Let is SNOW!

We had a wish for snow this Christmas...well it's about 65 here in North Carolina today. We are still hopeful for snow, although it needs to be all cleared up by moving day!

Wishing you all a blessed New Year.

Someone's been good...

Ho, Ho, Ho, Abbie's out for a ride. This was very unexpected, and Abbie was not quite sure what this was...but the smile has not stopped. As some of you know electric toys have been a big no for us...just in the thought of the importance of peddling, balance, putting your own body in control of the action and so on and so forth. Well Abbie has mastered these skills many moon's ago and had plenty of time to wait on Hayley to get them. Well this year Santa stepped forward and thought it's time for Abbie to enjoy an electric ride. Here she goes...

Merry Christmas!

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Piano

Hayley is enjoying Piano, she loves to learn about the piano and the throery. All though she is not always willing to practice her piece...she enjoys playing what she likes. We have a small keyboard that she practices on at home, it's a bit different then the piano she played for this picture.

Piano Recital

Hayley started piano lessons just before school started. She was very nervous about doing a recital about a month ago, and kept telling me she was not going to do it. I'm glad she changed her mind.

Opening of show

This is a short clip of the opening to the Christmas ice skating show. Hayley is wearing a red dress with a white scarf...hope you find her!

Ice Skating Duet

The lighting on this is a mess however you can see Hayley's entire program. She is the one on the right.

Ice Skating Show

The last ice skating program Hayley was in. She is the last person in the row.

The Big Hike

This was a great 6mile loop we hiked. The only place we could get cell service was at the peek of this mountain, so if you got a brief call this was the booth.

The hike took us through many fun crossings, an old mountain home stead, a view of some rock climbers and a waterfall.

Camp life

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
We have held the tradition of camping in the mountains over the Holiday weekend. This year Tim decided to smoke a turkey, yum was it good. The camp ground was very nice with just a few campers and gazillion deer...just the way we like it.

Across from our site the girls had a great time playing and crossing the stream on a fallen tree.