Living Life - The Secraw Family

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Labor Day Weekend

September 5-6, 2010, Sunday & Monday - After church we headed to Badin Lake. We enjoyed a great time with Mom, Dad and Grandma. We took a boat ride, swam in the lake, swam in the pool, played on the playground, took golf cart rides, scooter rides, walked the dog, enjoyed yummy food, played pool, and enjoyed the sunset.

Friday, August 27, 2010

First Day of School

August 25, 2010, Wednesday - Today is Nathan's first day of kindergarten. He is very excited. Brittany will be in 3rd grade and she is also excited about her new class. I woke the kids up at 6:15am & we got ready. They had picked out what they wanted for their first day of school breakfast. Nathan wanted a honeybun and Brittany wanted cinnamon rolls. Yummy, yummy. We took pictures and headed to school. We took Nathan to his class first. He found his desk & after smiling for more pictures he started to draw on his blank paper. He did very well with us saying good bye. He was happy.
Then we took Brittany down to her hall....her class was a little different atmosphere...kids were working quietly on a word search & we were the only parents in there at the time. Took a few pictures & said good bye. She is in good hands.

Smiling with the Pencil Cake - family tradition

Nathan on his first day of school

Brittany on her first day of school

Lemonade at Mrs. Farmer's after school. She said that her & her husband have been doing this for 15 years now. What a neat thing to do for the kids.

The kids cutting the Pencil Cake for dessert on their first day of school

Daytona

August 15 - 22, 2010 - Sun. - Sun. - We enjoyed a wonderful family vacation to Daytona Beach, Florida for the week. We drove and it took about 8 1/2 hours, not bad. Sun, water and beach everyday...we could get used to this! We are such a beach family. For those of you who haven't heard our story, Chad and I met at Daytona Beach. He was on his senior year of college spring break and I was on my sophomore year spring break...and the rest is history. Married for 14 years now. God is so amazing. We saw his hand in it from day one.

Enjoy the pictures!

We have to stop for free fresh Florida squeezed orange juice & fun brochures!

The kids each made a boat from 50 Popsicle sticks & then got to race them on Tuesday down the lazy river. Nathan came in 6th and Brittany 7th!

We really enjoyed spending time with my aunt from Texas and my uncle from Longboat Key a few days of our trip.

Playing Super Mario Brothers on the Wii. Fun family time.

Posing on the turtle across the street.

Having fun on the Lazy River.

Our View

Beautiful Rainbow that appeared over the Atlantic. It didn't even rain on the land.

I did a hair wrap for Brittany. I learned how to make them after returning from Florida last year. I wanted my daughter to have one, but I didn't want to pay the price. I said I bet I can figure that out...I got a book & now I can do them myself.

Pool Time

One of many sand castles we built during the week.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Turtles & Frogs

August 12, 2010, Thursday - On our way to church this morning to help with packing school supply bags we found a baby female Eastern Box Turtle walking across our busy parkway. I immediately pulled over & put my flashers on. She managed to stay alive from the car that was in front of us, thank goodness. The car behind me went around me & I picked her up. I announced to the kids what I found. We were so excited. I had to turn around and take her home. We made her a house with grass & gave her water & food & then headed to church.
Growing up every summer we would find box turtles in the yard or garden. You don't find them much around anymore. She is so cute. We took pictures & we were fascinated by her. We let her go back where we found her in the grassy area (not the road). :) We hope she has a long and happy life!