A trip to Carowinds

Our summer ended with a bang...riding roller coasters and having fun at Carowinds!

As you can see, we straddled the border of the Carolinas (and insanity) that day:




As night fell, we had local country faire for dinner:

Ready to fence...

Not picket fence...foil fence!

Josiah got new gear for fencing. He's hoping to compete in tournaments this year so we bought him the necessary equipment. It will be nice to have his own equipment instead of using the smelly (!) uniforms and masks that kids share at the fencing academy. Here he is modeling his new stuff:

UNCC Botanical Gardens Greenhouse

Our care group couples went to the UNCC Botanical Gardens Greenhouse over the weekend for special time together. Here are some pictures of the beautiful growing things that we saw:










John was our guide, telling us about every species of orchid, palm, herb or fern. Apparently they no longer have a Botany degree at UNCC, but due to some donations, they keep up this greenhouse.