Carving Pumpkins

The girls painted and we carved. A fun night was had by all!

Fall Break 2014

 For fall break this year we decided to head out east to NC to one of our favorite spots!....The Lucky Leaf!  I mean, really...the view doesn't get much better than that!

 

 But this time we headed out with our good friends and neighbors the Forbes! We had so much fun with them.  And we got to show them all the cool things to do on Topsail, we ate at Max's Pizza, ate Ice cream at Kilwins, and toured a battleship, had a bon fire, and chilled on the beach for hours!

 When our week of beach relaxing was done, we headed over to Charlotte to see our family. The first night we got into  Charlotte, we headed over to Kilwins and had ice cream.  And right next to the ice cream place was Claire's.  And I got the idea to get Charley's ear's pierced.  She totally went a long with it, and was so brave.  She didn't even cry.  You could tell she was scared, but was really brave.

We also got to meet our new little niece, Andie Emily!!!  We were able to be there on the Sunday she was getting blessed in Church.

School Pictures

 Charley 2nd Grade

Mrs. Pettit

Gabby Kindergarten

Mrs. Parsons

Soccer Mom

A few months ago, Charley's friend asked if she would join this soccer league with her.  So I thought why not? It's a recreational league, so there really isn't much competition to it.  And of course we signed Gabby up as well. We had our first game on Saturday. Both girls have friends on their team, so it makes it fun.  So for the next few months, this lady is an official "Soccer Mom" ....especially since they asked me to coach Gabby's team.  The lady in-charge of Gabby's age group knew I was a PE teacher, and no one else volunteered. Good thing it's only the 5 year olds! I was awful at soccer when I was younger, and I still am.  But I can fake it well enough to teach it to 5 year olds!

Kindergarten

 Gabby was beyond excited to start Kindergarten!  She was up early, dressed and ready to go before I even woke up.  I put her hair in curlers the night before, and she even had taken those out!

Gabby's best friend that lives across the street, and was in her preschool class is now in her Kindergarten class! Gabby was so excited!

Now it is just me and Dani home in the mornings.  She still has a few years at home before we send her off to preschool.

The first day of Kindergarten was a success! Gabby had so much fun. And she said she had a lot of friends in her class. And shortly after getting back from school we headed to the park for soccer practice. We are just putting the girls in for fun.  Gabby's team didn't have a coach, so they asked me. So now I am coaching soccer. I hope the parents don't expect much!

2nd Grade

Guess who is in 2nd grade?! Can you believe it? I can't! It was a rainy morning, but that didn't seem to damper any spirits.  We were all excited with back to school buzz! Good luck to my sweet girl on her 2nd grade year! She is gonna be awesome!

School Shopping ~ Gabby

So this girl is starting Kindergarten!!!  We took her to get her school clothes today!  This girls is a hoot!  She originally wanted to go to Ikea for her lunch!  It took a LOT of persuading to change her mind!  I mean, Ikea has some good food, but if you could pick anywhere you wanted to go eat, I wouldn't go there!  So we finally convinced her that Chick-fil-a was a much better option.  She would get a toy, play in the play place, and get an ice cream cone.

After lunch was shopping.  We were walking into the first store, and she goes, "Mom, once I see all the clothes, I will let you know what I like."  And she sure did!  We found a ton of cute clothes A new backpack and a pair of new shoes. We are all ready for School!!!

School Shopping ~ Charley

This girl will start 2nd Grade next week!!!!  We found on Thursday that her teacher will be Mrs. Pettit.  On Saturday, Ben and I took her to lunch.  And since Jordan was in town, Jordan and I took her back to school clothes shopping.  She is all set to go! She is ready to Rock 2nd Grade!

10 years

August 7, 2014.....our 10 year anniversary! And even more in love now then we were 10 years ago! Our Alaska trip was our gift to each other. But we did spend the night at a fancy dinner up in Sundance.

Watch Me TRI

A few weekends ago, Ivory Ridge had a kids triathlon. They had a big kid tri, and a little kid tri. Gabby did the little one, and Charley did the big one.  Charley had a 2 lap swim, 2 mile bike and a 1 mile run. Gabby's was a shorter swim in the smaller pool, 3 laps around the parking lot, and her run was around the parking lot as well.  They were both nervous, but excited.  They love getting medals. But even though they were nervous, they were did awesome!!!  I am so proud of these girls, getting out there and doing things out of their comfort zone, and building their confidence.

Tennis Camp

The week after Gabby's birthday, both girls went to Tennis camp at Ivory Ridge.  Kids can start going at age 5.....and the last camp just happened to start the day after Gabby turned 5! What luck!  We had Charley do 2 weeks of camp this year, and Gabby had the one.

The week after Tennis camp was over, the girls started their 2 weeks of swim lessons. It was a busy end of summer!