monkey in the park

Fun in SD; Sunny California

Baby Muddy

We went to visit our new kitten...she is so cute!

Ballet

The Dance

Hayley love's Ballet and she look's so pretty!

School has started

The girls are enjoying school and their teachers this year. Hayley is now in the second grade, she enjoys art, music, ice skating and ballet. Abbie is in fifth grade and enjoys reading, swimming and soccer. She has a job this year at school to raise and lower the flag each day.

"Double Digit Midget"

Abbie is now 10, She had a fun day playing with all her friends.

Turtle Rescue

This is a mystery print we found along the beach early in the morning...wonder what it could be?

Monday afternoon we headed down to top sail beach to see the sea turtle rescue site. I have to say we almost did not make it, when we woke up Monday morning it was down pouring. Being that we had the dog booked for the night at the kennel and the camping gear packed, we decided to brave it. Yes it rained the entire drive and sporadically when we got there.

The turtles are very interesting, Abbie has had an interest in them for a few years, they nest along the shores of North Carolina beaches where we camp.

We did get our tent up that evening and thankfully it stayed dry. However a few of our sleeping essentials did get wet and lucky us we had a dryer in the camp ground. Tuesday morning was beautiful and we spent the entire day on the beach. The waves were perfect for the boogie board and Abbie had me laughing about how fun it is to ride the waves.

North Carolina Zoo

Last week we went to the ZOO. Hayley had saved up her Charity money and wanted to adopt a polar bear. Last time we went to the zoo the polar bear we saw was rescued from the circus and not doing very well, so Hayley wanted to help out. The polar bear was asleep and we just saw his back. No picture this time! The North Carolina Zoo is working on making the polar bear habitat larger with a den to house mother bears. I've tried to put the link on so you can check it out! Click on the North Carolina Zoo at the top and you can see the polar bear story.

We enjoyed the day!

This is part of the new Bee exibit.

Wake Pool

We hope everyone had a relaxing 4th of July!

The girls and I came across this wake board pool the other day and thought it looked fun... or you may say dangerous! Well it's not so easy. This is Abbie's second day of trying it and she's not to bad. We have to work on getting the water to fill up just right and practice. I think she will make it across the entire pool in no time. It also makes a nice slip-in-slide.

Fun at the beach

Abbie and Hannah

Haleigh, Hayley, Hannah and Abbie

Haleigh, Hannah and Abbie

Abbie and Haleigh

Hannah and Hayley

We had a good time on our first camp out to the beach., it was the perfect place to start off our summer vacation.

Weekend at the Beach

Camping

Just a little news for some of you....June 10th was my last day of work and the girls finished school on the 11th. I have decided to go back to school this Fall and with my job deciding to rotate our shifts, the cost of the summer program and Tim being gone I just decided I would resine my position and stay home with the girls for the summer.

So we dicided to take our first weekend trip to the beach, We packed up our tent and beach wear, invited our good friends(who's Dad is with our Dad) and had a girls camping trip. Everything went well and we had a wonderful time!

Spring Piano Recital

This is out in the public Hayley...

and this is at home Hayley =)

Hayley had a little piano recital, she played Big Ben Waltz, and a Duet with her teacher of Jesus Loves Me. Unfortunately, my batteries ran dead and we did not capture it all. To my surprise Hayley was willing to play Jesus Loves Me at church the following Sunday. For being so quiet she does well on stage.

Huge Swim Meet!

Abbie participated in the National Black Heritage Swim Championship meet in Cary North Carolina. Lots of kids swimming...she swam two days in all strokes and dropped her time in everything. Way to go Abbie!

Cullen Jones the Olympic Gold Medalist autographed Abbie's heat winner cap.

My Little Annie

Spring ice show

So most of you know Hayley is the child who never talks to anyone...she has this shy thing down pat. I've honestly decided it's all an act that she plays the part of very well. Anyways, Hayley performed in the spring ice skating show as Annie to the music The Sun will come out Tomorrow. So, we tried everything to get her to smile during rehearsal...we just got a very small fake smile. However when she's at home she ice skates in her socks all over the kitchen floor with the biggest smile ever!
Here she is in bad lighting with the biggest smile on the inside...

Some fun pictures

A nice picture of Tim and the girls in our back yard.

Abbie and her friend Kaitlin after playing in the mud hole, out in the woods behind the house.

Our dog Otto...What a good boy!

Hay who's this? It's just a wig we picked up for Hayley's show. Tim dared me to where it to work, but I chickened out. The girls at work got a good laugh at the picture though.

A Day at the Zoo

We had a fun day at the Zoo this winter. The girls are so silly while playing at the zoo, we love to go on a nice winter day with no crowds. Hayley enjoyed the Polar Bear and has decided to give her charity money this year to him. Nice cause and we will be able to visit him often.