taking the kids to Kilgore Falls. It's a little known swimming hole with a beautiful waterfall. A quick half-a-mile hike down through the woods and you are there. It's really beautiful and not very crowded at all. CJ and Casey hiked up to the top of the falls and we all get the opportunity to swim. For those of you who love things like this checkout www.swimmingholes.org. CJ enjoyed helping some bigger boys build a dam and climbing on the rocks. Ceirnan just enjoyed sitting in the cool water with Mama. The heat index that day was over 100 degrees, but by the falls it felt like it was in the 70s. It was an amazing day.

Seriously...I know. I know. I'm a terrible blogger. I just get so behind. Things here are good. We have had a lovely summer. It seems to be going by too quickly. Pop Pop and Nana were just here for CJ's birthday. It's hard to believe my baby is 4-years-old. He is just getting smarter and smarter each day. He's working on his addition and subtraction, which he can do pretty well if we use people as examples. He has even started the process of reading. He's sounding out words and moving his finger under the words as we read. It's pretty exciting to see him really begin to take off. Ceirnan is also doing great. She's starting the process of walking as long as we're still holding on to her. She's lifting herself up to stand on occasion. Ceirnan really isn't into crawling at all, but neither was CJ . Anyway, here are some pics of CJ on his birthday. He is ready for his baseball debut, thanks to Daddy and Uncle Eric. Ceirnan even got in on the ac