Balent Times

I think she's trying to tell us she's ready for the big girl potty!? 

Currier and Rya are plugging along in the library's summer reading program.  This morning they received free karate lessons and ice skat...

Wednesday night we had a little impromptu BBQ/Beer bash and invited all our Massachusetts friends living in the Lowcountry.  I promise you t...

Our good friends from Sicily, The Whippins, were in Charleston for a few days.  We were honored to have Maureen, Tom and Dawson spend a nigh...

I had the kids paint plain gift bags with their artwork to jazz them up a bit.  Aren't you dying to receive a present from us now?

This weekend we went fishing several times off Lauren and Craig's dock.  We didn't catch any fish, but we did catch a whole bucket f...

This weekend we went to our German friend Kaelee's birthday party at Marrington Plantation.  She had a pirate theme because she's a ...

Behold the haunted flashlight!  About ten years ago while living in Germany, Trent got deployed to Bosnia for six months and my cousin Cher...

My friend Allison is moving to Alabama next week so the girls and I took her out for one final Girls' Night Out in Mount Pleasant.  We h...

Trent's sister Kathy, her husband Christopher and their kids Jonathan and Austin came and spent a night with us on their way from VA to ...

You can't take the Malden out the girl!  My cousin Sherri came for a week long visit and we had so many laughs and a few cries reminisc...

I'm coming clean.  I have an illness and this is just a glimpse of it.  I love to clean, label, organize, categorize and alphabetize....

... never bought a puppy or one of these bad boys!  I scored this waterslide / bouncehouse  at a yardsale last month and it's the epito...

Our new buddies went away for the weekend and left us the key to their dock so we could man their traps.   Guess what we're having for ...