Sorry for the Interuption!

Lon's blog was interupted this September by his parents trip to India!  There will be an entirely new blog just for the India Trip. Lon, sadly had to stay at home (he had someone taking good care of him)
I am starting to sift through the 5k plus of photos we took.  Lon's blog will resume soon, and the India trip will have it's own special blog
Thank you

First Day of School

August 22. The first day of school!

First day of 7th grade!

Lon is 5'1 and he finally is 73 pounds!

The Eclipse

August 21. There was so much hype about the Great American Eclipse. Starting it's trek across the US in Oregon and ending up in Charleston.   We got our glasses early and got t shirts from the Chamber of Commerce that glowed in the dark.  We planned a little party for the neighbors!

 Since the eclipse was the day before my birthday,  a cake was in order.   It was a layer of chocolate cake, raspberry filling and topped with a white cake

Mark and Pebbles making a pin hole camera to watch the eclipse.

Out in the front yard, wondering if the sky was going to clear. We could see the very start of the eclipse.

How we ended up watching the eclipse

The weather was not being our friend

Lon hoping it clears up.

The rain stopped for the dark period of the eclipse. We all did go outside, we saw the street lights come on, and as it started getting light again, the rain started coming back. We all went back inside to enjoy the cake.

At least the sunset was pretty

USS North Carolina

About August 9 or so,  I took Lon and his friend Autzen up to see the USS North Carolina in Wilmington North Carolina.  It took a bit longer than we thought to get up there, but it was a fun drive up there!

The boys looked at almost everything in the pre boarding museum.  There have been several ships called the USS North Carolina.

Boarding the ship.

Ship's bell

The BIG guns!

The boys then took the camera and toured the ship.  I was having a hard time with my knee. The boys knew not to leave the ship for any reason without me.  
The boys had fun.

 Lon found some of the most interesting signs

A view from way up high!

Gators are everywhere!

Good Friends

operating the guns!

We had originally planned to do some mini golf on the way home but we ran out of time. We did stop at Friendly's for a late lunch, early dinner in Myrtle Beach.
We will go back and do some mini golf !

On the way home, the boys decided to play war. Being themselves, they decided to divide the world before they started playing. From memory, they would trade countries and explain why they wanted or did not want a country based on war readiness or economics.  No one wanted Greece. Austrailia was left to the Emus, except for Tasmania.   It was such a joy for me to listen to them.