I promise to post some pictures soon, but until then here is a quick appetizer story about Maggie.
So, the other day we were eating lunch and Maggie wasn't interested in what I had given her. ( I had eaten my lunch, never a problem for me, not sure what hers is...I digress). I started eating some fruit snacks for my "dessert." Maggie said "mommy can I have some of that?" And I told her that she needed to eat her lunch first like me. She looked at me with a very sad and sincere face and said, "mommy are you sharing with me?" Geez, how do you respond to that? Well, to finish the story she did eventually get some fruit snacks and I learned that from now on I will save my fruit snacking for a place far away from my coveting two year old.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Henry turns one!
On Sunday we celebrated Henry's first birthday. My parents and siblings drove up for the day. I was gone almost all weekend and when we returned Henry seemed like such a little boy. His baby days are officially over, he is a genuine toddler. We are so in love with this guy. He is so full of energy, his little face lights up any room. He is in love with his big sister and follows her around everywhere, this is probably the main reason for his early walking. He loves to be in the middle of the action and loves to be tickled. What a blessing he is to us. As he continues to grow our prayer is that he would develop a love for our Saviour and be a man after God's own heart.
Tearing into the loot.
The party animals.
Singing happy birthday...
The mess.
The classic cake face.
Our youngest patron and his parents.
The cousin shot, this is the best we got because...
this happened.
Tearing into the loot.
The party animals.
Singing happy birthday...
The mess.
The classic cake face.
Our youngest patron and his parents.
The cousin shot, this is the best we got because...
this happened.
Williams Wedding Extravaganza
Last weekend one of my best buddies was married in Wake Forest. She was actually one of my college roommates at USC. So, myself and my two other former roomies and one honorary(aka "the Marion Street girls") headed to Wake to participate in the festivities and watch our girl get married. I had such a great time being with the gals again and creating new hilarious memories.
This is the beautiful bride Paige and her matron of honor Becca. They are looking over some flower arrangements before the wedding. It was an outdoor wedding and the flowers were absolutely gorgeous created by the groom's mom and her pals.
The rehearsal dinner was so much fun and Tyler even drove up, with Janna's husband Joe, to join me. From left me, Janna, Josh (groom) Paige (bride) and Emily. And, yes I gave the best rehearsal dinner speech known to man.
Before the rehearsal dinner, and after a long day of running errands, we really could have used a nap. Emily tried really hard to sneak one in, but this poor little dog had been wanting to look out the window all day long.
Our day of errands took us over to the mall and we were in kind of a hurry, but that didn't stop us from allowing this woman to pour an entire bottle of perfume and lotion over each one of our entire arms.
I really don't know what to write under this picture. It really just is what is ...hilarious.
Kelly, Janna, The stunning bride, Paige, me and Emily enjoying the reception. And, the conclusion to a stellar weekend.
This is the beautiful bride Paige and her matron of honor Becca. They are looking over some flower arrangements before the wedding. It was an outdoor wedding and the flowers were absolutely gorgeous created by the groom's mom and her pals.
The rehearsal dinner was so much fun and Tyler even drove up, with Janna's husband Joe, to join me. From left me, Janna, Josh (groom) Paige (bride) and Emily. And, yes I gave the best rehearsal dinner speech known to man.
Before the rehearsal dinner, and after a long day of running errands, we really could have used a nap. Emily tried really hard to sneak one in, but this poor little dog had been wanting to look out the window all day long.
Our day of errands took us over to the mall and we were in kind of a hurry, but that didn't stop us from allowing this woman to pour an entire bottle of perfume and lotion over each one of our entire arms.
I really don't know what to write under this picture. It really just is what is ...hilarious.
Kelly, Janna, The stunning bride, Paige, me and Emily enjoying the reception. And, the conclusion to a stellar weekend.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
RUF Fall Retreat
Every year we have the pleasure of taking our Johnson and Wales students to Camp Greystone for RUF's annual Fall retreat. This year it rained all weekend, but it did not stop us from having a great time and learning about the great God that we serve.
The rain did clear up Sunday right before we left so we were able to take our traditional group picture by the lake. This was the crazy one FYI.
So many students were signed up to come (from the entire region) that we almost thought the kids wouldn't be able to come with us. But, thankfully we all made it and Henry was able to enjoy a friendly cup of joe with Mr. Leo.
We played mafia.
And lots of spoons, card games and bananagrams. Saturday night there was a hoe down too, which is always a blast .
After the conference ended on Sunday we went into Hendersonville for some lunch at Mike's soda shop. And, some of the girls posed on this Alice in Wonderland apple. It was a great weekend and we love to see our RUF-fers enjoying each other through fellowship and most importantly learning about our Lord.
The rain did clear up Sunday right before we left so we were able to take our traditional group picture by the lake. This was the crazy one FYI.
So many students were signed up to come (from the entire region) that we almost thought the kids wouldn't be able to come with us. But, thankfully we all made it and Henry was able to enjoy a friendly cup of joe with Mr. Leo.
We played mafia.
And lots of spoons, card games and bananagrams. Saturday night there was a hoe down too, which is always a blast .
After the conference ended on Sunday we went into Hendersonville for some lunch at Mike's soda shop. And, some of the girls posed on this Alice in Wonderland apple. It was a great weekend and we love to see our RUF-fers enjoying each other through fellowship and most importantly learning about our Lord.
Chick-fil-A fun!
Last Thursday Chick-fil-A hosted a Western Night and the Dirk's family mosied on over to check it out. There were pony rides, games, free chick-fil-a, the cow, crafts and line dancing. Maggie tried out her cowgirl skills on a pint-size, no quarter necessary pony. She was super cute and really enjoyed herself.
Right before we went inside Tyler noticed a potential deterrent to our evening of fun. It seemed Henry was having some stomach issues and had completely messed up his outfit. And, me being the oh so prepared mom that I am could not muster up a change of clothes. (I mean he is almost one and I thought we were over this phase in my defense.) But, nevertheless we had a situation on our hands. Normal folks would have counted their losses, packed their bags and headed home, but not the Dirk's crew. We stripped our boy down cleaned him up and headed inside for some fun in the buff.
It was hardly noticeable.
Right before we went inside Tyler noticed a potential deterrent to our evening of fun. It seemed Henry was having some stomach issues and had completely messed up his outfit. And, me being the oh so prepared mom that I am could not muster up a change of clothes. (I mean he is almost one and I thought we were over this phase in my defense.) But, nevertheless we had a situation on our hands. Normal folks would have counted their losses, packed their bags and headed home, but not the Dirk's crew. We stripped our boy down cleaned him up and headed inside for some fun in the buff.
It was hardly noticeable.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
The BIG day
On Sept. 18th Maggie spent the day with one of her best friend's, Sam. They played in this box for the majority of the day pretending it was a bath, pool, car and just hiding in it. They also ate pizza for lunch and hit the PG (that's pre-schooler slang for playground..).
Sam was staying with us because his Mommy and Daddy were at the hospital having his baby. So to get ready for the big arrival we decided that it would only be appropriate to make this new baby a birthday cookie cake. And here are Maggie and Big brother hard at work and concentrating mighty intensely for two year olds.
They made sure that the presentation was impeccable...nice sprinkle work Sam.
Here's the Hunt family the day before Foard's arrival.
And this is the Big guy that was hiding out inside my warrior friend Melissa. Sweet Malachi Foard Hunt, 10 pounds 5 ounces, 21.5 inches long...that is a whole lot of baby. Go ahead scroll back take a good look at Melissa (it is quite impressive). But, truly the glory goes to the Lord and we are so thankful for another sweet Hunt baby to enter into this world.
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