Snow Day

Walk to the park
Stephen and I went on a hike in the woods to get to the neighborhood park. Below are some photos/videos of our little adventure. What fun and how wonderful to wake up to such a great view the day after Christmas.  




Snow around the house
Here are a few photos/video I took first thing in the morning. 

Carolina Beach Vacation

This is a shot of the boardwalk taken from the beach. The kids loved the boardwalk games, even though Stephen won one and the guy refused to give him the big prize.... But, we enjoyed our time togather and I have some shots of the landscape and family. Check them out

Photo slide show

Finding time....

Here are some photos of the dinosaur trail:

I am finding it harder and harder to remember to take pictures, upload them, and write blog posts to share and archive family events. Time slips by so fast with work and family activities. I am afraid I will wake up and be 50, not knowing where the time went..... Nothing wrong with being 50. It is just that "fun" with people your own age seems harder and harder to fit into all the work and family responsibility.

But, this week I took advantage of some alone time with my kids.

My 5 year old went out to dinner and then church choir with me last week. As we ate, she hugged me and told me how special it was to go out just the two of us...

I took my 7 year old to the museum of life and science. It snowed the previous night, so he got a kick out of the dinosaurs with snow on them. We also spent an hour building contraptions in the museum. I love watching him try and figure out how to build something, he is very much a visual person.

Asheville Vacation

We went to the mountains for 7 full days. Stayed in a nice cabin and had lots of fun! Below are a few pictures of our stay.

Click here to view 4 albums from our Mountain Vacation. Also, click on each picture for a larger view.

Here is a cool picture of Biltmore. I have a few others, this is the best outside shot. I took a picture of the dinning room and a security guy told me to put the camera away. It is a nice shot, even though I was not aware no picture taking was allowed.
I took this pictures right before Chloe took Stephen down in a headlock. The background was an accident but a good one!

This waterfall was right off the highway. Stephen was 3 years old the last time we visited it.

I spent two hours one morning waiting for the sun to come up and find a few good mountain pictures. I took a picture of this church with the clouds in the background. It was ok, but I tinted the picture and think this made it more interesting.

This was taken at Biltmore. We never made it through the gardens. Kids were running around after being so good in the house, but here was a nice shot.

Chimney Rock is a cool place to go, I love this shot. Lots more in the photo gallery.

Click here to view 4 albums from our Mountain Vacation and other albums.

Nature photo shoot

We went to visit Caitlyn in Asheville NC a few weeks ago. I got some great nature and kids photos. Caitlyn was not in these....We forgot to take pictures when we were on campus.

We are going to a Duke football game tonight and then camping with the scouts, so more pictures soon.

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