Happy Fathers Day!

We are behind on posting so I am going to try to catch up, this one
is obviously Fathers Day. David had a good day, which started
with breakfast and a new shovel! We went to church and then ate lunch
with my Dad for Fathers Day and his B-day. I think they both had a good day!

































Matthew did David a Happy Fathers Day train car just like he
did for me on Mothers Day. Love it:)

First Day/Last Day of School

I posted the kids first day of school pics with the ones I took today
on thier last day. Wow! They are growing so fast, I can't believe we're
on our way to the 4th and 7th grade in just 10 short weeks!

August, 2010



















June, 2011




















August, 2010

June, 2011

Mothers Day and Activities

Well, I had a nice Mothers Day with the kids and then lunch with my Mom.
Matthew made me a special train car for the day and lovely art work along
with Elizabeth's water color picture she did for me. I should have made a
pic of them to post. Hope all reading this also had a Happy Mothers Day!
Time went on and we had a chorus performance of Elizabeth's and her dance
recital. Matthew had no violin recital this Spring and that was fine, and un-
fortunately Elizabeth was sick and didn't make her piano recital, so we
actually missed out on two activities we are used to fitting in. The last pic is
Matthew with his cabbage plant he had been given to grow. It got pretty
big, glad my Dad has a garden we could plant it in!

















































Chorus night!















Dance Recital this was her ballet outfit!



















This was her tap outfit!

Nice cabbage huh? We haven't eaten yet but we will this week:)

EASTER

Well I can't believe it has taken me so long to post these Easter pics.
The kids dyed eggs a couple of days before Easter, and I can see
a lack of interest starting on Matthews part, but Liz still enjoyed it:)
We did the usual as far as Sunday goes, we went to church and then ate
a delicious Easter lunch with my parents! Hope all of our friends and
family that read this had a nice day as well!!















































Easter Bunny came!!!!














Even Abby got a little something!















































David with the kids before we headed off to church!

Matthew turned 9!

Well, Matthew turned 9 back on March 25th, I can't believe it
but its official he is 9. We didn't have a party but he wanted
to go up t0 ride the Great Smokey Mountain Railroad, so a few
weeks after his birthday we headed up there and did just that!
We made a full weekend of it and enjoyed doing a little hike in the
National Park, Linville Caverns and Grandfathers Mountain,
before we headed back down to home. The weather was great
for all of it and nothing was too crowded, which is just the way we like it!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATTHEW!


































Thanks Aunt Darlene and Uncle Terry, they left the day
before Matthew turned 9 so they left a card for him with a
nice surprise!!














Here we are ready to board the train for our 4 hour adventure!




































































We were really lucky that the sun popped out just as we
were leaving and the weather just got nicer as the day went.



















On the break we got off and ate lunch at a restaurant
right on the river. It was really a great day!














Back on the train for the last leg of the ride!

































Caboose pictures!



















This was the water fall we hiked up to the next day in the
National Park. It was about a mile up and then a mile back
down. It was still morning so it was nice and cool and again
the weather was perfect for what we were there to do.

We stopped back by the train depot before we headed up
to Linville Caverns and took a few pics with the engine!

After the Caverns we headed up to Grandfathers Mountain. This is the

home of Mildred the Bear and several other creatures along with a

museum and suspended bridge.

I have to say when we got to the top of the mountain the wind was crazy.

We had a hard time getting the car doors open it was so strong. We still

went across the bridge and enjoyed the view!

Aunt Darlene and Uncle Terry visited! YEAH!

Well, it has been way too long since I posted anything and
I can't tell you exactly where the time has gone, but we
have been busy. I wish we had taken more pics while
Aunt Darlene and Uncle Terry where here, but we didn't!
We made a trip up to the Biltmore House and really enjoyed
the Spring like weather and that things were starting to
bloom. We walked the gardens and went for the wine tasting
at the winery, it was a full day! What an amazing Estate!




















































































Aunt Darlene and Elizabeth with their computers.














Wish we could visit together more often!