Sunday, July 27, 2008

Having fun in the Summertime!!



It seems I am doing updates once a week. I will keep trying on Sunday evenings it seems like a good time when Hannah is in bed. We have had a fun week. Hannah spending time again with the Daines family while I am @ work. She is like the 6th child there and she loves being around everyone! We have also been swimming almost everyday this past week including on Friday with the Barlows. It was fun! Hannah loves Sydney and they are both a lot a like.

Last night, we hung out with the Wheelocks again. We are so glad they live here! We had a cookout and a fire in there firepit. It was fun, just in the first 5 minutes, I was the only one to get 5 misquote bites in the first minutes. Chris BBQ and Cooked a yummy peach pie. (Not my Chris' ) but Chris Wheelock. Later that night we had smores. It was really fun just hanging out and relaxing. While the girls, Hannah and Mackayla and Brianna and her friend Sara watched the Hannah Montana concert! My Hannah really enjoys it but she doesn't like being called Hannah Montana.

I am still new at this blog thing and hopefully it will get better as weeks past! Thanks for all who are looking and caring. It has been fun. Enjoy the rest of your Summer!!

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Saying Goodbye!!


I just wanted to do a page about my friend Mare. She has been here for 5 months helping her dad who has a brain tumor. She is amazing!! Her husband is in Iraq and her two kids have been living with her two sisters during the past 5 months. She has been going from Indian Trail, to Pineville, to Rock hill. Her car was a brand new car now it has about 8000 miles on it from the past 5 months.

Hannah loves her to death!! She was really sad to see her go! So, will I. I have enjoyed our evenings when we were able to get together. We always said we would go to a movie but instead we would just go shopping or go have a dessert somewhere. I was lucky to have her around and I will miss her too. I haven't found anyone who hasn't loved her. Animals love her too. My dog Dakota, for those of you who know him, he loves people! He loved Mare too! I just wanted to let her know how grateful for the time I did get with her and she always inspired me to serve better.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Being Spontaneous!!


This past week, I was complaining to Chris saying, we never do anything different always the same things, go to movie, and go to dinner. SO, we were trying to think of what we could do. We decided to be spontaneous and go to Virgina! I wanted to head to Washington DC, but for just one full day it would have been a long drive, so we decided to make it half way.

We ended up going to a Cavern in DC. We went to the Grand Caverns. It was the 2nd best in the United States. They were so neat! NO two caves are a like and there are many in the U.S It was used as a hide out at times for the Civil War and they also would hold dances and weddings in these Caverns back in the 1700's and 1800's. It was also neat there were signatures on the walls, by people who would go down there but they passed a law in the 1960's that you couldn't do it anymore. One signature we saw was from a captain in the civil war. They did research on the name and he went to battle a month latter near Washington D.C. After a month after he was in the grand cavern's he died in battle. It gets only 58 degrees year around.

We also went to see the Natural Bridge in VA. It is 215 feet below the span of the Bridge. King George III use to own it until Thomas Jefferson bought it in 1774.

We had a great weekend. It is nice to learn about history and go see new places!!

Thursday, July 10, 2008

4th of July



We had a fun 4th of July!! We got up and then Hannah and I went to the Parade with the Wheelock's. It was a lot of fun. Chris doesn't like parades so he just stayed home in the cool air condition and relaxed!! Then we came and got Chris and went back to the Wheelock's and had a BBQ. It was yummy and fun. Hannah loves to play with Mckayla and Brianna to her is like a BIG sister! We have known them almost the whole time we have lived here and we love to hang out with them.
Then that night we didn't have to go anywhere for fireworks. Our neighbors had great ones right in our front yard so we stepped outside and watched all together! We had a great 4th. Hannah called it our Lucky DAY!!