Sunday, June 26, 2011

Vacation in the Mountains

 

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Ahh summer vacations!  I do enjoy them.  Our first up was a trip to Pigeon Forge with my parents & my Aunt Connie.  We rented a cabin in the mountains and spent a few days relaxing, eating good food and having fun. 

IMG_0402IMG_3323We had a jacuzzi tub in our cabin.  Of course that was one of the first things the kids had to do!  Daddy added a little shampoo to the bath water & turned on the jets!

IMG_3329Connie had many, many makeovers while we were there.   She & Kensley had fun giving each other makeovers. 

IMG_3338The boys played lots of baseball, football & riding of scooters. 

IMG_3355We celebrated Father’s Day there. 

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IMG_3373IMG_3368The boys got creative with whatever they could find.  They went a little “gangsta” on us with some plant stems.  IMG_3374The view from our porch. 

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Friday, June 24, 2011

Happy Birthday Chandler & Carter

Another year older… another birthday party down.  On Sunday, June 12 we had the boys birthday party at the Ruby YMCA waterpark.  The kids got to enjoy the rock climbing wall & the pool because of the crazy wet weather on that day.  They chose a sports theme party this year… and of course Chandler wanted a soccer cake & Carter wanted a football cake.   Chandler turned 11 on May 24th and Carter will be 9 on July 1st. 

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Here are some pictures from their big day. 

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Happy Father’s Day!

To my Daddy…

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and to the father of my kids…

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I love you two more than anything!  Thank you both for the Godly example you are to our family. 

Sunday, June 19, 2011

School’s Out!

Can’t believe that I’m already saying that summer break is officially here.  This school year went by super-dee-duper fast… geez!  The boys had a fantastic year and great teachers.  I’ll start with Carter & his teacher Mrs. Triplett.

IMG_3131She has been fantastic for Carter!  He loved her & his class and never wanted to miss school or leave early.  He told me all year long that Mrs. Triplett is one of the best teachers he’s ever had. 

IMG_3132Mrs. Bowen was his assistant teacher and he loves her too!  Couldn’t have asked for better teachers for his 3rd grade year. 

He also had a really great group of kids in his class this year too.  His best friend Jack was in his class and these 4 I called the “Quad Squad”… they were inseparable… always together, all the time. 

IMG_3133Megan Kinmon, Gracie Patrick, Jack Blanton & Carter.  (PS… Carter says that Gracie is his girlfriend Smile)

Chandler finished up his last year of elementary school…sigh.  I remember like yesterday when he started Kindergarten… and now he’s on to middle school. 

His teacher was Mrs. Kinmon…

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She did a great job preparing her class for middle school & Chandler grew by leaps & bounds this year in class. 

The day before the last day of school the entire 5th grade had a cookout & awards ceremony. 

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Chandler won an award for the A & B Honor Roll and his class award was the “Milky Way Award” for class daydreamer.  It’s supposed to be funny….

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Here is Chandler & his best bud Caleb… they’ve been together since they were in preschool… in class together every year except for Kindergarten and 2nd grade. 

IMG_3130My how they’ve grown!

On to 4th grade & middle school now! 

Saturday, June 4, 2011

The Boys New Room

 

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For the boys birthday this year we redecorated their room.  It got a fresh coat of paint… used to be stripes on the walls…we rid the room of 2 large, black garbage bags full of toys, clean out & reorganized.  We also got them new dressers… each.  Sharing a dresser was becoming quite a challenge as it was very small and only had 5 tiny drawers.  I found these dressers at IKEA for a fabulous price!  I bought 2 dressers for the price of one that I have looked at other stores. 

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This wall is going to get a big UNC logo… when we get around to it.  Smile

Happy Birthday Chandler & Carter!

Monday, May 30, 2011

Motorcycles & Cute Babies

We spent the weekend in Statesville with the family.  All of the men & boy cousins were planning a camp out for Friday night.  Well, the weather wasn’t so cooperative, so they had to pitch a tent on the back porch of Amanda & Aaron’s house.  Which was fine… except these boys were in & out, in & out, in & out… until well after midnight.  I think they finally settled down around 1 or 1:30 am.  The girls were going to have a girls night too… and we did, just with quite a few interruptions since the boys were not back in the depths of the woods somewhere.  ha! 

Saturday panned out much better with plenty of sunshine & plenty of mud.  Cousin Preston & Uncle Aaron have lots of cool toys at their house… including a dune buggy and motorcycles.  So that’s what the boys did.  All. Day. Long. 

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And plenty of muddy they all got! 

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While the boys were outside playing, I was inside playing with my twin nieces who I adore!  They are so cute & so much fun right now. 

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I told them I wanted to eat them for breakfast, lunch & supper and they just smiled at me.  Yes, I think they know I love them! 

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