What else is new?

I have done most of the major events over the last few months.  But there are still a few new things going on.  And not to miss an opportunity to do a good post of bulleted updates... here you go!

• Hana learned to ride her bike with out training wheels!
• Hana still doens't have ANY loose teeth :(
• We have been strawberry picking... 
• And ate some yummy ice cream :) 
• We also picked blueberries today!
• I interviewed for a teaching job at a christian school here.  I didn't get it, but we are going to put Madeline in the preschool there and I am hoping to sub!
•  I took Hana and Brooke out (separately) for a Mommy and Me date.  It was so fun!! We went to dinner and then went to a girlie store here and got their makeup, nails, and hair done :) Brooke LOVED it!! 
• We have been to the beach many times... on this particular time Brooke and Madeline thought it would be fun to stick their heads in buckets :)
•  Brooke had a field trip that ended in a butterfly garden
•  Our pool is finally open and the girls love it!!!

OK :) that is all for now!! I'm back!

Asheville with the girls :)

A couple of weekends ago, I went to Asheville with my mom and sister.  We had a girls weekend.  It was a blast! We went on a zip-line and did some hiking.  It was such a fun time for all of us to spend together. 

Pre-zipline 

 

Up in the trees :)

Hiking!

Man, those mountain streams are COLD!!

Thanks ladies for a GREAT weekend :)

Easter egg dying and Reserection rolls :)

On Good Friday we made Resurrection rolls.  I had never heard of these, but they were great!! Here is the recipe if you are interested.  It also gives the verses to go along with each part.  You wrap a marshmallow (Jesus) in crescent rolls (adding other things too) then when you bake them the marshmallow is gone! Just like Jesus! Madeline was very surprised!! It was really cute :)

On Easter day, we decorated eggs.  Our church has lots of services this year to make room for all of the people that come (like 9500 people!!), so we went to church on Saturday night.  Which is great, but doesn't leave us much to do on Easter day.  We went to breakfast (this year we went to the new IHop close to us... we wont go there again!) and then we dyed eggs! Always fun!!

He is risen!!

Easter egg hunts

This year the girls got to do several Easter Egg hunts.  The older two both had a hunt in their classrooms and then we went to one as a family.
Brooke's hunt was at a park close to her school.  They had to find eggs with numbers from 1 to 9 in order (I thought it was a really cute idea!).

Then I went to a hunt for Hana's class.

 On another day, we went to a local hunt as a family :)

Happy Easter Egg hunting!

Veggie Tales LIVE!

March 30, 2012

We got the girls tickets (in December) to see Veggie Tales.  We were really excited about taking them! They had a good time.  Maybe not quite as much fun as I thought they would have, but they did enjoy it.  They were very into it, until the intermission.  The intermission was WAY too long.  After it, they were a little bit over it.  It was still a good show, lots of cute songs!

Bob and Larry :)

Junior and a guy that looks like Mark Foland :)

 

The girls watching...

Brooke is 5 and has a dragon party :)

March 21, 2012

Brookie is 5! Crazy!  On her actual birthday she opened presents from us.  She got a small doll and a dog from American Girl (with her big party, we weren't quite ready to get her a big one!)

One of her favorite presents... a big red dragon!!

Another of her favorite presents... a scooter!!

Then it was party time!! I made every kid at the party their own dragon tail (which took me MONTHS!).  They were a hit!! The kids were happy to wear them for the party and after!!

The VERY SPECIAL dragon tails!

Decorating dragon eggs :)

On the dragon egg hunt!

The very impressive dragon cake (thanks Nana!!)

And do you notice the dragon clip in Brooke's hair?? That is how girls do a dragon party!!

Happy 5th Brooke birthday!! I hope you enjoyed the dragon party :) I certainly enjoyed planning it!!

Wrightsville Beach Half

March 18, 2012

I ran my 3rd half!  The weather was not great, it was rainy/ misty and it was hot at the beginning and chilly by the end... go figure!! The start was a little chaotic, but once it got started it was good :)  I felt like we were going at a great pace.  I felt really good.  The run was tough but good.  Then I checked my watch with about .5 miles to go and I knew that we were not going to make it in a time that I wanted.  Our time was fine... 2:07:20 which is exactly 4 SECONDS faster than last year.  I guess I am happy to know that it was faster, but come on!! That was my only complaint.  I was disappointed that after, what felt like a great race, my time wasn't faster than it was.  Oh well! I guess there is always next year :)

 Corina and I (my fab running partner)

Emily and I (her first half)

 

The wonderful ladies I trained with (some of them)

The girls wearing my THREE medals :)