Fall Fun at the Woolly Worm Festival

Choosing the perfect Woolly Worm(Fuzzy Catepillar). I hope we get a fast one.

No Joke, there is an actual festival in Banner Elk, North Carolina in honor of this furry little creature. Everyone races their "wooly worm" up staged ropes for a grand prize of $1,000. Quite a sum for such a little guy.

Corn Chex and Ketchup?

Maycie's unusual snack request of corn chex and ketchup. She must get her delicate palate from her dad.

My Favorite Sound

I'm listening to my favorite sound, which is my three children playing harmoniously together. How blessed I am.

Dancing Queens

Not-so-good Mom Moment

Today I'd been a bit grumpy and I'm afraid I took it out on the kids a bit. My patience level was nearly non existent. However, Maycie quickly humbled me. Tonight as I was putting her to bed, with big blue puppy dog eyes and in her sweetest voice she said, "Mom, tomorrow will you please not be so mad?" OUCH!! Right to the heart. I promise I'll be better tomorrow. Thank goodness kids are so darn forgiving.

Good Mom Moment

I love my kids. They can be so sweet to each other. The other day Alex showed affection to his sisters by bringing them their special blankets- their favorite comfort item. It was so cute how he handed them each their own blanket and how he ate up the affection his sisters gave him for his good deed. That was definitely a good mom moment.

Safety Boy!

It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's safety boy, or techno boy!!!

Happy 30th Birthday, Adria!

Since Sandy Abbott and I share a birthday in the same week we decided to celebrate together at the Cheesecake Factory. Love those lettuce wraps - and cheesecake of course!

Cool Cruisin'

For Adria's 30th birthday and our 9th anniversary went on a cruise to Canada and New England. We departed Sept. 14, 2008 from New York City on the Norwegian Dawn. Rob's parents were so kind to take a week off to come watch the kids for us. It took me about 3 days on the cruise to relax and not feel so guilty about leaving my children for the first time ever. How silly is that?! Then I slapped myself and tried to enjoy the absolute relaxation and freedom. I really got the hang of it after a few days. We read (love those Twilight series), slept, ate, did sight seeing, ate, played games, watched movies, read some more, ate... did I mention how much we ate? It was truly a vacation. Can't wait to do it again.

Cruising past the Statue of Liberty as we depart from New York City.

Disembarkment party. This guy carved an ice sculpture of the Statue of Liberty in about 15 minutes with just one chisel.

Scenes on the cruise.

Look at the cute fluffy animals our room service left us every night along with a mint on our pillow. I've tried to train Rob to do the same to no avail.

King's Chapel Burial Ground, est. 1630. Boston's oldest burial ground.

Maybe it's a bit morbid, but the grave yards were my favorite. This is the Granary Burial Ground from 1660. Buried here are Paul Revere, Benjamin Franklin and many other revolutionary activists.

The Old South Meeting House where the Boston Tea Party began.

Paul Revere's House.

Boston was my favorite port. It was so full of history. This is Boston Commons, the oldest park in the United States. It was established in 1634.

This quirky old lady was singing and playing her accordion in front of the light house.

Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada. This is the most famous fishing villiage in the country. I'm not sure why, but it was quaint and smelled like fish. I loved the light house.

Bar Harbor, Maine was so gorgeous and quaint, but filled mostly with tourist shops.

Neat architecture in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada.