Showing posts with label Audra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Audra. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Tweetsie

My sister and I decided to take the kiddos to Tweetsie while Thomas the Train was there. Both Carter and Eli like Thomas, however, not near as much as Isaac did when he was a baby. Isaac had seriously just turned two and could name almost all the trains. He would sit and play trains for hours at a time. Now I'm lucky if Eli plays alone for 15 minutes!

We went mid-week and it wasn't crowded at all. The longest we waited was about 15 minutes for the Mouse Mine train. The temperature was a bit overcast and cool... but hey.. I'll take that to 90 degree weather! The kiddos were pretty good...Eli kept wanting to run ahead and needed reprimanded, Carter had a meltdown over food, and Olivia squalled like a panther on the way there and back, but Camden was as good as gold!

Mommy and Eli sitting on the horses. Eli wouldn't get up there until I did. 


Riding the chair lift! Eli sat perfectly still and I had a death grip on Olivia. 


3 excited boys and one little girl


Olivia and Carter


Camden and Olivia looking out the train


It's a Traincicle... made from marshmellows.


Thomas!


Riding the rides. Eli's favorite was riding the race cars. 


More rides


We met Sir Topham Hat


The boys loved the carousel


Olivia taking a snooze

Road trip with the Sis

Audra and I journeyed to Georgia this weekend... without kids. Gasp! Two weekends in a row without my littles!

She has been my partner in crime for the past 30 years and though we've had our sisterly squabbles through the years; we've always been close.  I have several wonderful close girl friends, there is something special about a sister bond. We usually talk to each other at least 3 times a day, we like the same things, and have weird sister telepathy...both of us seem to call my mom at the exact time.

Audra is the one with whom I do my best shopping, can sing silly songs from high school with, belt out musicals at the top of our lungs, and talk about the good, bad, and ugly with. It's nice to have someone who doesn't have to sugar coat telling you that your breath stinks or that your leg hairs are way too long.

Though we had a great time with our sisterly bonding this weekend, the reason for our journey isn't so felicitous.

Our dear Aunt Jane's ( our dad's only sister) cancer has returned for the 3rd time. She has a mass in her abdomen and on her adrenal gland. Even though surgery and radiation are not options this time she is trying a new alternative chemo drug. Since she isn't up to traveling and doesn't need to be around our germ factory pro-creations at this time, we made the trip to her.

We had a great weekend- we had an exquisite dinner at Natalia's in Macon, went to a peach orchard, had afternoon tea, scones, and sandwiches at a local British tea room, went grocery shopping for Auntie and managed to plant her some Daylilies.

Josh held down the fort this weekend with the kids and did great. Surprisingly the house wasn't trashed. He said "It was a piece of cake" but for some reason I don't believe him.

Aunt Jane on Saturday morning


Her outdoor gardens


Aunt Jane


Pretty Japanese lantern


Strawberry jam scone at the British Tea room


Afternoon tea!
                                  
                                           Audra and Aunt Jane before dinner at Natalia's




Lane peach orchard


Watching the peeeaches

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Ever held a live hummingbird?

My sis has! This little fellow, affectionately known as Hummy, flew into Audra's garage. He was dying so she picked it up and gave it some sugar water and it flew away! Crazy!

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Cam is ONE!

My sweet baby nephew turned ONE. Wow, has it been a year already since he was born! He's such a darling boy and is toddling around. My sis had a small party at her house to celebrate and I bought him a ride on truck so he could join the big boys. There are 10 months between Carter and Eli and 8 months between Camden and Olivia, so they are all close enough in age to have play buddies. I feel blessed to have my sis near me so our kids can grow up together.
Camden and Nana

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Apple Orchard Adventures


Today Eli had his first field trip! We went to Stepp's Apple Orchard where we went on a hay ride, picked apples from a tree, picked a pumpkin, walked through a corn maze and walked through a soy bean maze. When we first got to the orchard we had to load up for the hay ride... Eli FROZE! He then turned around and sprinted across the corn field. You should have seen me trying to chase him down. Why he got so scared I have no clue because he loves tractors and rides his Paw-paw Gene's tractor all the time.  My mom, Audra, the kiddos and I all rode together. The adventure went pretty well considering we had a 3 year old, 2 year old, almost 1 year old, and 4 month old. We stopped and had lunch at PF Changs on the way back where we managed to eat  before total toddler/baby meltdown occurred.  



Eli with his bag full of apples getting ready to get back on the hay ride
Eli in the apple orchard. He wouldn't smile for the camera of course.
Livi and I in the corn maze
Carter and Cam 
Amber's little girl Rachel
Nana and Livi
Hug, I mean tackle!
Nana and the kiddos

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Pawley's island

Nana and Olivia
Aunt Jane
Isaac with Josh and Eli in the distance
View from the beach
Daddy and his girl
Isaac, Olivia and I
This smile melts my heart
I tried to take a self portrait of Olivia and I .... not so much!
A little better except she's sticking out her tongue and saying "I'm done Mom."
Nana, Josh and Eli
Eli says, "Let me bite you Daddy"
Brothers
So relaxing.. we even found live starfish
Isaac and his sis
Hey everyone!
The babes... Olivia was not happy
Josh, Liv and I
Sweet 12 year old!