Jan 31

Whit's turn for the FHE lesson tonight.  She's scouring The Friend magazine for a good story to share.

Jan 30

Got yogurt?  Caroline is getting pretty good at keeping herself clean while she eats.  Yogurt is an exception.  She is always supper messy at the end.  But it's cute.

Jan 29

Jayne gave me two tickets to the US Figure Skating Championships.  Yippee!  I invited April to come with me.  We loved it.  Watched pairs free skate and pairs ice dancing.

Jan 28

Date night at the batting cages.  Love it!

Jan 27

Thursday nights is cheer practice for Whit.  Go Dolphins!

Jan 26

It cracks me up to see the crazy things Caroline does with her body.  She loves to hang from Whit's bunk bed, hang from the handles in the van, and today she was making a bridge across this chair.

Jan 24

Brandon's piano lessons are going so well!  He started last summer and is improving every month.  We love listening to him play.

Jan 22

Whit's first day as a cheerleader!  Go Dolphins!  Miss S. is her wonderful coach.  Whit loves it.

Jan 21

Look, Ma!  We're holding the Capitol Building!

Teacher Workday!  We took advantage of a free day by driving up to Raleigh.  We had a blast.  We toured the NC State Capitol Building.  I told the kids we were going to get to see where our state lawmakers work.  I even thought maybe we could view a session or something.  Wrong.  I didn't realize that our lawmakers no longer meet in this building.  Oops.  That will have to be a visit for another day. 

After our tour, we ate a yummy Asian lunch at Spize cafe.

Then we walked back to the NC Museum of Natural Sciences.  We LOVE that place!

Jan 19

The weather was decent today.  Finally!

So we took a quick trip to the park.

Played hide-and-go-seek.

Jan 16

Brandon and Cole are in the same class again this year.

They love hanging out.

Jan 15

More time at the mall!

This time we brought the whole family and played

with this CUTE little greyhound at the pet store.

Jan 14

Caroline and I went to the mall today and

discovered that they have a new play place!

She was in little girl heaven.

Jan 13

Andrew and I have started play the wii a couple of nights a week.

Tonight I went pro on bowling for the first time.

Woo hoo!

Jan 12

This is how I would look if the kids did my hair and chose my eyewear.

Jan 10

Another Christmas present--Whit's Easy Bake Oven.

She makes a mean brownie.

Jan 8

Mmmmm....Saturday morning french toast.

Not a tradition around here, 

but appreciated by all when we take the time to make it.

Jan 7

Storytime at the library.

LOVE  it!

One of Caroline's favorite part is the parade.

Looks like she picked up two triangles,

but no sticks to hit them.

Jan 6

Check out that swollen face!

Andrew's bout with parotitis.

Jan 5

Time to put away the Christmas decor.  Insert sad face here.

Jan 4

A rare breathtaking sunset as seen looking up our street.

Jan 2

Whitney got Bendaroos for Christmas.

She built a huge long string of them that 

stretched all the way around the house.

Jan 1

Happy New Year!

We celebrated playing Settler's with Ryan and Destinee and Asheville.