It’s New Year’s Eve and we are super excited to watch the ball drop and ring in the New Year!. Dinner with the Carothers, lots of Champagne punch, and some sparklers… A perfect night for us!
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October 18, 2013
Kelly flew into town late last night and while she was off running errands today, I sat at the Boy Scout Pumpkin Patch for 4 and 1/2 hours. It really was very quiet and uneventful….that is until a yellow fly landed on my foot and bit me! Half my foot swelled up and wouldn’t stop itching…UGH!
One Benadryl, a slathering of Caladryl, and three hours later it was time for Girl’s Night Out! Kelly, Nichole, and myself headed down to Ceviche for some great Tapas food and Sangria. 🙂
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August 11, 2013
While we were at the beach Emma decides that she wants to ride a bicycle without training wheels. So, Mr. Andy gets out the easy 5 step You Tube video for her to watch, and taking turns Matty and Emma each glide down the driveway and peddle into the alley. They were having so much fun…
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March 27, 2013
After months and months of waiting and counting down….today is registration day for the Marine Corps Marathon! At 12 noon registration went live and over 100,000 people crashed onto their site hoping for one of 30,000 spots. After many website errors, host crashing, and page timeouts around 1:30pm I received confirmation and just before 2pm Kelly did. Whew…. The entire marathon closed in 2 hours and 27 mins. We are so excited to have the two spots and can’t wait to participate in the 3rd largest Marathon in the US and 8th in the World!
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Mattys 4th Birthday
YAY!!! It’s Matty’s 4th Birthday!!! This year Matty is really into Chuggington trains, so his big birthday present from us was a new Chuggington train set. He loved it. He spent the day with me and then for his birthday surprise I took him to the airport….Emma was flying in with Ms. Kelly to celebrate the weekend with him. They were so happy to see each other that it brought tears to both mine and Kelly’s eyes… Love them so. Happy Birthday Baby!
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Boating and Tubing on the Intercoastal
Sometimes there just aren’t enough words to be able to fully express the love and gratitude that one has for beautiful friends…
As I am currently unable to do much of anything, Kelly and Brian decided that they were not going to let this situation get everyone down. Today, they packed up all the kids and took them out for a boat ride and lunch at Rotten Ralph’s . They said that the weather was beautiful, the morning water was calm, and they even saw dolphins. The boys had a wonderful time tubing and driving the boat. We heard that Davy made the 25 mile an hour club and rode on the tube 5 or 6 times. Love my brave boy.
Thanks again Brian and Kelly… 🙂
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13 Little People and the Beach
To say that the kids were excited to have friends come and visit…would be an understatement! Robin and Nicole decided to bring their kids down for the day and altogether we had 13 children: Colin, Landon, Evan, Ashlynn, Connor, Caiden, Davy, Livi, Emma, Reece, Matty, Jack, and Hudson. They ran, played, built sand castles, fed the seagulls, snorkeled, boogie boarded, and went hunting for sand dollars and sand crabs. They had a great time and we loved getting to tell Ashlynn ‘Happy 8th Birthday”…..
Thanks for coming… 🙂
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Before Breakfast Beach Walk
The Weather Channel predicted that the percentage of rain today was going to be 70%, so when we woke up and saw the sun shining in through the bedroom windows we took advantage of the good weather and headed for the beach. Forget the breakfast and forget the coffee…throw on those bathing suits and let’s go!!! They would need to get their wiggles out at some point, so we figured now was as good as time as any to start. We parked at the Rod n Reel pier and took the walkway over to Bean Point.
Yesterday, this couple went walking by us with their hands loaded down with big shells, so we asked them where they found them and they said further down the beach where the currents hit the shore. We were certain that we were going to find the most beautiful shells, and of course we didn’t find one. We walked from one side of the island to the other…and nothing.
We had a wonderful morning and left the beach thoroughly exhausted… By the time we got back to the house the kids were ready for breakfast, and we were ready for coffee!
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Trix Crispy Treats
Yum Yum Yum!!!! Kelly and I found this recipe on Pinterest and since we happened to have the three ingredients lying around, we thought, “Why not??!! The kids will love them…”
Trix Crispy Treats
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4 Tbl Butter
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1 package of small marshmallows
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10 cups of cereal ( 1 whole box)
Melt butter in a large pot. Add marshmallows and melt. Add cereal and coat with melted marshmallows. Place mix in a large 9×11 dish and let cool. Cut and serve!
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Swimming With The Dolphins
Our bedrooms are on the east side of the house and at 6:51 am I hear, “Mommy, it’s morning…can we go to the beach now?” Gotta love little Matty bear. Of course my answer was, “Matty, mommy is sleeping…not yet and go away.” 🙂 At 8am we fixed breakfast and at 9am we headed to the beach. The weather was beautiful and the water was calm. Paradise. Immediately after we set up the beach chairs and toys Colin says, “Look mom a dolphin!” We grab our cameras and start scanning the horizon. Sure enough there was a dolphin family, including a little baby dolphin. The kids loved chasing after them in the water and it was so fun to watch their faces as they all got to swim with the dolphins.
Mountains! Beach! or Both!... 