My Massive Bi-Annual Blog Post

So this massive long post that will be completely unorganized is dedicated to Shelby Moore:-) It's a catch up from September to Christmas. It was going to be way too complicated to reorder all these pictures...

Christmas Day was spent opening presents and also Justin finally loosing his 2 bottom teeth. He'd had his perm. one coming in behind for quite some time so I was glad to see the baby tooth finally gone.
We spent the 23rd and 24th of December at the best place on earth, The Great Wolf Lodge. We have one here in Charlotte, NC and it was so much fun for all of us. It may become a family tradition at Christmas Time now.

Case was having so much fun watching the "snow" fall in the lobby and listen to story time before bed. So I know the rest of them don't look good in this picture but I did so it made the cut!

Justin and Case got to color and decorate there own T-shirt and Bag.

They also got a "Build A Wolf" too.

There is an 85 degree year round water park at this place. So much fun and something for every age. Justin finally went down the water slide. He was really proud.

Case I think spent the whole time on this Jet Ski. He also loved the wave pool.

Me and Case getting dry and warmed up for a minute.

So it snowed the week before Christmas. The boys loved it but I really just don't like snow. Never have...as a side note...why can't Loren take 1 good picture?

Case did not want to come inside

Poor kid had plastic bags up his leg to keep him dry. We really should get snow gear sometime.

I had my friend Gina take some pictures of the boys for our Christmas Cards. Case was a totally Punk the whole time!

This picture below was chosen for our Christmas Card. It really just shows Case in his true colors!

For Justin's 6th Birthday Party we had some boys over to make Marshmellow Guns. They had so much fun shooting them...Loren of course had to use his air compressor. I told him it was an unfair advantage. Besides, it really hurt to get hit with that thing!

The boys thought it was pretty cool.

My mom and brother Ben and family came to visit during Halloween.

Poor Case got a repeat costume from Justin when he was that size. I'll do better next year!

We went to a pumpkin patch back in October. It was really nice just to hang out with the family.

They had a corn pit to play in

I really liked this picture of me and Case

Justin took a 4 week Lego class this past Fall at the Science Center. He really loved it!

He learned all about levers and wheels and how to make things rotate.

So this is the end of my HUGE Blog post. Sorry for neglecting it. I'll "try" to do better. Facebook has ruined my blogyness :-)

Justin's first day of Kindergarten!!

Justin started Kindergarten on August 25th! It was a happy day!! Here's the table he started out at with more boys than girls on it...however I just went to Orientation tonight and he was moved and sits by a girl. That would explain the I hate sitting by girls comment for the past week:-)

Pointing to his name on the door.

That morning getting ready to walk to school. He was so excited. He makes his own lunch every morning and he has adding vacuming to his chore chart. He is getting so big and I'm so proud of him! He's been waiting for Kindergarten for a year now. Ever since his 2 cousins, Porter and Preston starting last year it's been killing him not going to.

Case Turns 2!!

Case turned 2 on August 7th!! We were totally lame and didn't do any kind of a "party" He got some geo trax's and a Jr. Tag Reader with all his birthday money.

Justin was really disappointed that I didn't make a cake and the one that I bought was too small. And someone pointed out on Facebook when I posted this picture there that Case needs his own "Special Day" Plate! So Nana Kern needs to work on that since she got Justin one:-)
Loren had a day off that week so we went to the Transportation Museum in Salisbury, NC and rode a train and saw lots of old cars, trains, and buses.

I really do have 3 handsome boys don't I?

Loren's Race

I went to St. Loius Race with my brother Ben. He were awake for over 24 hours that trip but it was worth it! We left at 7am and drove 5 hours there to hang out all day for qualifying and then the race that night. Here's Loren getting ready for the race to start. We're at the pit box already and he is weighing the gas cans. They hold around 11 or 12 gallons and weigh 85 pounds. He'll wiegh them before and after a pit stop.
Me and Loren during the race hanging out waiting for a pit stop. I got to wear some headphones and listen to the driver, crew chief, and spotter. It's the only way to watch a race!

Just hanging around waiting for something to do.

Man he's sexy:-)...good thing he doesn't read this blog or he'd kill me for saying that:-)

This is a video of one of his pit stops. He doesn't go over the wall when the car gets there. He's the one squatting down with his butt to you:-)

Russell Sims Aquatic Center in Bowling Green, KY

We went to TN this summer for 4 weeks. While there a bunch of us went to the Aquatic Center in Bowling Green, KY. It's a great splash pad for younger kids! Justin with 3 of his cousins, Porter, Preston, & Gavin. He had so much fun playing with this boys all summer!

Liz and Kayea (if I spelled her name wrong don't yell at me:-)
Me and the boys


Kaleb and the back half of Preston

Gavin being silly

This little girl totally rules her world with that look!

Justin

Baby Emmett and his fat foot

Case

Justin again. Seriously this place is great for kids! We had a blast!!

June...

June 22nd was our 7 year Anniversary. We went out to dinner and that was about it. Not super exciting. I did get an excuse to dress up and actually do my hair into something besides a pony tail.

This is Justin and his friend Nicholas. He is out next door neighbor. Thank goodness for this kids this summer! He entertained Justin alot!! They both started Kindergarten together too...by the way...this bike is so old!!! It came from our barn in TN and Justin was washing it off. He can ride it though and that saved about $80 for a bigger bike.

Of course Case had to wash his bike too!

Justin was sent to Time Out and this is what I found 10 minutes later!