Our trip to the Outerbanks!!!!!

We had a wonderful time (minus some tween arguments) at OBX! We took trips to the beach, light house, and Kill Devil Hills. Fishing was a high priority activity, along with boogie boarding, eating, swimming, and walking. I posted so many pictures. They are not in order because of the number of them and I have Aiden walking around me pushing my computer chair.

Aaron is surf fishing. It is so much fun! All of the big boys did it and so did I!
Aaron is walking along the boardwalk of the Bodie (pronounced body) Lighthouse. At the end is a deck and magnificent veiw!
This is how Aiden spent most of his trip! This wagon was a lifesavor! My back gave out after holding him walking over dunes and a long run/walk.
Here we are minus Gramme (she's taking the pic), Carl Sr., and Carl Jr.
The Bodie lighthouse was beautiful and about to undergo a 2 year reno. We met the son of the last lighthouse keeper: John Gaskill. His father was Vernon Gaskill. It was a beautiful day!
Here my honey is surf fishing. This was so much fun!
While he was fishing, I came upon DNR and a turtle nest made the night before. It's so much fun. The Logerhead turtle does a breaststroke (below in the picture).

He caught 6-7 of these croaker fish. They really croak! We also caught so many hermit crabs. Some were smaller than rice. They were attached to seaweed.
Here are two pics showing the empty beach on our fishing excursion. I am getting depressed thinking about it. I would love living there, except that I would never be able to straighten my mess of wavy hair.

Gramme is carrying a sleepy baby.
This was a calm evening.
The seagulls fascinated Aiden.
Carl and the girls. Aaron was recovering from a boogie board fight;)
Love my guys!
We're off to see the wizard...actually we were going to the beach (2 -3 minute walk).

Here we are at Kill Devil Hills. This dune was the site of the Wright Brothers first heavier-than-air flight in December 1903. We climbed to the top to visit the Wright Brothers Memorial which is visible for miles.

It was a very long winding way to the top!

This is the hazy, but beautiful view from the top!





Before we arrived at the beach house, we stopped to enjoy our picnic lunch at a beautiful rest area. We enjoyed it!

We went to Manteo for a graveyard adventure (I was the winner;), wonderful sandwiches, fossils, and fish.


Aiden enjoyed his first bite of a pickle!!!! He wouldn't stop eating them!




We also enjoyed our pool at the house!


Aiden really loved our bed!


Duke also enjoyed the beach!

Boys digging for sand fleas while grampy fishes.

Gramme and Aiden
The boys
I love his excitement!
Barely saw that top lip the entire vacay!
The girls
First beach trip




Best of friends:)
A fitting end to our trip! Notice Aaron holding his nose because he is under the apes toosh! He's histerical sometimes!

Wagon for the beach!

We were concerned with how to keep Aiden occupied at the beach. I think we are on the right track. Plus, it's his birthday gift. Here he is enjoying it!

He loves to push it around the living room!

Aaron and Ali really enjoy it too! They love to pull him in the wagon.


I just don't think he wants to share it with Duke.


Here is our garden now. The tomatoes are getting ready to become my first tomato sandwich of the summer!!! I'm so excited!

Frosty Monster

I didn't realize I had created a frosty monster! One who adores all things frozen and yummy! If he hears the wrapper of a popsicle, he races toward you. Well today, we enjoyed very small frosty's from Wendy's. Here is the frosty monster!



No teeth yet, but he is very cranky and chewing on everything!

Day of Firsts!

My sweet boy had his first haircut Thursday! I missed it because I am on the committee doing our school interviews. He couldn't push his hair out of his eyes and it was beginning to bother him.

Here's a before shot.

Here's an after shot.

Pssst! Grammie...please stop reading now, unless you can stand what he has already done.












Another first for Aiden is . . . he took two steps unaided by me or a piece of furniture!!! We tried to get the video camera out to record it, but he was scared by our squeals!

Feeling great!

Although I haven't been losing the weight like I really wanted to and life is living up to Murphy's Law, I do feel like I'm working toward a goal. I feel good about me.

• Hopefully, the skin cancer is taken care of for at least 3 years (the time I need before my cancer ins. will cover it)!
  
• I just finished my Couch to 5k program!
  
• I get to go back to Kindergarten!
  
• I supported Relay for Life from 12:40 am until 7 am yesterday (It was incredible)!
  
• My wonderful family is always there for me!
  

Even though sometimes life is difficult, I know that this is just a rough patch and the good things above will get me through it. In my head the old Baptist Hymn is playing "Because he lives, I can face tomorrow!" I wish my church would sing this one more! I wish life had background music, because I hear it all of the time:)
Happy Sunday to everyone!

Strawberry Farm

We decided to go to a strawberry farm to get strawberries to make jam. I did this when Ali and Aaron were little. I thought it would be a fun outing for all. It was great!!!! Everyone was happy! We even enjoyed some fresh strawberry ice cream-we shared it!

Daddy and Aiden watched for a few minutes.

Flat Stanley came along on our outing. He's been visiting all the way from CT and will go back to my dear friend's daughter's classroom soon.

Aiden loved walking around and sitting in between the rows.

Daddy and Aiden finally got busy!

Mommy and Aiden rested for a while!


This was so much fun! Aaron and Ali enjoyed picking the strawberries. I really wish you could taste the warm, sweetness!

While we waited for our ice cream, the children played in the corn bin. My class usually takes their fall fieldtrip here and all of the students love this bin! Aiden was absolutely fascinated with the corn!

Busy little baby bumblebee

Aiden is purely about investigating everything. I have enjoyed watching him discover how things work. Every time I pick up his toys, he pulls them back out. It's one of our new games. Another game I started (that I wish I hadn't) is him squealing and me telling him "ohh, you scared me!" Then he giggles heartily and squeals again-waiting on me.


Oh, he has started crawling and now he's trying to walk! He's only been crawling for 2-3 weeks and now taking steps and then falling. He's making me nervous and crazy!!!!

Prison walls for baby Aiden

Aiden now has a few prison walls to keep him out of places of danger. He is fascinated with them! I am happy because they were a great deal!!!!