Celebrating T!

The very next weekend in November the ladies in our family went down to the beach to celebrate my sister-in-law's end of year long breast cancer treatment! It was a beautiful weekend at the beach full of lots of love and laughter.(good food, too!)

My mom was on cloud nine all weekend with her girls in one place together, which doesn't happen nearly as often as we all would like.

T, my sister-in-law, did so well during her treatments and continues to be one of the most optimistic people I know! We could all learn a lot from her.

This little lady below kept us on our toes and laughing at her antics! She is my nephew's little girl and totally precious.

JM's 21st Birthday!

I am SO behind in my blogging. JM celebrated his 21st birthday on November 13th! I cannot believe this guy is 21 and only has one more year of college to go.

JM, I am so happy you were born! 

Merry Christmas!

Our family would like to wish you a very, merry Christmas! We are blessed beyond measure by the love we share and the relationships we hold dear.  God is good, all the time. Merry Christmas, indeed!

C's Birthday Weekend

C's birthday was on Friday.  She and G came to town for the weekend so we could celebrate!  JM and J were here because it was their fall break from school.  We enjoyed dinner out and then carrot cake at home that I made for her.  I can't believe I didn't get a picture of that, though!

I  love it when these four are home; it makes me very happy!  They always make me laugh with their constant goings on!

She was just as precious and spunky then as she is now! Happy birthday, C!  We love you!

NYC

Hubs and I took JM and J to NYC for a few days in July.  C and G had to work and couldn't join us.  We had a lot of fun in the big apple! Spiderman was on the agenda, which was chock full of stunts and flying.  We ate way too much good food! One of my favorite spots is Sarabeth's for breakfast.  Dinner one night was at Quality Meats on 58th Street, so delicious!

Traveling with these three is always an adventure!

End of Summer

This is Henry with his best friend at the beach, Raleigh.  They love each other so much!

I have been such a blogger slouch! Wow, I haven't posted since June. Something HAS to be done about that.  We had a great summer with the boys both home from school.  They both worked a lot and were busy.  It was SO good to have them here.  Now they are back in full swing with classes and such.  We enjoyed having them all at the beach this past weekend. C and G were also able to come, along with my mom. I will try not to stay away so long this time.

Happy Day!

Sunday was a big day in our family.  We celebrated Father's Day, of course.  But, it was also hubby's birthday and our 29th anniversary!  Everyone was home, which is always the best.  We asked how he wanted to spend his day, and you can see it was very relaxing and low key- a great day!

This is just after the guys enjoyed a round of golf.

What a blessing hubby is to us!

It was a gorgeous day.

Happy birthday, Dad- we love you!

We enjoyed ice cream cookie sandwiches by the pool-yum! 

Then, we went home to watch UNC play NCSU in the CWS.  

I expect we will be watching tonight as the Heels take on the Pack again(Dad went to NCSU and all four kids went/go to UNC-always an interesting matchup at our house) 

Here's to the next 29 years!