Paul's coastal sunrise pics

Paul spent a week at Fort Fisher, NC doing some training with the NG. He snapped these pictures from his balcony at the hotel. Enjoy!!!! I wish I were there now, of course without any kids, in a hammock with a large fruity drink!!! :)

Our fall weekend

We are in love with our house and we knew that it would be a lot of work, especially in the yard. We have nearly an acre of land and a lot of grass and several HUGE trees. We have been watching the leaves fall for several weeks and honestly I just couldn't get my head wrapped around how we could rake this many leaves. But somehow we have. We spent the better part of the last two days raking and hauling leaves to the curb. Whew, now we have a 3 foot mountain of leaves that stretches for about 30 feet. We are exhausted. Plus Paul and his Dad cut down two crape myrtles in the front that have been allowed to grow too large and did not bloom this year. Here are a few pictures from this weekend. Thanks Bill & Judy for helping us clean up our yard.

Our three pea pods!

The boys have all worn the same Halloween costume for their first Halloween. I am so glad that I held onto the costume as I love that they all have the same picture on the couch. This year I pulled out the costume a few hours before we left. I am glad that I did because someone (a big brother) had pulled off the peas. So out came the hot glue gun and now the costume looks just as it did 6 years ago! Whew!

Joey was only 7 weeks old for his first Halloween. He screamed the entire time while wearing this costume. Check out Anna as a cheerleader!!!



Ben's first Halloween was in Albuquerque. He was 6 months old and enjoyed the costume far more than Joey.



And here are a few shots of Matthew. He definitely filled out the costume better than either of his brothers! Of course he is now 10 months old so that helps quite a bit!

Trick or Treat

We had a great time trick or treating last night. We didn't hit too many houses which is good because we already have plenty of candy. Plus Paul and I don't need any more to have to eat. ;)

Paul and Anna pulled off Miley Cyrus & Billy Ray. Anna was referred to as Paul's wife several times during the evening. This really freaked her out and insulted me to be quite honest! We started calling her Miley Lynn Spears when she was pushing Matthew around in the stroller.





The boys were Power Rangers with light sabers. Matthew was a pea in the pod, and to be quite honest he was the cutest pea in the pod ever on the face of the Earth!

Happy Halloween

We are still undecided in our house as to what everyone will be on Friday. Anna and Paul hope to pull off Hannah Montana and Billy Ray. Matthew will be a pea in the pod, like everyone other brother on their first Halloween. Joey is waffling between a Power Ranger, pirate or ninja. Ben is deciding between and Power Ranger or Buzz. So, we shall see, every day the boys change their mind. But here is a cute pic from my Mom's house recently.



Construction has started in the basement and we are all very happy about it. Hopefully it will be finished in less than a month. We essentially lost all the flooring and a lot of the walls due to a flood we had in July (our fridge leaked while we were at the beach).

Matthew is now standing and is very proud of himself. He cruises around so fast it is amazing!

Paul's Reunion

Paul had a great time this weekend at West Point for his 10 year reunion. I wish I could have gone with him but Matthew and I aren't ready for a weekend apart yet. So, hopefully we will go up together for his 15 or 20. Here are just a few shots from the football stadium and around the campus.

Catawba Science Center

This morning we worked on some school work. Joey has just started to read and so I am trying to work with him quite a bit. He has read a Bob book and another similar type book on his own.

We of course had to get out of the house because I am no good at staying home. So we went to our awesome science center to check out a new construction exhibit. Well that was right up the boys alley. We spent three hours there and finally were kicked out at closing. The centrifuge machine and conveyor belt were the boys favorite things to do.

Hurrah, Paul will be home later tonight, we can't wait!