World of energy

4 th grade field trip was a hit today! I was just glad to get out of the house after a week at home...virus hit the boys 1 by 1. Seem to be better now. Love this group of kids!

Charleston continued

On our way, so excited to meet Silas & Merritt for lunch.  Everything was going great until...

WE RAN OUT OF GAS!!!  Who does that anymore?? Bryan was on a conference call and didn't notice gas gauge.  This was a first (and hopefully a last) for me.  Needless to say, we were late for our lunch date. 

Back on the road! But wait, here comes a rock off the road, hits our windshield and cracks it! Hope I have better race for the half marathon the next day!

Getting settled into Charleston Resort & Marina, next time we're getting the suite.

Our hotel has a sandy beach area and bikes to borrow

Nate 2013 predictions

Charleston half marathon

This past weekend, we went to Charleston for the 3rd annual Charleston Marathon/Half Marathon.  Christy Burrell and I have been training since September for this exciting day.  We had a great time, finished the race with PR's and enjoyed beautiful Charleston every step of the way.  We also had a great time visiting with Mark, Denise, Silas & Merritt.  Pictures to come!

It was an awesome race, one I would highly recommend to anyone considering a half, completely flat! That's what I like!

Love these guys!

Nate at subway

Don't worry, Luke didn't fall!

Zip

It won't be long

Elf on the Shelft

An elf showed up at our house this year and he was delightful! He toilet papered the Christmas tree

The boys just loved finding him each morning.  This day he replaced our Christmas stockings with our underwear! Naughty elf!

It was a race every morning to see who could spot him first. 

The catch is, if you touch him, he will lose some of his magic.

The morning after Luke touched him, he couldn't get back in the house!

If Henry ever mentioned eating poop, well not worries, it was elf poop!

He hung around until Christmas eve, then headed to the North Pole with Santa. We all hope he will return next Christmas!

Happy New Year!

We had lots of fun last night with our 2nd Annual Kid-Friendly New Year's Eve Party!  Our ball dropped at 7:30pm, just in time for the Clemson/LSU kickoff! Happy New Year!

Happy new year!

Relaxing

I love that week after Christmas when we get to play with all our new stuff. Today was low key, we watched a little wonder woman, made some soup, took a bike ride and now for some Legos.

Bike ride

New bikes from Santa mean bike rides in the neighborhood. Our neighbors Bennett, Walton, and John joined us for our first ride. Boys are ready to go again today! I am much more fond of these bikes than the ones Santa brought last year.

I can post again!

I'm so excited! I don't know if it's my new gmail account, paying $3 to google a month or updating blogger on the iPad but I can post again! Yippee! So much catching up to do!

Luke's letter to Santa

The real Christmas story

Luke's Thanksgiving program 2012

Miller and Nate's dance party

Blog help!!!

Help all you bloggers or computer savvy friends.  I just tried to upload a post (with a picture of course)  and was told I'd reached my picture limit.  After a little searching, could it be true that you are limited to 1 GB of photos? If so, what do I do? This is my scrapbook/diary!!  Any help much appreciated. 

Luke ninja