Grandpa & Grandma Neville's Visit

Our summer started with welcome visitors, my dad and stepmom came from Colorado to see us. 1st stop for my dad was our back woods. He loves the greenery and hardwood forests here.

The kids showed off their latest fort called Beaver Bay.

Next event, Charlotte Knights baseball game! Because I know my dad loves baseball.

The kids favorite part is always the food. And I love the view of the city, especially at night.

Benny caught a ball! Thrown to him by the 3rd base coach.

We tried hard to avoid rain all weekend and barely fit in a visit to the Congaree National Park near Columbia, SC. We'd been wanting to check this place out for awhile.

The spikes on the ground are called knees, they're a sort of above ground root system that hold up the trees in the floodplain. I loved the colorful trunks of the bald cypress, left behind by previous high waters.

The old growth forest areas had some pretty tall ones.

There was also a lake but we didn't see any alligators, only snakes. Yuck!

Another highlight of the Neville's visit was playing mini golf in a goldmine, going out to eat, and playing TONS of fun games in the evenings. My dad made us all laugh with his gaming skills! Good sport.

Thanks for visiting G&G Neville. Come back soon! We had a blast and summer is off to a great start.