Flashback: Feelin' the Love

They are the best of friends, they are the worst of friends...

Ab and William DO love one another. Occasionally I capture it.

 

Flashback: In the Mood

I was in charge of planning our Valentine's date this year. We chose to celebrate on February 8 (which just so happens to be our BFF's anniversary!), mainly because Chip would be out of town on V-day.

 

To backtrack a little, for weeks I had seen advertised that the Glenn Miller orchestra was coming to town. Chip had no idea who they were, so anytime I mentioned the possibility of going to see them, my eager request fell on unappreciative ears.

 

Left to my own devices, I decided to purchase a couple of tickets to the orchestra, and I made dinner reservations at a nearby restaurant, Stella's Southern Bistro.

 

Chip loved the dinner. I loved the music.

 

Here's my all-time favorite Glenn Miller song, Moonlight Serenade:

 

 

I 'bout near cried when they played it that night.

 

Thanks for "suffering" through the evening for my sake, honey. I love you.



Flashback: Halloween 2013

These are too cute not to share.

I'm so grateful for our neighbors who have become great friends. They have a sweet girl, Haley, who is a few months younger than William. The kids and Haley went trick-or-treating together, and Chip was able to join us mid-way 'round the neighborhood.

Yeah. Check out William. YEAH.
He did that during several pictures...

The following Saturday, the kids participated in the neighborhood costume contest. Instead of being an angel and Power Ranger, this time around Abby and William chose to be a fairy and Batman. Sweet Maddie, dressed as a pink poodle, took home first prize, scoring a $15 gift certificate to Toys R Us.

De Plane! De Plane!

It only took, oh, eight months for me to find a park (in addition to our neighborhood playground) to take the kids. Today we visited the Greenville Aviation Park, which is a neat little play area right near the runway of Greenville's downtown airport. This isn't the area's major airport; this one services mostly smaller, personal aircraft. Impressive, nonetheless. I had as much fun as the kids watching the planes take off and land. We'll certainly take plane-crazed Chip with us next time.

A Nice Day Out

The kids and I ventured to the zoo today. It was a balmy 55 degrees. We all had an enjoyable time.

 

 

People spend lots of money buying
"animal crackers" at the zoo entrance.
My kids learned months ago
 that these goats prefer leaves.

 

The kids thoroughly enjoyed their Icees.

S'no Fun

Yay. It snowed. (Wish there was a sarcasm font.)

We got about 5 inches of the white stuff and lots of ice the past few days. Thankfully, the sun is out and the temps are rising.

The kids went to school this past Monday but were out the rest of the week (today and next Monday were already planned no-school days). We are ready for some normalcy. Thank goodness Abby's gymnastics class is being held as usual today.

WE. NEED. TO. GET. OUT.

Here are just a few pictures of the kids in the snow and of Chip building an igloo.

 

Love is in the Air

I'm here! It's been a while, I know. Rather than recap the last few months, this post will feature our kids' first photo shoot, compliments of our talented friend, Missi.