Monday, March 14, 2011

New retaining wall


We decided to rip out all the bushes in the front and update the area a little bit. Scott built a new, brick retaining wall on the far end. It came out great!

Cole's Christmas Recital




Cole has been playing piano for a year and a half now and he really is getting quite good! His Christmas recital piece was The Twelve Days of Christmas and he was the talk of the show! He is so animated and enjoys playing and everyone can tell! That's my boy!! :)

NASCAR Hall of Fame












My parents visited again in the fall and we took them to the NASCAR Hall of Fame.



Canoeing!







We also took both boys out in the canoe for the first time! It was nice to be back in the boat!! The boys had a great time and didn't jump over-board!

Scout Camping Trip to Jordan Lake
















This was the boys first camping trip...They had a blast! They both slept well which we were really worried about, but Devin thought it was the coolest thing ever!

Scouts Baseball Game 2010







Scott and Cole attended the Cub Scout Durham Bulls game again this year and had a blast as always!!

Atlantis
















A hurricane kept us from our normal schedule and we ended up stopping on the other side of the Bahamas. The weather wasn't great so we went to check out the resort "Atlantis". Im guessing this is a phenomenal place to stay, but also probably significantly out of our price range!! The aquarium was awesome tho!

BeatleMania!!







Cozumel, Mexico
















I have to say this was def the best day of the trip and up there as one of my fav memories! We were finally able to fulfill one of my dreams and go swimming with dolphins! What amazing, strong, beautiful creatures they are! I hope to one day be able to take my kids to participate in this awesome activity! I highly recommend it to everyone!! They also allowed us to go in and swim with the manatees which was also something I have always hoped to do!





Key West!
















We decided it was time to take another cruise (not to mention we found a deal that we couldn't pass up!!). Our first stop was in Key West where we took part in a Pub Crawl. At the first pub, we met up with a couple from Fort Lauderdale: Corey and Mercedes. After a few more bars, I took part in, and a won a conch blowing contest (no doubt thanks to my many years of instrument playing!!). We headed back to the ship and ended up meeting up with Corey and Mercedes again. After a night of beers, corn hole, and a beautiful sunset...we really couldn't have asked for a better first day of the cruise!!





Eric's first tat

While they visited...I took my "little" brother for his first tattoo. It's a portrait of my grandfather's racecar from the 50's. He was the ORIGINAL "Rainbow Warrior" :)










My parents and my brother visited from NH and we took them to Carolwinds...they kids had a blast!!!




Go Yankees!!!

Cole was on the Yankees this year and is getting quite good at baseball! He LOVES to play!





Cole & Devin's birthday cakes 2010

Im pretty proud of these cakes...they were really fun to do and came out great!!


Devin turns 4!!











I know that I am back posting, but geez...Im nearly a year behind!!!