Simpson's Journey

Our summer vacation this year was a two week adventure covering the entire state of North Carolina! We were able to see family and friends the first week and then the second week more family and Ocean Isle Beach! We were in the car just over a total of 52 hours and we traveled just over 3000 miles! We had a wonderful time and are so glad that we were able to do so much and see so many! Our trip starts in Spindale, NC, from June 20 - June 23, where Joe's grandparents live. First, a cute picture of Michael holding Daddy's hand on the drive down! We made it to Nana, Papaw and Uncle Kenny's house for our first leg of NC. The kids did great in the car for the eleven hour adventure. Here Michael was finally free of his car seat and loving on his Great Nana! With Uncle Kenny Nana and Pawpa Fun outside! Joe's cousin Hayley to your right and Bruce, her boyfriend, are really great with Cameron and Michael! They brought the bat and ball, ...

We started out on Saturday before thanksgiving and we stopped in Knoxville TN for the night. On Sunday morning we had breakfast with our friends Courtney and Greg Shaffer and they were able to meet Cameron girl for the first time. And I was a big dummy because I didn't get any pictures of them :( It was great seeing you guys and having breakfast with you both! Then on to Joe's Grandparents in Spindale NC for a couple of days. It was great seeing the great banana, great pawpaw, and great uncle kenny..and thanks Cathy and Rick for coming too! Then on to Winston Salem NC to see my family for Thanksgiving! We had a great time there with Harmi, Pawpaw, and Emo Kim! We also got to see my grandmother and some friends of the family. Cameron got to spend some good quality time with my family! My sister Kim did the whole Thankgiving spread and she did a fabulous job with the entire meal! Thanks again mom and dad for watching Cameron while I got to go see 'New Moon' with Kim and...