The River House

The boys are so fortunate to have all their grandparents living nearby & involved in their lives. Bryan's Mom's family grew up on Eastatoee River and they have a getaway house there that we go to on most holidays & special occasions (like when Aunt Mary comes to visit from Seattle). We spent the day at the River House on Saturday and the boys had a blast. Henry caught a huge frog that he carried around for hours and Nate & Memaw caught a fish. The creek was freezing, but these boys felt no pain & dove right in.

Then we enjoyed celebrating Nana's birthday (my Grandma) with dinner at Athens. A great weekend!

3 Man Band

Here's what I've been listening to lately.....

A Trip to Remember!

Bryan and I realized this week that the ultimate vacation spot for Nate & Henry lies just over the mountain. Had we known that the Duncan boys "paradise" was so close to home, we'd went before now! Nate & Henry discovered Dollywood on Thursday. For those of you who know Nate, you can probably picture him watching the skilled craftsmen weld metal

into a sign or form a vase out of pottery. And the rides.... they were great. The weather was perfect & it wasn't crowded & the company was lots of fun (Thanks Christie!) They wanted to move to Tennessee! Luke stayed in SC, spending one night with each set of grandparents. They also enjoyed driving go-carts & riding the chair lift up the mountain.

Bryan, Henry and I all crashed last night with the television on only to find out today that Nate watched quite a bit of Deadliest Catch before going to sleep. We have no idea how late he stayed up, but he was asleep tonight by 7:30!

4 boys

Here is Nate, Henry, Silas & Luke enjoying a visit over Easter weekend. We love you Silas!

Just wasting time...

Very often I just can't relax. If I am home, I feel like I need to be cleaning, doing laundry, reading with Nate & Henry or helping Luke learn to sit without falling over. I never just sit down and do nothing, until now......

I have discovered 2 incredibly wonderful ways to "waste" time & relax. Remember Super Mario Bros you played on your Nintendo? Well, Nate & Henry got a handheld Nintendo ds from their Memaw & Papa for Christmas and Mario is even better than I remembered! I am getting pretty good. I've made it to world 5.

And Twilight.... Okay, I know you've probably heard way too much about this series & you're sure you're not interested, but it's soooo good! I am almost finished with Book 2. I never had time to read before I found this book. But now, I'm finding ways to prop the book up while feeding Luke, hold the book just right while I'm going thru the pick up line at school, I'm no longer addicted to 24 (or American Idol) for that matter. It's good stuff so far, even if it is about vampires!

I love being a busy stay-at-home Mom, but it's nice to just do nothing sometimes.

3 in the tub

So life at the Duncan house is returning to normal. Bryan is home, although his work has been very demanding with an outage about to start in a couple of weeks. We're a week away from spring break, and just 5 days away from a visit from Silas (and Mark & Denise).

Nate and Henry have been enjoying some pretty weather. Here is a picture of a sign they made for their clubhouse. They are enjoying t-ball, but Henry did tell me last night that he didn't like it because they didn't have a snack at the end of practice. When you're 4 years old the snack is often the best part of sports. I told him today I would pack a surprise snack for afterwards. Right now Luke is playing with Henry on my bed. Henry is taking his picture & doing a fine job. In fact, the cutest pictures I have of Luke, Henry took! Maybe he'll be a photographer one day.