Mid-March Beach Day

The girls and I when to the beach on our first dry, not so cold, sunny day to play in the sand. We had a ton of fun racing down the empty beach, collecting shells and looking for sharks teeth.

They played so well together it blew my mind. Sharing without screaming at each other, what a concept!

Showing off their loot.

It's getting too heavy Mommy, please carry it for me and I did.

Getting blasted but still beautiful!

This is as close to the water as they got. It was way to cold to even let it touch your feet.

Mike's folks visit!

These pictures are a little out of order, I wasn't paying attention went adding them. The month of Feb was busy for us. Mike came home from a 5 week det, the next night his Mom and step-dad arrived for about a week. When they left a few days later his Dad came out. Crazy! It was fun though. We had a great time to visit with his parents. I am really glad that they came out. Plus, they were able to witness NC crazy, unpredictable weather!

Izzy working he magic for Dad at the park. Dad and Papa Mike took the girls bowling and to the park. I escaped for the day down to Hampstead for a girls afternoon. Yay, me! Opps, I mean I really missed them and wish I was there instead.

Paige after her spare! She is saying "what! I do that in my sleep"

We went to bed with flurries and woke up to this. The girls were very excited to get out there and play but Grammie was not. She did stay out there for a long time and did bring out all of the decorations for out snowman. We had a lot of fun playing, it was great the girls wore themselves out and took awesome naps!

Night before Papa Mike had to go home. Out of all of the picture that we took this is the only one that they are all smiling and not doing something silly.

This is the super sweet trampoline that Uncle Jeff got the girls for Christmas. Mike and Ron put it up while they were here visiting. The girls love it, as you can plainly see, it is a perfect size for us too.

Well this was our Feb in a nutshell. We had lots of fun doing all sorts of fun things. We even spend an evening hangout with friends down at the beach. The girls loved that because they have been asking to go pretty much since Christmas. Hopefully I can do a better job of posting for everyone and especially for my Mike. We love you and miss you!

Long time since I last posted

It has been a long time since I have updated this and filled everyone in on our lives. I think that I will start with Zeke since his picture is first. As you can plainly see Zeke is getting old and lazy. Not really, but for some crazy reason he really likes Izzy's chair. He only lays in her's! Zeke is a little slower these days but just as happy to see everyone as before.

Mike and his girls! I love Izzy's face, she was smiling in the picture just before this. The girls were having a good time helping Dad check out his new gear. It was like Christmas all over again for him. It doesn't take much to make him happy.

Izzy girl! What can I say, she is growing so much both physically and mentally. She is being to talk a lot but still not as much as Paige thank goodness. She is an adventurer, independent, and strong willed. She is a lot like both of us. Gymnastics and dance take up her time now but as soon as she is allowed she will be on the soccer field. Dad is very excited about that! She got a soccer ball and soccer gear for Christmas that she loved. She slept with the ball for a while until I had to put a stop to it. The ball is now downstairs ready for nice days outside.

Our little kindergartner! She is doing great in school, reading, writing and making friends. We got her first report card a few days ago, she got 3 in almost every area except for keeping her pie hole shut. As we always predicted, "She is a pleasure to have in class, she just talks too much." Other than school, she is also still doing gymnastics and playing soccer. Spring soccer will be starting here very soon. She is excited to see her soccer friends that she hasn't seen since the spring.

As for me, I am still busy stamping and shuttling the girls from place to place. Other than that no new news from Mike and I. As for the blog I will do my best to be a little better at updating this with all of our family adventures and missteps. See everyone soon!

Arts and Crafts

Scary faces

They had so much fun painting. Izzy would paint her hand first then put her hand on the face to paint it. Paige loved this and asked if we could do it everyday, I told her that Mommy couldn't handle this mess every day!

Halloween 2009

Super Kids!

Paige (WonderWoman), Mia (Queen Vampire Zombie), Ella (Zombie Snow White)

Izzy's gymnastics class all dressed up

Paige before her gymnastics

This picture was too cute not to include

Trip to Texas

We had such a great time visiting our wonderful friends. As you can tell the kids didn't miss a beat. They had a great time playing together. Looking at these pictures makes me a little sad because we have so much fun with the Voltin's that it sucks they live so far away. I really miss you guys!

Paige and Mia racing to the trampoline

Noah pushing Izzy in the swing.

Hey Pam, this will be a great picture to dig out for their wedding!

We were lucky to be in town for Mia's big 4th birthday. It was a lot of fun and yummy cupcakes!

Pam and Ryan before the show

The main reason for us going out at this time was to take Paige to see Mamma Mia! She really loved the movie and Pam suggested that we come out to see the show. So of course we had to go, any small excuse to visit and we are there.

Paige and I before the show

Just incase you couldn't tell by that little face, she absolutely loved it! We will have to take her to some more live shows in the future. She really likes those musicals.

Thank you Voltin's for a great visit we loved seeing all of you. As always the trip was way too short. Will have to figure something out some time soon for a longer visit. We love you guys and miss you so very much!

Fire Station

Paige's class took their first field trip. We went to fire station #1. The firemen were great answer all of the kids silly questions. The kids had a great time. Her is Paige's class posing with one of the firemen. Oh, and the boy standing on Paige's left is her "Sam". He gave her a bracelet and necklace with a cute little card that he made for her, very sweet. I was able to meet him and his Mom. Just to let you know they both are good solid people for our Paige. ;)The silly face picture. If you look at the photo closely all of the kids making the same face are all Paige's friends. I wonder which one did the face first?!