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| From 091127 Family at the Beach |
Our visit to Grandma and Grandpa’s for the Thanksgiving Holiday. We trekked over to Navarre Beach for a family photo shoot. A preview of the Christmas cards coming…
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| From 091121 To the Zoo |
We headed off to visit the zoo, we’ve been bad about not taken advantage of our membership. The weather was chilly, but sunny and a lot more comfortable than the last time we visited and it was 90 degrees out. Enjoyed the chimps, aviary, seals, and polar bear, and even made it back in time to do some yard work.
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| From 091120 Jerrad’s Concert |
We traveled over to Northwest Middle School for Jerrad’s big night playing the trombone. Both the orchestra and the band played, and it was really hard to believe that most of those kids just started playing an instrument in August.
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| From 091031 Happy Halloween |
The rain held off long enough to get some Trick or Treating in, it just kind of “misted” for a while. The Tallone headed out with his friends, but promised to check every now and again. After a brief pause and a “I have the squarest parents in the world” look, we agreed to let him go with agreements that he wouldn’t leave the neighborhood. The Smallone headed out with Mom, so we still have one that isn’t to cool to hang with his folks.
All in all, not a bad year for the candy haul. Both of the boys “re-costumed”. Josh with an old skeleton costume Mom made a few years back, and Jerrad is still fascinated with scream mask with the fake blood pump.
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| From 091029 Carving Pumpkins |
A great afternoon for pumpkin carving… We are pretty sure we ended up with the entire neighborhood over at one point. Loads of fun and some pretty spooky creations to boot.
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| From 091011 A Drive Through The Great Smoky Mountian National Park |
We took the scenic route back from Gatlinburg, TN. First stopping in Pigeon Forge, so that Jerrad could finish using his go-cart passes, and Josh could finish his quest for tickets at the arcade.
The traffic was pretty heavy until we got inside the park… from there nothing but gorgeous views. We stopped along side the road to do a bit of creek stomping and again at the top, (the highest point in Tennessee and North Carolina).
After, we headed off to Hendersonville for some apple picking. Turns out you pick the apples out of big bins and they are more expensive then what you find in the store. Mom was none to happy, but we managed to get a big bag of apples and the a couple of carmel apples for the ride back.
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| From 090808 Cayuga Nature Center |
We stopped by Cayuga Nature Center on the way back from Taughannock Falls. The tree house was really cool, and the peacocks at the mini-zoo was pretty eager to show off his feathers. He made up for the fox, who had a tough time keeping his eyes open. We also enjoyed the butterfly house and the “living” sculptures.
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| From 090303 Snow Event |
Well, it has taken a year and 1/2 of living in NC to finally get a real snow storm. We have heard stories of how much snow they used to get but have yet to actually see it. We have had 2 snow days so far this year for a mere dusting but today we woke up to 4 inches! A major event in the South! Mommy is cursing herself for selling their snow tubes at the garage sale. We tried getting the boat tube out to use on the road but it is better suited for water. We need a 4 wheeler to pull the kids around with it! Oh well, it was worth a try…the neighborhood kids had enough sleds to borrow and tallmonster had fun trying to sled. Might try and build a snowman later after the sun has had time to melt the snow a little. Not sure how long the kids will be out of school, round here they don’t plow and rely on the sun to do the work, but with a cold night predicted we might have tomorrow off too! Before we know it we’ll be going to school until JULY!! Oh well, will enjoy it while it lasts, supposed to be 65 this weekend! Come on Spring…
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| From 2009-02-28 Colfax Champions |
Smallmonster’s basketball team played for the K-1 championship last Saturday at Colfax. It was a close game but pulled it out in the end 44-38. Never thought they could score so many points but practically every shot they took went in. It was a great ending to an exciting season and smallmonster can’t wait for next year. Now it is on to Baseball…
