Magnolia again...

On a recent trip to Magnolia with a friend, we watched this raccoon play around in the water for a few minutes before it decided to come right on over the bridge to see us. It actually chickened out halfway over. We are wondering if it was rabid since it was out during the day.

  

Growing up

When I met Kim and Stephen they were 7 and 8 (respectively). Now both are taller than me- no surprise there I guess....

  

Dyeing eggs

While our Easter eggs did not get hidden or turn out like the picture on the box, we had fun dyeing them!

  

Crabby Stephen

We did try to do some fun stuff with our guests in addition to the pain we inflicted. We took Dee and Shan and fam to James Island County Park to go crabbing. We did catch quite a few and had a science lesson on telling the gender of blue crabs too! One fellow crabber could not believe we weren't keeping them to eat, so we finally gave him one that was legal.

Future PA

Doug's sister was the only one willing to let Doug play PA and give her a shot. You can see niece Sarah watching as niece Rebekah worries in the kitchen. You can see why people don't come visit us often since this is how we treat our guests =)!


  

Happy Easter!

Our "traditional" Easter picnic took place with Doug's sister's family in our backyard. It was nice to have family here to celebrate Jesus' resurrection with!

  

Our squirrel-proof bird feeder

This bird feeder is also supposedly bear-proof. I have my doubts.

  

Your tax dollars at work =)

This was a funny sight for me- 4 army people in full fatigues guarding the jump castle...


  

Piloting a C-17

At the airshow, you could tour different planes and helicopters and ask questions. One pilot offered to take a picture of us in the cockpit of a C-17- basically a cargo 747. The Charleston AFB is a C-17 base though we sometimes see other planes.

  

Air Show

We spent the morning at the Air Expo 2006, a free air show at the Charleston AFB. We went mainly so we could get on base, but it was very interesting. We left before the highlight of the show, the Navy Blue Angels, but we took this picture in our own backyard!