It's BRISTOL BABY!!!!

Greg and I got the opportunity to get away with some friends and go to a nascar race last Wed-Sunday. I'm not a hard core race fan, but I do enjoy watching a race from time to time. When Madi was a baby, we went to a race in Charlotte and from watching on TV, I've always wanted to go to Bristol. It's a half-mile track, its fast and most of the time it's "high action"....like last year when Tony Stewart threw his helmet at another driver! Bristol was everything and more that I anticipated...we had a BLAST!! The funny part ( well there were MANY funny parts) is that I have never been camping! I'm not really down with "roughing" it! However, this was my kind of camping....as it involved a hot shower! Our friends have a really nice camper and they are PROS at this!! We ate, laughed, talked, sat around a camp fire, got ate up by mosquitos, caught up on sleep and just had a REALLY GOOD TIME!!! Greg and I had not been anywhere w/o kids in 5 years and it was LONG overdue. We love our kids dearly, but every couple should go away atleast once a year if it's just for a weekend. We came back feeling refreshed, which in turn makes us better parents. I told Greg this was the best sleep I had gotten in years...probably due to the fact that I didn't have a kid or dog in the bed with me!! Being away with friends and my husband brought back memories to our dating years and made me realize just how much I love him and how much fun we have together! We've already been invited back and I'm counting down the days...359!!

Double Digits!

Happy 10th Birthday Madi!!

 You have brought us so much JOY over the past 10 years! We Love you more than you can imagine! Your sweet spirit and smile brightens every room that you enter.  We are so PROUD of the young lady that you are becoming and all that you have accomplished, we know that you will go far in life! We hope you have a wonderful Birthday Sweet Pea!!

5th Grade

Oh my, where has the time gone?? My sweet Madi girl entered the 5th grade today! Madi started a new school, so there were new school & first day jitters going on...I cant wait to pick her up and find out how her day went! I have SO much to blog about..Greg and I just got back from a fabulous "adults only trip" and I am REFRESHED!! We had SO much fun, I told him we had to get away more often and take a break..The last time we went anywhere( w/o kids) was 5 years ago...so we were LONG overdue! I'll leave you with some first day school pics and I'll be back soon to catch up! Hugs-kyla

Here I go again...

I know...MIA for the 100th time! We are back and gearing up for school and a whole bunch of exciting things that I will be sharing soon. It's gonna be wild, so hold on to your seats!! In the meantime, here's what we've been up to! So we went to the beach with Greg's mom and had a great time! It was relaxing and very low key. We hung out at the beach and pool the majority of our stay! Grandma had bought tickets for the kids to see the "pirate show" as Will calls it...Pirates Voyage and that was fun! Will is STILL talking about it! The funny part is he seemed terrified most of the time we were there...I really didn't think he was enjoying himself. He never cried, but he wanted me to hold him the entire time....every once in a while he would just shake/tremble, but wouldn't say anything! His eyes were HUGE and he didn't take his eyes off the pirates! It wasn't till we got home that he started talking about it!! He talks about the mermaids and the pirates all the time!! I think we might have a little pirate for halloween! We did manage to make a stop my Krispy Kreme,b/c we can't visit myrtle beach w/o getting a HOT donut! We always like to go and feed the turtles and this visit was no different...I might have called Greg the "turtle man" a few times. He lures them out of the water and then picks them up...he also thinks it's funny to place them right next to mine or Madi's feet to see if they will lunge in our direction...NOT funny!My cousin Jennifer and her family were staying at Ocean Isle for the week, so we met up with them one day and spent a couple hours on the beach "catching up" until this huge storm decided to come and bust up our party! It was fun while it lasted! Since being back home, we've been shopping for school supplies and I've been planning a birthday party for Madi and Will. Speaking of party...I helped my mom make this really cute Dr.Suess centerpiece...it was fairly easy and oh SO cute!! I love Dr.Suess...maybe we can have a Dr.Suess party next year! Ok...I think that's it for now! I'm getting Fall fever....I LOVE me some pumpkins!! My computer is totally acting crazy, so I'm going to post this and I will update with pics soon..stay tuned! Till next time!