August 2018

In August, Lily worked professionally for a wedding in the Outer Banks. This was her first paid photography job.

Lily and Shelly went back to their younger days and created Build A Bear animals for one another.

Lily took more photos and Shelly and Kenzie tagged along as her models on one of her adventures.

We spent quality time as a family before Lily headed off to college.

On the 16th, we packed Lily’s items and headed out in the early morning for our trip to Blacksburg. Once at Tech, we unloaded her things and she set up her room. Tears were shed on the 17th as we said our goodbyes to Lily and travelled back to VB.

Lily had her first day of classes and she sent photos with her roommate of them heading off to class. I sent them a cookie cake to celebrate the day.

Shelly and her friends attended the Falcon Fest orientation at her high school. Shelly was preparing for her big adventure to high school.

July 2018

In July, Lily continued working as a babysitter and drove children to their activities. Shelly was hard at work with her online Health and PE class.

Lily took a bus trip to NYC with her friends and saw some Broadway shows.

We went to Smith Mountain Lake and really liked the condo where we stayed this year. We rented a boat and brought Fynley along for all the fun. From there, Lily and I drove to VA Tech for her orientation. We learned so much about what was ahead of her after all of the meetings and discussion sessions.

We loved days at the beach and on the jet ski. Time with friends and time as a family of four.

Time to Document, Again

Over the next few weeks, I’m going to try to update my blog with what happened in the last six months of 2018. This is going to be a daunting task, but I’m eager to document the events and continue my blog as a scrapbook of our family’s life.

Wish me luck.

This is a little collage of some of my favorite events from 2018.

College acceptance, graduation, beach days, friends, travel

Lily the Graduate

On June 16th, Lily graduated from high school. It was a terrific day and I couldn't be prouder of her!!!