Happy Birthday, Dad!

March 16, 2010, Tuesday - Happy 61st Birthday to Dad today! We enjoyed a birthday party here with all of his grand kids. Three of them came all the way from the Netherlands! We hope that you have many, many more! We love you!

Coopers here from Holland

March 14, 2010, Sunday - Cory, Sara, Kala, Hannah and David endured the 10 hour flight from Germany and arrived yesterday in NC. We are so happy they are here for an extended stay. Enjoy some pictures of the kids outside in the beautiful weather.

Last Basketball Game

March 13, 2010, Saturday - Today is the kid's last day of Upward Basketball. It has been an awesome season. To have both kids on the same team and their dad coach them. So Special! And they were pretty good at it. It was something new for them. They had a great attitude and worked hard. We are proud of them!
Video of Brittany and Nathan trying to make a basket


Go Falcons! Thanks Coach Chad!

Women's ACC Basketball

March 5, 2010, Friday - I correctly answered a question about Chick-fil-A on Facebook and won 4 tickets, 4 hot dogs and drinks to the Women's ACC Basketball game. Brittany, Nathan and I went before the game and did all the pregame activities. It was fun! Chad joined us for the game. It was Florida State vs. Boston College. Boston College won. It was also Mascot night. The kids enjoyed the Air Blimp that dropped prizes. It was a fun family night! Thank you Chick-fil-A!

Bath Time Fun

February 28, 2010, Sunday - The kids had fun in the bath tonight. Enjoy the pictures!

Brittany's Video

February 27, 2010, Saturday - Brittany played really well today. Thanks to Nana for keeping count...Brittany made 9 baskets today. Way to Go! I got one of them on video.

Nathan's video

February 27, 2010, Saturday - Nathan made one basket today! Way to Go! I happen to get it on video. Enjoy!

Pancake and Pajama Day

February 24, 2010, Wednesday - Nathan had Pancake and Pajama Day at preschool. They are studying the letter P this week too. He wore his dinosaur pj's to school. I volunteered to help and so 4 of us moms cooked about 90 pancakes for the children on griddles. Wow - that is a lot of pancakes. But you know what...they all got eaten. It was a fun morning.

Children's Museum

February 23, 2010, Tuesday - Nathan and I enjoyed some great Mom/Son time at the Children's Museum with a group of ladies and kids from MOPS.


Tuesday night is dance night for Brittany. Enjoy the picture of her ready to work hard. Her recital is in May.

2 Games

February 20, 2010, Saturday - The kids had 2 games today. They were making up for a missed game due to snow. They were wore out by the end. They played great! Brittany made a lot of baskets. Nathan's shooting didn't go as well as last Saturday, but he sure is a great defensive player. Great Grandma, Nana and Papa came and were a great cheering section.

Brittany making a basket

Super Doubles

February 19, 2010, Friday - You guys know that I love saving money for my family. Today I cut my coupons, looked up the great deals on my favorite blogging sites and headed to Harris Teeter for their Super Doubles Event. They double a coupon up to $1.98 face value. So a $1.00 coupon will now be worth $2 off. Here is what I got.


If you go into their store today without coupons I would have paid $20.47 (without tax). With my coupons I paid only $7.47. What a deal! I am excited! If you haven't tried couponing...it is well worth your time. Try it! Happy Friday!

Daddy/Daughter Dinner & Dance

February 13, 2010, Saturday - Chad and Brittany enjoyed a great night together at our Club House. They enjoyed a catered dinner, Valentine's Bingo (Brittany won 4 times) and some dancing. Brittany had fun learning the Electric Slide, doing the Macarena and a Congo Line. Nathan and I enjoyed a night at home playing Mario Brothers on the Wii. Nathan favorite game now.

2nd Basketball Game - Feb. 13

February 13, 2010, Saturday - We got snow last night! The ground and roads are covered. Upward pictures got moved from 8:15am to now 10:15am. The kids got their pictures made and then had their 2nd game at 11:00am. Brittany made 4-5 baskets and Nathan ended up making 4 baskets! Way to Go! They did super today. I caught Brittany & Nathan on the video making a basket. Enjoy!

2nd Basketball Game - Nathan

2nd Basketball Game - Brittany

Cameron's Birthday

February 7, 2010, Sunday - Well, Cameron's birthday was yesterday, but we are celebrating it today. We are so glad that he could come home from Virginia and spend the weekend with us. Guess what - the Coast Guard gives you your birthday off of work, so Cameron is taking tomorrow off. So cool!
We enjoyed having Mom, Dad, Cameron and Grandma over for a Super Bowl/Birthday Party! Chad made so good eats on the grill and Mom made a great Red Velvet cake for Cameron. Brittany did an awesome job keeping score for the Super Bowl Scavenger Hunt. We had a fun night!

Another Fun Snow Day

February 1, 2010, Monday - Today we had another fun snow day. The kids are out of school and so we hit the hills with our sleds. We were out for another 2 hours today having fun. Nathan made another snowman too.