The Byrds

On the morning of Saturday the 8th, the Byrds packed up almost everything we own and headed for the beach at Nags Head! Before arriving at the beach, we planned to stop a few miles short of our destination, the NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island. The boys had a BLAST running around like madmen and…

We finally had a date night…a late date night, thanks to Rebecca’s co-worker, Ryan, and his wife, Alyssa. Rebecca tried to make it a surprise, and it worked for the most part. 😉 It was nice to spontaneously pick a place to go at 11pm after she got off work. We went to the White…

We had a fun Saturday outdoors again. After a great breakfast at the Chi-ful-AAA! (how Charlie says Chick-fil-A), we chose Durant Nature Park for outdoor time. Charlie was SO excited to go to breakfast that he was hollering Chi-ful-AAA, Chi-ful-AAA and skipped/hopped from the front door to the van.We discussed that we haven’t taken the…

Had a great day going to the Brown Family Farm Memorial Day Picnic! (I’ll never complain about free bbq, even if it’s NC style  ). Charlie enjoyed the truck ride, but it was really bumpy. We all really enjoyed the playground. Afterwards, we stopped at Sonic for some refreshing beverages. Hope everyone else had a good…

 We had a wonderful Mother’s Day celebration this year that turned out to last almost the whole weekend! Saturday morning I picked to go to Brig’s for brunch (one of my favorites) and then strawberry picking. I had never been strawberry picking before and had been wanting to experience that for a while. We were…

Henry’s first trip to the airport (April 6th) and first time in the sand- he wasn’t thrilled with either. He mostly pushed his dump truck around in the grass. His second trip (May 18th)- walking around like a big boy! I love that hat- it was Daniel’s when he was little! Charlie always enjoys going…

Saturday, May 4th we celebrated one year of having Henry with us! He is endlessly sweet, full of smiles, loves to snuggle, and loves to push around trucks, play ball, and climb stairs. He is easy-going and goes with the flow. He laughs at Charlie a lot and beams when Jimmy walks in the room….

At a the annual Police Dept. Kid’s Carnival (April 9th) Henry rode around all night looking at the lights and rides, and Charlie ran around doing the same. Charlie seemed fascinated with everything! This is the only ride Charlie would get on, but he loved it! He rode it multiple times. I love this picture-…

So, this post is a photo dump. Actually all my posts are, but this is especially so!! I just want to have all these photos in our family blog book! This is months ago…. when Henry was still more baby then toddler! This is during a visit with Granana and Gammer on a Saturday. (March…

On Easter Monday the boys and I headed to Lynchburg to visit with family! We were especially excited to meet baby Cal for the first time! He is the cutest and most cuddly little thing ever! Darla breakdancing for us! It was so much fun to watch the 4 great-grandbaby cousins play together. I reeeeeally…

As the celebration that marks the foundation and cornerstone of our Christian faith, Easter is always a special time. Despite the fact that I had to work all weekend this year, I still made time to meditate on and savor the sacrifice Christ made on my behalf. It started Thursday when I got to go…

Charlie was old enough this year to learn how to hunt for eggs, and we had a great time at three different hunts! The first was the community one held at Joyner Park. Since we arrived right before Charlie’s age group was supposed to hunt and then had to wait in a looong line to…