Molly's Awards Day

200 Book Club

Accelerated Reader - 10+ pts over grade requirement

All A Honor Roll

Six Flags Reading Program

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after the program with Dad

with her teacher Mrs. Macri

Carson's Awards Day

600 Book Club

Accelerated Reader - 10+ pts over grade requirement

All A Honor Roll

Six Flags Reading Program

Highest MAP score in Math in his class

Highest MAP score in Reading in his class

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after the program with Dad and Molly

with his teacher Mrs. Key

time trials 2010 - 5/23

freestyle

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back stroke


Molly

swimmers' take your mark...
get set...
GO!!!!


freestyle

breast stroke

back stroke

butterfly

Brownie Bridging Ceremony

Molly and her Brownie leader - Mrs. Angie

Rebecca - Molly - Kelsey - Caroline

old and new Brownies

troop 5775

Happy Birthday, Jeff!!

Love - Amy, Molly & Carson

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Hope you enjoyed your SpongeBob ice cream

cake from Dairy Queen!

gone fishin'

for Jeff's 35th birthday. The kids and I gave Jeff a guided fishing trip on Clarks Hill for his birthday. Originally, just Jeff and Carson were going to go fishing...then Molly decided that she wanted to go...then they talked me in to going, too. Capt. Buddy was our guide for the day and made it a day we will remember for a very long time. To start with, he asked if we could meet him at the boat ramp at 5:30 am. The boat ramp was an hour from our house and we had to get up at 4:00 am! But it was all worth it. Guided fishing is the was to go. The guide took care of everything -- boat, fishing rods, baiting hooks, casting, taking the fish off the hook, repairing tangled fishing lines, etc... He really knew what he was doing -- we started catching fish almost immediately. We moved around to a couple of different spots until we had caught our limit (40 fish/10 per person). We had so much fun!

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1st cast of the day - probably about 6:00 AM

all smiles

the birthday boy - relaxing and enjoying the trip

helping Molly reel in a big one

helping Carson reel in a big one, too

Jeff, Carson & Molly with our catch

My favorite part of the day -- watching our fishing guide and Jeff clean all of the fish before we headed home. The kids thought it was pretty cool and gross at the same time.

Augusta GreenJackets game

The kid's participated in a reading program at school that was sponsored by the Augusta GreenJackets. They had to read books over a 4 week period in order to win a free ticket to a GreenJackets game. Here they are in the stand sporting their free GreenJackets hats!

rock-n-roll dreams

Flat Stanley's Adventures with Molly & Carson

Molly & Carson live in North Augusta, South Carolina. It is just across the Savannah River (and a little north, I guess) from Augusta, Georgia. Molly & Carson have lived in North Augusta for 2 1/2 year and they really like it here. They like their school (North Augusta Elementary), their neighborhood (Bergen Place), their house and especially their backyard. Molly & Carson like to go on adventures in their backyard, so they thought they would take Flat Stanley on an adventure with them.

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There are lots of things to do and see in the backyard. Molly & Carson's mom has planted lots of pretty flowers. And sometimes, when their mom isn't looking, they like to pick the beautiful flowers to give to her.

They also have a swing set. Molly & Carson like to see how high they can swing. Sometimes Carson likes to jump off the swing when it is really high to see if he can fly. Molly likes to pretend that the swing set is a castle where she -- Princess Molly -- is the ruler of the backyard. If Carson is really nice, she will let them him play in her castle, too.

Flat Stanley also got to play soccer with Carson. Carson LOVES to play soccer. His cousin Cole got to watch him play in a soccer tournament in Greenville a couple of weeks ago, too. Carson tried to teach Flat Stanley how to juggle the soccer ball but the ball kept squishing him flatter every time he missed!

Molly likes the tree house the best of everything in their backyard. She likes to pretend that she she is a teacher and makes Carson & Flat Stanley do all of their work before they can go out to play. While they were playing school in the tree house, Flat Stanley got sad because he had been missing his friend - Cole - at Paris Elementary. So Molly & Carson had their mom pack up Flat Stanley and send him home.