Weekend at the Beach

We spent the 4th of July weekend at the beach with three other families for our 7th annual "Spicy Girls" reunion. Three of the four families that traveled with us to Changsha, Hunan in June 2002 were there. It is amazing to watch these little girls grow up. They are all so beautiful and smart. Even though we generally don't see each other but once a year, the girls just pick up right where they left off the year before. They truly are "spicy sisters" and are all so close to each other.

The first activity of the weekend was horseback riding. It was very exciting for our girls since they had never done this before (except for the tame pony rides at the county fair). Very nerve wracking for this mom to watch her babies sitting alone on top of very big animals!

Watching the hometown 4th of July parade -- it was all about the candy!

Four of the five original "Spicy Girls" -- can they really be almost 8 years old already? Every year we have taken a photo of the girls sitting together in the same order that they were in their red couch photo. I will post each year's photo in another post.

mmmmm - smores!