April events

Olivia loves to drive the truck & Cameron loves to load the truck up with different items for his road trip :)

Olivia loves to play with her baby dolls & one day she came out of her room wearing this, too cute!

Cameron still loves garbage trucks, trash & recycling. He loves to put pieces of trash in his truck & drive it around. He is a stickler when it comes to recycling & will pull things out of the trash if they should be recycled. He also loves to make forts & houses from the cardboard boxes Charles brings from his office. Our garage is often filled with them, lol!

His truck loaded with trash

Charles & I attended the re-wedding of some friends of ours, Kimberly & Jared.

On our friends boat (Chris & Melisha Dolan) in Crystal River. It was our first time taking Mickey & he had a blast. He is definitely a water dog.

All the kids at the Dolan's house in Crystal River

Charles skeet shooting (for the first time) at a fundraiser for the Boy Scouts.

They had some neat planes on display at the fundraiser

At the first birthday for Meryl, our neighbors daughter. They had a petting zoo bring out some animals & Cam & Olivia loved holding the bunnies & guinea pigs.

Olivia wearing a new dress made by Grandma Ollie. She even has a matching dress for her doll

They sure love Mickey!

Cameron thoroughly enjoying the mud made by the sprinkler

Playing dress up in mommy's shoes & jewelry

Sorry Cameron, had to post it

I took Olivia to her first ballet and she absolutely LOVED it! She sat through the 2 hour production & asked where the ballerinas were during the intermission & cried when it was over. It was all she talked about for at least a week.

The picture I took of us at the ballet

Olivia is fearless, even more so than Cameron. I walked in on her trying to climb the ladder that was in our bathroom (we had a new chandelier hung over the bathtub.)

Charles' Family Comes for a Visit

At the end of March Charles' mom, Ollie, and two brothers, Robert (and his fiancee Sue) and Lee (from South Africa) came for a visit. This was Lee's first visit in five years and my first time meeting him. They stayed for a week and got to enjoy some fun activities like mountain biking, horseback riding, short motorcycle trip to GA and lots of cooking! :)

Robert, Lee, Ollie & Charles

Celebrating Lee's birthday

Late 70th birthday celebration for Ollie

                                                                On the trail ride

                                              Olivia with Robert & Sue's dog. She loved him!

                                                 Olivia & Grandma Ollie on the bike trails

                                                             Charles helping Olivia

                                                            Robert reading to Olivia

                                                         Nice picture of the brothers :)

                                               Sue, Charles, Ollie & Robert on the bike trails

                               Cameron & Olivia helping Grandma Ollie plant some flowers.

Trike-A-Thon

Cameron's school had their annual Trike-A-Thon back on March 18th. Cameron always looks forward to bringing his bike to school. His teacher was even nice enough to allow Olivia to bring her bike and ride around. She had no problem keeping up with the older kids; she is pretty good on her tricycle!

Getting ready to ride

Cameron's class lined up and ready to go!

Getting his medal

Even one for Olivia :)

Random February Photos

Looking cute in their new outfits

 I love smoothies!

 Valentines Day party in Cameron's class

 Look who found some mud :)

 Here are some photos from our visit to the annual Southeastern Youth Fair. Such a fun place for the kids to visit and see all the animals and activities.

Cameron hanging out with a new friend, watching the kids show their animals

 They love playing in the corn tub!

 After seeing another child ride on a camel Olivia said she wanted to ride one. I didn't think she would really do it & was shocked when she did & stayed on as she was led around. It was so funny seeing her up there, so small.

 Daddy's little helper

 Having fun at a local carnival

 Cameron on the race cars

 My little worker bees!

Cameron loves to do work (especially taking out the trash & raking up leaves or grass.) And of course Olivia loves to do whatever Cameron is doing :) 

 Even though she can play tough with her brother she still loves to play with her dolls



February trip to the cabin= SNOW!

On our trip to the cabin in early February we got so lucky to have it snow during our time there. The snow in Murphy can very every year, with last year only getting a few snow days & the year before more snow days with one being a heavy snow a few days around Christmas. The snow in February was only the second or third time it had snowed that winter. We traveled up with Charles' sister, Cherryl, on Friday afternoon. On Saturday morning we ran a few errands and on the way back from town it started snowing and it snowed non-stop until Sunday mid-morning. Just enough for us to have a full day playing in the snow and then enjoy a dinner at a restaurant in town Sunday night. I don't know which is more beautiful, the fall leaves or the snow covered ground at the cabin. It was just beautiful with the snow! Cameron had a BLAST playing in the snow, sledding non-stop on each different hill we have around the cabin. Olivia wasn't too sure about the cold snow & was a little too scared to sled without Charles or I. Our big adventure was taking the sleds up the road into our development & then sledding all the way down, so fast. What a rush! We had such a wonderful time!

The start of the snow

 So cute!

 Never too cold for the hot tub!

(It took Olivia a couple of times before she enjoyed the hot tub)

 Playing in the snow

 Snow angels!

 Cold snow! (She didn't have any gloves)

She would tell us when her hands were cold & then go inside to wash them in warm water

 Charles helping Cameron sled down the hill

So beautiful with the snow!

 End of snowfall

 So much fun sledding!

 Getting ready to sled down the big hill

 Building a snowman