if you are my facebook friend, then you are no doubt aware that we’ve been at the beach for the last week. just in case you’re not, i’ll be posting some pics and stories here. 🙂 on sunday, we woke up. loaded up. and hit the road for myrtle beach. the ride seemed incredibly long. […]
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tanglewood play day.
on saturday, we decided to get out and do something outdoors. as a family. wanting to avoid any memorial day crowds, or spend a lot of (any) money, we decided to stay rather low key. so, we headed over to tanglewood park. first, we went to the bigger playground, since we had just been to […]
summer so far.
we’ve had a number of popsicles. we made a sidewalk chalk town. complete with target. played with/in the sand and water table. we went to a concert in the park followed by ice cream at alex’s. (with my kid’s favorite person in the universe, nadia)…. derek built a swing set for the lid kids, so […]
nine.
nine years ago today, this happened. it was unseasonably cold. and rainy. but, made for great pictures. (my brother jake, when he was the cutest kid on earth.) ps. that’s the moses cone manor house on the blue ridge parkway, if you’re thinking it looks familiar. 🙂
florida. part 1. st. pete.
sheesh. i had really hoped to post some stuff sooner. get ready for a barrage of blogging from me. first up: two fridays ago, we loaded up and headed to swampy florida. for christmas this past year, derek’s parents gave both of their kids (and respective grandchildren) some free accommodations in orlando, and some cash […]
pre-thanksgiving family R&R
just got back from spending a week in banner elk, nc. it was lazy. and restful. and fun. here are the pics on picasa. click on any of them to go see all 89 pictures. blue ridge village
a design wall for the quilt dungeon.
a long long long time ago, i bought a big pack of fabric (amy butler, soul blossom, fat quarters – if you’re interested). i began to slowly work on a king size quilt for our bed. it’s sort of a background project. something to work on mindlessly when i have just a few minutes or […]
patterson farms, volume 3.
on saturday, we made our annual(ish) trek to patterson farms for some fun pumpkin-y, autumn-y, outdoors-y activities. i posted about 100 picture in picasa. here’s five. click on any to be taken away to my picasa site… patterson farms and if you’re interested, last year’s pics are here. and our first trip is here.
great wolf lodge getaway
on wednesday night, derek surprised me and the lid kids with a getaway to great wolf lodge in concord (charlotte). i was quite nervous at first, since isaac barely likes the pool. or, hates the pool. same thing. and anna is still quite small for water slides and the like. but, we had some backup […]
derek’s last day in town
we put derek on a plane back to winston-salem today. well, greensboro. by way of washington, dc. which is where he is right now, because his flight keeps getting delayed. poor fellow. we had a pretty low key morning, while derek spent his last hours with the lid kids before his departure. we began by […]