Snow in NC

It doesn’t happen often, but every now and then it snows here in Eastern NC. The boys LOVED it~ I think it is beautiful but I would rather have warm and sunny weather. Due to snow not being a common event, the boys do not really have the proper attire for snow. I did have some hand me downs so they faired okay. Keeping feet and hands warm and dry is the hardest part. LOL

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Visit to the Wright Bothers Memorial

During Memorial Day week-end, our family visited the Outer Banks of N.C. This is one of a favorite places to go. We visit the beach quite often during the summer months. Other than the beach, there are lots of things to do. One afternoon, we decided to go visit the Wright Brothers Memorial. The boys had a great time and learned all about Wilbur and Orville Wright. We actually got to see a couple of planes land and take off. Here are a few shots~

Art Work....

Tonight I was checking the kids folders - a nightly affair in our house and I found some art work that Tanner and Tyler brought home from school.  I thought i would share these with you all. 

Tanner worked really hard on his pin punch project. He has worked on it all week. I think he did a pretty good job! 

Tanner is very proud of his master piece! 

Tyler had a book of art work. I was pleasantly surprised to see that he had 5 different pictures stating I like my Mom. My heart was about to burst.. then I saw this one.... Then I busted a gut... Is what I THINK it is?? Puppy Love???

I Love Trinity... Aww so sweet. Then I looked closer....

Ummm... Are those???? Ummm boobs?

I was afraid to ask - so I just giggled a little bit and moved on to the next picture! 

I Like my Bab (Dad)...

I like Caleb.

Trinity strikes again.. He really has it for this little girl! 

My Favorite: I like my Mom...

And Trinity....

I finally asked about Trinity. Tyler politely let me know that she was his girlfriend... along with a polite eye roll...

They start entirely too young these days! 

I Love Faces

I am entering this photo in "The Eyes Have It" on the I Love Faces site. There are different themes this week for kids, adults and the newest category is pets. Go check out all of the pictures people have posted. You will see some great shots!

I entered this picture of Tanner when he was a baby. His eyes show just how happy he is about eating that big boy cookie!

Wish me Luck!

Snowfall in Eastern NC

As you could probably figure out based on my Wordless Wednesday post, we got a little bit of the white stuff here in eastern, North Carolina. It does not happen very often. In fact Tuesday's snowfall was the first accumulation we have had since 2003! We got around 5 inches and it was awesome while it lasted.... This was Tanner's first real snow - and the first one Tyler can remember!
Here are some pictures! Frank took these pictures while I was still at work.



Thomas and Tyler were so excited!



First order of business - SNOWBALLS!



Then SNOW ANGELS!



And of course - a snowman!



Tanner really like the snowman!



This is what the road looked like right after I got home from work. On a normal day it takes my 20 minutes to get home. It took 1 hour and 10 minutes on Tuesday! It was awful!

Tanner really had fun!

Thomas liked it too!

Here are the boys "tasting" snowflakes!

Our friend Michael from down the road came over to play!

Frank enjoyed the snow too!

And this my friends was taken this afternoon. Our snow lasted one day and now it is gone... It is sad. I just hope we don't have to wait another 6 years before we get snow again!

Christmas Day

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. My little Tanner was sick with a fever which started Christmas Eve and all day Christmas day. Poor guy, he slept 4 hours on Christmas day. He is feeling much better now . Any how, we missed Rebecca and Steven (in-laws) as they are living in Florida now and were not able to make the trip home for Christmas. We still had a house full - full of family and full of love. My parents, my sister Many, my sister Stevie and her fiance Brock, Ms. Nancy(Steven's mother), and Steven's Uncle Joe and Aunt Jean were all here to celebrate Christmas. We had a nice brunch which consisted of way too much food, and opened gifts. The boys were so excited to see that Santa had brought them what they asked for. They got a Nintendo DS and a Wii. That is all that they asked for - good thing because the elves couldn't build them any more gifts! LOL. We all enjoyed the day - I just wished it could have lasted a little bit longer...



We sprinkled Reindeer food out- it consists of oatmeal and glitter. The glitter makes the oatmeal "sparkle" so the Reindeer can see it from the sky.










Here are the boys in their new jamimies. I normally get them Christmas jammies, but I couldn't find any this year. I think they liked these better!





Tanner - not feeling up to taking pictures.



Cookies for Santa.



Aunt Stevie passing out gifts.









The aftermath.... Sad - I know. But it was Christmas!