I just realized that I've been tagged :)

The Rules:
1. Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People that are tagged write a blog post about their own 8 random things and post these rules.
3. At the end of your post tag 8 people and include their names. Don't forget to leave them a comment on their blog to tell them they've been tagged, and to comment back and read your blog for the whole story.

My 8 Random Facts
1. I drive around with a basket and a towel in my car just incase there is an injured animal. These geese crossing the street with their babies are freaking me out!
2. When I turn 30 I will have spent half of my life with Chris. <3
3. My favorite time of day is in the evenings when the whole family is together.
4. I love to watch the Food Network. <3 Paula Dean <3
5. I have been inspired after reading "Eat, Love, Pray" to go on her journey from Italy to India, and then to Indonesia. Probably will never happen, but I will settle for Italy. ;)
6. I desperately hope that Obama or Hillary will not be president!
7. I love carbs..all carbs..pasta, rice, bread,etc.. I would never be a good candidate for the Adkins diet. lol
8. I am sick of network reality shows!!

Memorial Day Weekend..

 
 
 
 
We had such a busy weekend! Elijah spent thursday-monday in Lake Gaston with a friend, so it was just me, Chris, and the girls. We went boat riding, strawberry picking, and to Busch Gardens. Out of all of the fun stuff we did, Chloe says that her favorite part of the weekend was spending time with her Aunt Leah. She babysat for us while we went out and celebrated my moms 49th birthday. Leah bought Isabella and Chloe shirts to celebrate Chloe pulling out a tooth :) They wore their shirts the next day when we went strawberry picking. It was a great weekend..I need another 3 day weekend to recover!

strange..

30 minutes before the earthquake in Sichuan people videotaped these colorful clouds. It is believed that they are from the gaseous particles released prior to the earthquake.

Jubilee

Me and Chris took the girls to the Jubilee for fireworks on Saturday. I forgot how crowded that place gets..especially on a Saturday night! I think the last time we actually braved the crowds and watched the fireworks was years ago when we took Leah and Colby. It was Colby's first time seeing fireworks and we found the perfect spot to sit. Well, it had been raining the day before so they had put down hay to cover the puddles. For some reason that night the fireworks were showering flaming ashes everywhere after they exploded. These ashes started to catch the hay around us on fire..it was insane..poor Colby was traumatized. Thank God nothing caught on fire this time!

 

Chloe decided to try to jumping thing which is just a law suit waiting to happen..but, she had a blast..

 

 

After the fireworks we watched the Gin Blossoms concert. It was a great night :o)

Field trip today!

 
I went with Chloe on her field trip to the Air and Space Museum today. It always freaks me out when I step onto a school bus, the smell brings me right back to my childhood..however, what I wasn't prepared for was the NOISE! It was a great trip though, I enjoyed hanging around all the kids. They crack me up :D

 
 
 

My first post :o)

Right now we are all really excited about school coming to and end and summer beginning...for all of us except me. I am taking a course this summer, Statistics (yuck), it is my last class for my associates degree and then it is off to ODU. I really enjoy going to school, getting away from the kids is hard for me but it helps me remember every now and then who I was before having children.
Chris has been really active this spring, he is either running with Lily, playing football with Elijah and the neighborhood kids, or doing yardwork with his little helper Isabella.
Isabella has seemed to have broken out of her shell lately. She has become very fond of her father and is on him like velcro when he comes home from work.
Elijah has had quite a year so far, he has played two seasons of soccer and is hoping to play tackle football in the fall...I am not so sure about that!
Chloe has had a pretty eventful year as well. She has made a lot of friends this year..every weekend she is at a sleepover at someone's house. She also has become really interested in drama,she's definitely a drama queen, so this might be the right track for her.