Wednesday, February 25, 2009

If I win the lotto


these are two houses we saw across the lake while on our hike. I thought it was providence when editing that this second house has a "for sale" sign in front of it. I know, Dream on, But i can dream. I think if i win the powerball I can pay for my grandma's healthcare and buy this house yes? actually, i think i want a house in the country - with a horse barn and lots of room to roam. I could probably get a whole lot more land/house if it didn't sit on the shore of Lake Norman. but...it's nice to dream and maybe I'll get this for our weekend get a way house.....
Sounds like a good dream doesn't it????/


Saturday, February 14, 2009

Hair today, Gone today

Well, after it took almost half an hour to un-snarle her hair this morning - i asked Delaney again if she wanted her hair cut - she said yes.....so I'm doing it in reverse mode- this is her hair short with the new red coloring ( I did mine and she wanted her's done to!)
Here she is with her hair color in! she really wanted to have it done just like Mom.....


Here it is - all the hair - we are measuring to make sure we get the 10 inches of hair that locks of love needs...... we cut off 12 inches.....
I can't believe we actually cut her hair off!!!!!! I had to do it before I chickend out...

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Gabriel's 7 year Pictures

I don't remember if i've shared any of these pictures with you. At various times during the year, I decide that my family hasn't been tortured enough with all the picture taking at home, so I haul them off to my favorite "Portrait Innovations" and my favorite photographer there, Emily. She's been taking pictures for us since before Delaney was born. It all depends on the bribery. The time before this - i hit on the PERFECT bribe. Monkey Joe's. Its a big building filled with inflatable slides, etc and the kids love it. So, they behave and smile, they go to Monkey Joe's. I've learned that being a parent is a fine line between what you have learned, and how you can bribe your kids. This is a picture I like of Gabriel- he's getting to be such a big kid (sob). I can hardly believe he's seven.
Then again, don't even get me started on Delaney - she's four. She'll be going to school this year. If only I could win th powerball so I could have a bigger house and afford a Nanny, then i might think about more, but since i don't see that happening, i guess i'll just sob some more when she goes off to school this year. Here they are together - acting like they like each other, at least for this moment. Actually, they aren't too bad. I just hope they continue to get along as they get older. And speaking of getting older, we're off to Cici's pizza night for Gabriel's school. As soon as we get his reading and spelling done that is.


Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Then and Now

When I went back through some of my pictures from last year - I came across these- from a hike at Lake Norman State Park on February 3, 2007. Amazing that almost exactly a year later, we're back at the park with nice weather doing another hike. I did remember this hike and picture and looked for that same tree, but couldn't find it, so we settled on this new one we found. Thankfully there was a tree with a couple forks in it, i put my small backpack in and then put my camera on top to take the picture. At least i didn't trip running from the camera to the tree to get in before the timer went off.

We won't go into detail about what I think of myself in this years picture. I'll just focus on the kids. Boy can you tell Gabriel has filled out! From my skinny mini kid last year to skipping pant sizes this year! And Delaney - she's looking less the toddler and more the little girl. I can't believe we'll be signing her up for Kindergarten this spring.
So, I hope you enjoy the comparison - well, except for me, don't go there.
Note to self - baggy sweatshirt and hiding partially behind husband is MUCH more flattering.....

Sunday, February 8, 2009

From Snowflakes to NO flakes

It's hard to believe when its this warm today, that just thee days ago it snowed and the high was only 30. BRRRRR. and now? no coats, could have worn short sleeves and we're going on a hike. This is what i like about winters in North Carolina.
Here are the kids and Dad. And yes, i'm always there with my camera

Gabriel and Delaney had fun on the trampoline after swim lessons on Saturday. What can we say be we need a few more days of weather like this.


Wednesday, February 4, 2009

On a night when they predicted it would barely give us a flurry

Well, they predicted that we would be lucky to see even a flurry. So imagine my surprise when Randy called and said " have you looked outside" and YEA it was SNOWING. As you can see from Kavik, they were the BIG FAT flakes that were coming down. So, as quick as you could possibly be when trying to suit up two kids in some sort of fashion to keep them warm, we headd outside (and after i grabbed my camera). The kids loved it and soon meet up with the girls next door for a snowball/tag game.
I just love this picture, one running one way, on running the other - and you can just tell they are having so much fun! I took as many pictures as i could until it got too dark and my camera just couldn't tell what is was supposed to focus on anymore.


Here are the happy kids. It finally snowed enough that they could go out and play, AND it was enough that the wimps down here closed school for the day. It was also COLD enough that the snow was/is still here right now. And well, I enjoyed the impromptu day off thanks to school being closed. (of course, no built in snow days down here, so they'll have to make it up somewhere)
So, may we say, let it snow let it snow let it snow.