The Byrds

So…. we had such a great time with Mam-maw when she came this summer, and she and I were talking about how wonderful it would be if all the cousins could play together. There are 6 kids total, all 4 and under, between our family and Melissa’s and Daniel’s families. Charlie and Henry hadn’t yet…

This was the first time the boys bought something from the ice cream truck, and I think it’s safe to say they enjoyed it! Can’t you see the wheels turning in his head… “Whoa, a truck full of ice cream?!?!” I put a bag under Henry’s to catch all the drippies. This child seriously loves…

This summer I decided to take the boys to visit Susan and her gang. I had never met Brandon and Hannah’s daughter Ava, and no one had met Henry, so we decided to remedy that! We got there on Tuesday afternoon, July 23rd. We all ate lunch, and then the kids played outside. Susan cooked…

Mam-maw and Marilyn came to visit us in July, quite a treat since they hadn’t been all the way here since we lived in Durham! We got together last summer in Atlanta, but we were glad to have them in our home and spend lots of time together. We worked hard getting ready for our…

Fun with his good friend Sarah Grace. Making it “rain” with the hose. He was trying to catch some water in his cup… Pretending to fill the pool with the hose. Cute boys! My hydrangea bush. Watching Curious George on Daddy’s phone… he’s officially more experienced with Jimmy’s phone now than I am. Not sure…

From time to time we like to do fun and different things around the Triangle. Recently we have been exploring Raleigh more and have loved the places we’ve visited. One Saturday we made a trip downtown to the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, which amazingly was free! Charlie was most excited about seeing the dinosaurs!…

A few months ago we stopped cooking meat at home. Well, first we tried to cook according to a vegan diet, but that felt so restrictive it was frustrating. We ended up deciding to cook vegetarian meals, use a little cheese in recipes sometimes, and continue in our use of almond milk in place of cow’s milk….

For the past couple of days we’ve just had Henry since Charlie has been at Granana’s. It’s so odd not to have the whole family together, and of course we miss Charlie, but it’s been nice to get some alone time with Henry too! One night during this time we took dinner to Jimmy’s school…

Until recently Charlie didn’t say “Happy Birthday,” he said “Happy Day!” He asks me to sing “Happy Birthday” A LOT. “Zeber” (zebra) His reindeer noise (which also happens to be the noise for camels and any other animal he doesn’t know the sound for) I love hearing Charlie say “Pay trucks, Mommy” or “Pay cars,…

This was the first year I have participated in our church’s annual summer outreach camp: I loved it!! Our outreach/missions pastor is a runner himself, so he began this 15ish years ago as a unique summer ministry for kids around here. It has grown steadily ever since Rob started it, and this year was the…

This year for Father’s Day the boys and I took care of Daddy’s car! He worked some extra hours the day before, so we took that opportunity to get some new car mats, car air freshener, and some of his favorite treats from the store. We cleaned out the trash from the car, gave it…

Continued from Part 1… MONDAY MORNING pretty cool tunnel set up for Charlie  Henry is really proud of himself when he sits like a big boy on the sofa MONDAY MORNING AT THE BEACH Daniel testing the water; we all agreed (like usual) that it was a little too chilly to stay in for long…