Ladies Weekend

Alison, Christine, myself and Tarrah were all able to leave kiddos and hubbys behind this weekend and head all the way to Wrightsville Beach for a women's retreat...it was an amazing time filled with some tears...ok a lot of tears, lots of laughing and then we just had a bit of a crazy afternoon...I mean they gave us several hours to do whatever we wanted, ya know, nap, walk on the beach, window shop or

Get pierced! They didn't actually put that on the list of our options but I guess when 4 mommas get out for the weekend that's what happens:) I did indeed get my nose pierced which Lilly told me was awesome but not very beautiful:)

and my friend Alison got a utility bar...big OUCH! so here we are showing off our new jewelry:)

Pneumonia on the Mend

Well...no picture this time but just an update...it's been a crazy week to say the least and after 6 trips to the Dr., 3 antibiotics shots, one round of prednisone, one round of oral antibiotics, more breathing treatments than I can count, one bronchitis diagnosis, one chest x-ray to confirm pneumonia I think we are finally on the mend! Benjamin has been such a trooper and it has been heartbreaking to see him so tired all the time and just miserable, but the past few days we have seen our happy boy once again, even if just for a few moments of time he is still there, the smiles are just a little sick:) We are so thankful for God's protection over him and that our long list of things we have been through did not include a trip to the hospital! We'll be back to more pictures soon I'm sure!

Wiggly Raggedy Ann and the Angry Lion

Somewhere along the way Lilly decided she would be called Wiggly Raggedy Ann...don't know where the wiggly came from but it is ironically appropriate!

And Ben as we now know was at the beginning of not feeling well and the whole wear a lion costume thing did not help! Actually he was pretty stinkin' mad about the dressing up thing! It didn't help that he was dressed for a blizzard and it was 80 degrees outside:) So needless to say, the costume got ditched once we got pictures!

The traditional street shot with our fun friends! Can't believe how big they are all getting!

Lilly and her buddy and neighbor Maddie as the beautiful ballerina!

The Incredible Scott

Incredible Hulk and the Silver Surfer...both studs ready to take on a Crossfit workout! Sam is a trainer at Crossfit and invited Scott to a workout in the park superhero style for Halloween!

They had various pumpkin warm ups, lots of burpies...a torturous push up jumping combo thing, potato sack race and lots of other "fun" stuff!

Good form there buddy:)

and when all was said and done...the once Incredible Hulk looked a lot like my Incredible yet tired hubby Scott! Love ya baby...you are so much FUN!!!

Pumpkin Carvin' is GROSS!

We thought maybe this would be the year Lilly decided pumpkin carving was cool...well, she still thinks it is disgusting! At least she held parts of the pumpkin this year!

Ben touched the goo, made a face and he was over the whole pumpkin thing! But oh, look at those eyes...love his big brown eyes with those eyelashes that are to die for!

More pumpkin parts...tongue out = GROSS

And the final product...Lilly loved it! She did help pick out the seeds so we could roast them...but every time time she touched goo she said "gross, disgusting...right momma?"!

Fall Festival Day at Pre-School

I was so excited to go to school with Lilly last week for her fall festival day! They painted pumpkins, decorated cookies, went "fishing", found eggs and even "milked a cow"

Face Painted Beauty

Lilly and her best school bud Hallie

They also enjoyed a tractor ride around the soccer field:) Lilly, you are such a wonderful student and I loved getting to see how well you obey your teacher and how kind you are to your friends...I love you sweet girl!

P-I-T-I-F-U-L

This is little man getting a breathing treatment at home:( He came down with bronchitis this week and has been one very sick and miserable little boy. Today we went back to the Dr. for a follow up only to discover his lungs were getting better but he was on the verge of a trip to the hospital due to dehydration...poor little guy would not eat or drink anything! So we prayed and prayed this afternoon that he would drink drink drink and pee pee pee...all by 2:00...the deadline the Dr. gave us for a wet diaper or else...

We are happy to report.....drum roll please...he PEED!!! He is still one sick little man but hopefully the worst is over and we can get back to some smiles around here!

I Love her Face

I just love that Lilly is really starting to make faces...this is her self portrait and I LOVE it!!!

See the resemblance...this Momma does!

This is Sam

This is Scott's friend Sam

This is Sam's "New" car

This is Scott...a.k.a. Sam's motor

The End.

First Attempt with new Lens

Whew...take a camera off of auto and throw on a new for me lens and all of a sudden I have more not great pictures than great ones:) It is so much fun learning and I'm not always patient about it...but thankfully I have some pretty cute subjects!