Stonebridge Preschool Program May 2011

I can't believe that not only has Reilly completed 3yr. old preschool year, but that this means the next time we go to a preschool program, I will be starting at my daughter in the Pre-K class and my son in the 2yr. old class up on stage!!! Whoa, what is happening to time!?!?! The end of the year program was super sweet this year. They do such a good job choosing such awesome songs for the children to sing. This year, Reilly's class sung "Lord I Lift Your Name on High", "Deep and Wide" and my favorite part of the entire program was when the whole school (all ages) got on stage at the end and sang the "Lord's Prayer" with motions throughout. It was so so neat. And Reilly sang her little heart out! We were so proud of her :)

Ms. Jacobson sure was a gift and a blessing for us this year!!! We worked through some tough challenges with our little strong-willed child, but in the end, she has shown so much maturity and is definitely ready for the Pre-K class next year!

OIB - Day 3

We had a busy day on Sunday at the beach. Reilly went with DeeDee and Memama to the beach church service while the rest of us got ready for another beach day. After a couple hours of jumping waves, running from waves, digging pools in the sand, looking for shells, going on walks, and eating lunch, we headed in for rest time.

I seriously cannot believe I am posting a picture of myself in a maternity bathing suit on a public blog, BUT, I just keep saying that it's all for the memories and documenting our family for our children :)

After naps, we headed out for a special treat at Sunset Slushie with Poppi and DeeDee....

And then a super stiff competition at the OIB putt putt....

The trip was super fun and the kids had a blast on the beach this year. They are at such great ages to just play and play for hours and hours. We are so glad we decided to make the trip for some fun family beach time before the baby comes. Our family will look so much different when we head back at Labor Day!!

OIB - Day 2

Day 2's beach time was even more fun for the kids because they had DeeDee and Poppi to "jump the waves with" and attempt to catch fish with AND cousins Cooper and Carson to play in the water with. Reilly and Braxton could not get enough of playing with their "big" (2nd) cousins!!

Braxton and Memama being silly on the front porch....

Beach trip of 2011

We decided that with a baby coming in early July, our one and only chance for a beach trip would be Memorial Day weekend! So, here we are! We got to Ocean Isle last night and went straight to Sharky's for Shawn's favorite flounder sandwich with a "cold beer" to kick off the trip! Memama met us there and we had a great dinner. The kids were super excited to get out on the beach today and boy did we have fun!! We got out around 10:00 and the weather was perfect! Low 80's and a great breeze and there was hardly any crowd at all. The kids were in absolute heaven. It was so fun to watch them play together this year as opposed to last year when Braxton wasn't too sure of what to do. They ran from the water together and jumped over the small waves. Then we went for a "shell walk" to collect shells. Shawn dug out a small pool for the tide to fill in and the kids loved playing in that too. It was so much fun and they are already super excited to go back out tomorrow, especially now that DeeDee and Poppi are here!

matching glasses with Daddy

it was also so fun to have Memama out there with us....

running from the water...

5k racing and celebrating Poppi's 60th Birthday!

We had quite a busy weekend!! First, we started out at McAlpine Park where Shawn ran in a 5k race. This is the exact same course he ran in high school for the state championships where he came in 2nd place!! It was really cool for him to be back at the same course, however, he did have to realize that his body was not quite the same as it was 15 years ago!! Never the less, he did awesome and hit his goal for this particular race, which was to get below 22min. and HE WON 1st place IN HIS AGE GROUP!!!! (just for comparison, when he ran this course in highschool, his times were in the low 16minutes!!)

After the race, we headed to Greensboro over the weekend to celebrate Poppi's 60th birthday. The kids had fun riding horses, stopping at the Strawberry patch to pick some berries in the sprinkling rain, riding Poppi's fancy lawnmower (it's the small things people!), and eating Poppi's strawberry pie birthday cake!