So much going on, Where do I start?

Well first of all let us start with a recent family shot. We are all growing: some smaller, some larger, some bigger, some older, but we are all growing! This family shot was taken at Kris' brother's house on Mother's Day, 2006. We had a good day celebrating the mother's present. We also celebrated our niece Carolyn's 16th birthday, early! She is turning 16 and we didn't want to miss out on the celebration. Kris decided she needed a special cake and since she had just received a cake decorating kit for her own birthday, she thot that using it would be the perfect task. Why not a car cake? But not just an ordinary car cake, how about a three-dimensional (3D) car cake. I thought it turned out wonderful and deserved to be put on the blog so here it is:

Of course, soccer season has continued to progress and this past weekend was the culmination. Saturday was Sarah's last game so I thought a picture of her and her two coaches was appropriate. Brian Michael and daddy barely made it to the game because of a new tradition that we started this past weekend. The father/son weekend away.

On Friday, at about 4pm we packed the van and headed for Hagan-Stone Park, in Pleasant Garden, about 25 minutes away. It is a nice 400-acre city park that has tent camping, RV sites, a lake, several nature and hiking trails. We got to the camp around 5pm, set up our tent, rode our bikes, cooked some hot dogs and smores and crawled in our tent for a good nights sleep.

Unfortunately, Brian Michael was still bouncing off the walls and he wanted to play cards, so daddy taught him how to play gin, and they played for probably an hour. It rained most of the night, so sleep didn't come easy, and at 7pm, Brian Michael was ready to get up. After a few short minutes of "snuggle time" he said, "Let's play gin!" So another 30 minutes of cards and it was up for breakfast, more bike riding, hiking on the nature trail, fishing and the highlight of the trip for Brian Michael was the fishing experience. No, he didn't catch a fish, instead he picked up an old can floating in the lake and used it to catch a tadpole, which we promptly brought home.

We went straight to Sarah's soccer game and got there right before it started. Sarah was so glad to see us that she came running as soon as she saw her brother and daddy, but who did she want to hug and kiss?? Not her daddy, but her brother, that she missed so, so much. After all, they were seperated for almost 20 hours. Oh well, I guess we could have it bad. If they had NOT missed each other!