Strasburg Railroad

Peggy, Broedy, Elizabeth, Ethan, Seth, and me riding the Strasburg Railroad in Pennsylvania.

Ethan and Seth getting ready to take their first train ride.

Broedy, Elizabeth, Ethan, and Seth on the little red caboose.

Seth loved seeing all the cows and horses on the train ride.

Ethan's favorite part of the train ride was when the conductor came around to collect everyone's tickets.

Here I am with my two favorite boys in the whole wide world.

Seth and Broedy riding the little crank cars.

Ethan riding the crank cars.

Seth and Tim riding an elephant at the circus.

Seth was so excited to ride that elephant! He ran right up the stairs and practically jumped on all by himself. He was smiling the entire ride.

Tim's Graduation

Tim graduated as a Warrant Officer on May 20 in Quantico, Virginia. Here we all are together on his graduation day.

Tim and the boys all looking so handsome.

Tim and Ethan.

Tim and Seth.

Happy Easter

Ethan, Seth, and Nate with the Easter Bunny. They were much more excited to sit on Santa's lap. They thought the bunny was a little creepy. I guess I don't blame them.

Seth really concentrating on dyeing his eggs.

Ethan showing off his Dora egg.

My little angels!

The Easter bunny was good to the boys this year.

Seth showing his eggs (and his blue hands).

I have to admit the Easter egg dyeing made me a little nervous. I don't enjoy messes! But I survived and the boys loved it, so it was well worth any mess.

Tim and the boys.

I just love these pics of the two of them together.

Spring Visitors

Emily and Nate came out to stay with me and the boys from the middle of Feb. until the end of March. We were SO happy to have them with us for so long. Then, Wade and Ross came to hang out with us during their week of spring break. We all had fun on the beach!

Emily and Nate were with us on my 31st birthday. Em got me my favorite 7-layer chocolate cake from Mike's Farm. She also got me gift cards for a massage and manicure AND she watched the boys all weekend, so Tim and I could actually go out alone for a change. Thanks, Em! You're the best sister in the world!!!

Ross, Wade, Ethan, and Seth at the Fort Fisher Aquarium.

Emily and the boys at the beach. It was a little chilly that day!

Emily and baby Nate. I can't believe how big he is!

Nate really warmed up to Ross.

Rub-a-dub-dub, the three cutest boys in the world in a tub!

Emily, Wade, and Ross had lots of good Nerf gun fights. Emily had Ross right where she wanted him.

Nate taking a spin in my car. How cute is his smile!

Here we are riding on a sting ray at the aquarium.

The boys love this picture of all of us inside the shark's mouth.

Seth's 3rd Birthday

I can't believe my little baby is three years old! He chose a Little Einsteins cake this year.

Thank you, Mimi, for the train table!!! The boys are absolutely thrilled to have their very own train table.

And thank you, Mimi, for the air hockey table! Tim cut the table legs, so it is the perfect size for the boys. They love it!

Aunt Emily and baby Nate are staying with us until the end of March, so they got to be here with us for Seth's birthday. They got the boys this little McDonalds. The boys pretend they are ordering at the drive-thru all the time.

The boys got a Home Depot work bench complete with all sorts of cool power tools. Seth's favorite thing is definitely the goggles.

Nate liked helping Seth unwrap all of his gifts.

Seth really likes music and instruments, so he got a little drum set.

More instruments: a SpongeBob guitar.

The boys are actually really good at playing this game.

Here is the whole fam on Seth's birthday. I wanted Em and Nate in the picture too, but Emily refused because she didn't have her hair done and her make-up on!!!

Blizzard in Pennsylvania

The boys and I spent a week in Morgantown, Pennsylvania with our super awesome friends, the Belgardes. Of course the biggest blizzard ever had to come while we were there! Here are Ethan and Seth in about 18 inches of snow. It was still snowing at that point and we ended up gettting even a little more. Then, a couple days after we left, they got another foot of snow. Crazy!

Seth, my little snow angel.

Ethan had a blast shoveling the snow. He was outside for over an hour "helping" Bruce shovel the snow.

Seth digging a path, so he could walk through the snow. He kept getting stuck and would say, "Somebody help me! I'm stuck in the snow."

Here are all the kids: Broedy, Elizabeth, Ethan, and Seth. This picture was taken the day after we arrived. We only got a tiny accumulation of 6 inches that day. The big blizzard came a few days later.

Ethan making a snow angel.

Seth making a snow angel.

The kids playing in the snow.

Ethan having a little snow snack. We made snow ice cream with the kids and it was pretty good. I had never had it before.

Peggy surveying the damage!