Salem Salamander Fun Run!

The kids are getting in on the running action too! They participated in the Salem Fun Run to raise money to fix things around their school.  They did awesome!!

Group Therapy

 The past 6 months I have been in "Group Therapy". Four days a week I lace up my running shoes and head out with my girls for a "therapy" session.  This group has been food for my soul. We laugh, cry, share, and run our little butts off. After months of therapy training we completed the City of Oaks Half Marathon. Couldn't feel more blessed to have found these gals, or to have the super support from the kids and Nathan. 

Before the race...all smiles!!

We did it!

More Summer Pics...

so the problem with having an iPhone and a Droid is making sure my wife gets all the photos from my phone...

we spent a lot of time at the baseball and softball fields...

beautiful Carolina blue skies!

diggers!!!

here the boys intently watching Jacob play ball

 Drew mesmarized by a mini-ball from Gettysburg

 one of my favorite photos... Jacob in awe of the North Carolina Monument

 the North Carolina Monument

 Stan the man showing us where the Texans and Alabamians stormed Little Road Top

 views from the top of the NY State Monument

 one of the cannons

 Union calvary in action... kids really enjoyed this

 think she wants a horse now...

 Matty hiding in Devil's Den

 kids explored Devil's Den all afternoon...

 amazing view

 love them hairnets...

 wow... now that's a bar of chocolate

Spooky Times!

Happy Halloween!!

Pwweeesse!

Can you find Matty's teeny tiny jack-o-lateen next to the Civil War Soldier (upper right) and the Cyclops (lower right)... 

Drew a proud Union soldier at his Halloween Parade here in the South...

awe...

protecting the cattle (and candy...)

 the snakes in Medusa's Rachel's hair glow...

More Candy!!!

Survival Mode!

We are still here!! A lot going on as you will see below but here is a glimpse of what we have survived the last few months!!

We survived Rachel's first major school project!!! Map of NC, complete with mountain, piedmont and coastal regions!! 

We survived a broken foot!! When the doctor said "ABSOLUTELY NO WEIGHT BEARING" I  cried smiled and said ok doc : ) 

But we made it work, with giant spiderman coloring guys!!!

Cast #2! They actually saw off the old cast, to then X-ray again, and then tell you "ABSOLUTELY NO WEIGHT BEARING" again....just in case you are wondering what the process is. 

Then you get to go and get Cast #2 sawed off and they give you this cool black boot and say "YOU  CAN  WALK NOW" but your 4 year old thinks it was pretty cool to get carried around all the time so you have to retrain him.

SURVIVING.....need I say more? 

Drew is doing EXACTLY what everyone in the store wanted to do........

We survived Gettysburg!! And had an awesome time!!

Matty redeemed himself with this one

One of my favorite pics EVER

Hershey make your own chocolate bar! I'm pretty sure you can buy these at the Food Lion up the road.........
Kids had a good time but honestly, they talk non-stop about Gettysburg and haven't mentioned Hershey even once!

Jacob got the game ball for being a "great leader and showing good sportsmanship"

Skip Its!! It's going to be a great season!! Rachel is doing some amazing stuff!!! Will try and post a video next time I get one

Softball!! We had a great season and a great group of girls. Won the regular season and got Runner Up in the tournament. This is our girl mid swing!