Lucky # 7

Lucy celebrated her 7th birthday sunday. We started at Funworld where she rode the "roller coaster" game over and over and over again. Then we had a family mexican feast at our house. She had the cake of her choice, a grand-daddy longleg cake made by her nana. While singing Happy Birthday in mexican tradition, Nic smeared whipcream all over her face. Then we followed it up with ice cream sundaes. It is really hard to beleive that she is 7. She loves all her gifts, thank you to everyone. We all got to enjoy her Hannah Montana show at dinner, Thank you to Aunt Dawn and Uncle Brian in advance for all the shows yet to come.

God blessed the broken road that led me to you.....

Sunday, I got a new brother in law- finally! Dawn and Brian were married in a small ceremony, full of emotion. She looked beautiful and quite skinny i might add. Katie and Cody were by each of their sides as it should be. They said their vows and you just knew they meant every word. As corny as it sounds, the ol' rascal flats song seemed written for them, God blessed the broken road that let me straight to you.

After the ceremony they had their reception at a local B & B. The food was delicious, a great band, lots of friends and family. They arrived on Brians harley, cut a cake with lime green flames and skulls, and Dawn wore a veil attached to a baseball cap. Very Dawn and Brian...

Heres to a lifetime of happiness........you both deserve it.

A Day Out with Thomas

Today I took Jack and Lucy to ride Thomas the Train. The day started out with hashbrowns at McD's. Then to Bryson City to the Train Depot. Activities were planned all around the depot, sand tables, a lego station, petting zoo, inflatables. Then the main event, we got to board Thomas. They loved every minute of it. The kids were given jr engineer certificates after the ride. After a meal at Arbys (lucys choice) we headed home.

Me did it!!

On vacation i decided to work with Jack on potty training. We let him wear a pull up during the car ride to the beach, then after that it was a swim diaper when he was in the water and underwear the remainder of the time. It took a few reminders for the first couple days and that was it. It was that simple. He went back to daycare, had an accident the first day and has been accident free since. I am so happy that this was so simple. The toughest part has been what underwear to buy, cars or spiderman, we went with both.

Vacation

A sacred word at our house. We love to vacation. Our usual spots are Disney and Litchfield Beach, no variety but we love them both. We stayed at the summerhouse at Litchfield by the Sea, someday we hope to buy a condo there. The resort is quite large for the small town it is in but it is still very homey. Litchfield is a quiet place where relaxing comes very easy. Our days consisted of eating, swimming, eating, swimming and eating and then occasionally some more swimming. So nice. We also flew a kite and had a wiffle ball game. Where our condo was located we had to travel by golf cart to the ocean, this was just an added bonus for Jack and Lucy. The pool had a small water park in it, plus the lazy liver as lucy called it. Jack loved the submarine. Nic fished in the ocean, boogy boarded and worked on his tan. We drove into Myrtle Beach one night to let the kids jump on the bungee trampoline and shop. This was the first year jack got to jump and the first year nic referred to it as crotch torture, i beleive his jumping days are now over.

Manhole?

This past weekend i had my crew along with my neice and nephew over. After a day of swimming we were all out back relaxing when Nic asks me where i got the scar on my knee. I reply simply, when i was little i was riding my bike and fell on a manhole. To 2 horomonal boys and to a 6 year old this was too funny for them. Cody asks, Whats a manhole? the only description i could think of was "the thing the teenage mutant ninja turtles come out of", duh!

Of course Lucy and the boys thought of every description a manhole was not. And i apologize to those at church who could hear the whispering of Lucy repeating , "manhole, manhole" to once again bring Nic to tears.

Road Trip

our old house and school

i love this picture of my mom

sisters

This past weekend, the girls (dawn, katie, mom, lucy, and myself) drove to deerfield beach for a baby shower. A 10 hr drive from dahlonega, with 2 kids in the car could have been disasterous but turned out okay. We made it to my aunt marys house about 10am saturday. Lucy couldn't wait to see Aunt Mary, for so long she has been referred to as the Aunt with a new face and new boobs. Lucy got to see both. It was odd to be back in the town where we lived til i was in the 4th grade. Dawn and i took Katie and Lucy to see the house where we grew up, the park we played in, the school we attended, it was so surreal. We were in tears as soon as we saw Porter Paints marking the subdivision entrance. It's crazy how big a house and yard can be when you are 8 and at now how unbeleiveably small it is. It was a weekend filled with visiting old friends and family, looking through old photographs and making new memories. Though the drive was long, it was a weekend well spent. Though florida is a great place to visit, i am really thankful for where i live now.

note to aunt mary- you look amazing and i can't wait to see you again. thanks for all you hospitality!