Well HELLO my long lost blog

I know when I started this blog, I promised that I would keep up with it! Well, clearly, I lied to myself. I can't explain it. Life just got busy, I guess! We have had SO much going on since my last blog. I don't even know where to start. Surely, a great amount will be left out! To start with we had an amazing birthday party for Grace! With family and friends, we celebrated her 3rd in style!



We have also been enjoying going to some football games. While our dear Pirates have not been doing so well, it most certainly has not stopped us from having a good time tailgating! Here is hoping for a better rest of the season! We stayed with our great friends, Andy and Anne at Anne's parents house for the ECU/ASU football game and always love staying there! They are such nice people to have put up with us so many times over the years!





We also wrapped up the beach season with a fun filled trip to the Pool's beach house at Kure Beach. We are so thankful that they have shared their little slice of heaven with us so many times.
While we were down at the beach, there was a hurricane WAY off shore, but it kicked up some huge swells and it was so neat to watch. Jay and Murray attempted to swim in it, but quickly got out when they both saw their lives flash before their eyes!
Grace and Preston are so cute together and such great friends! It is so fun to watch them interact with each other. During this trip, they had a slight obsession with the movie Cars. I do think that it must of been on repeat the entire week! At least it has good music for the adults! Grace and Preston also found the candy machine at Buffalo Wild Wings fasinating! Needless to say, we spent quite a few quarters on Reece Pieces.

After a busy and fun filled August, we quickly moved into September. Grace started her 2nd year at MUMPS and loves it. She is so excited to see all of her friends every school day. I've made some friends through her school mates and I am so thankful to have more "Mom Friends!" September also bought my 29th birthday, which I was not very happy about. One more year until the big 3-0. Whew. I better make this one heck of a good year! One amazing thing about celebrating a birthday is that I realize how much I love my family and friends. We had a birthday dinner at Ken and Whitney's house and then another at my mom and dads house. Jay and Grace took me out to a birthday lunch and NOELLE showed up! All the way from Florida. I was shocked. Jay and Noelle had been coordinating the surprise for months and it was so cool! While Noelle was in town, we all went to Justin and Jamie's wedding and it was such a beautiful wedding. It so great to hangout with a bunch of friends we hadn't seen in a long time.





I am going to try and be more diligent about updating my blog, I promise. October promises to be a pretty exciting month so there will be lots to blog about!!! Keep an eye out for more frequent blog updates!!