Are we still friends?...

Ok. Don't hate me. I have a valid excuse for why you have seen the same Thanksgiving pictures for the past few weeks. You can take your pick. Here are my excuses in random order...
#1 Kevin graduated. I know you won't believe me so here are some great pictures
I am so proud of him and so glad it is over. The ceremony was great. It was also so nice to have family there to help us celebrate. Tanya, Brian B., Laura, Donny, Katy, Mom, Dad, and Brian came down. Donny's favorite part of the whole weekend was riding the Pink Pig. :)

#2 NYC - about a year ago Kevin and I made plans to go on a cruise right after graduation and before Christmas to get away and to celebrate. Those plans fell through so we decided to go to NYC instead. It was so cool. Mom and Dad watched Caroline for us and so we took off for about 4 days total. We drove (why?) and spent about 2 days in the city. Here are some cool pictures to prove it...

Rockerfeller Center

"It's Christmas Time in the city"

An authentic New York slice

Of course I would take a picture in front of the library!

The next 2 pics are the view from our hotel.

#3 Christmas - We had a crazy, stressful, fun Christmas. This was the year that Caroline really got into all of it. She loved lights. She even screamed if she saw any. She loved the songs, and was ok when she saw Santa. This year she cleaned house with Santa Claus. She must have read to the blind after volunteering at the soup kitchen. She got a kick out of opening presents. It made Christmas fun again.




#4 - We moved back to NC!
Kevin and I left the Sunday after Christmas to go to Atlanta and pack up our house for a few days without Caroline. His family came on Wednesday and helped us pack up the house where we took our stuff to a storage unit in Greensboro. My blood pressure went up just typing that. We are staying with the Walkers until Kevin starts his job and we find a house in the Triad area.

Caroline liked to "help" pack some boxes

Controlled chaos

We are in the process of renting our house out. We might have a potential renter but we are just hammering out some details.

Now that we have working internet and a roof over our heads I will be able to update our house hunting and next big move, crossed fingers and the creek don't rise...

Thanksgiving for the rest of us...

We got to travel to NC for Thanksgiving this year and to break up the trip we decided to head to Winston-Salem and check it out. Since we might be moving there we wanted to get a feel for the place. We stayed in a hotel there and drove around the city. The next day we went to the Children's Museum were Caroline had a ball...

The museum had a "grocery store" where she could use a shopping cart her size. I was so proud of her because she filled the cart up with a lot of fake fruit and vegetables, but then she saw the fake cake and pastries and took every last one of them.

The kids could check themselves out with a cute cash register. The best part was everything was her size: the shelves, the register, the carts, etc. She had a blast.

Beside the grocery store was a Krispy Kreme store. Since KK was started in Winston-Salem it made sense. It had the doughnut making machine and fake doughnuts for the kids to use. She loved it. They also had an art room for the kids to color and play. It was so much fun. It was money well spent. It also got her tired for the trip to Wilson.

We had Thanksgiving at Tanya and Brian's house in their new remodeled kitchen. It was so good! Caroline played so hard with her daddy and her uncles that she slept on Aunt B's comfy bed for 3 hours.

Since everyone was scattered on Thanksgiving day we had a Thanksgiving dinner Friday night at the Walkers. Mom found this soft rug in her closet and put it out for the girls to play on. Katy and Caroline together again.

Fall into Autumn

I love the colors of fall. All of the trees look like they are on fire. I also love the crunch of the leaves. I decided to take Caroline outside and learn the fine art of jumping in a pile of leaves. Enjoy!

Story Time...

Caroline loves to read. I caught her in her room reading to herself and couldn't help but grab my camera. Enjoy!

I made a height chart for Caroline's room. She likes to measure herself everyday.

Things are going well here. Kevin had another job interview. This one was in Ashboro. We now have some major decisions to make. There is a strong possibility that we will be moving over Christmas. Yeah for me. Maybe Santa will put some Xanax in my stocking! We will keep you posted.

New Day, New Pictures

I took some pictures of Caroline so that I could practice with my camera. I am trying really hard to use the manual settings instead of relying on the program setting. You get the enjoy the rewards of my practicing. Also if you take your time to look at them then you can enjoy my new playlist.

HELP....

I NEED A NEW BOOK TO READ!!!!

I finished the Twilight series and now I need something great that will keep my attention. Any suggestions...

Take 2...

OK, so back to the summer vacation stories.

Kevin was able to make it back for Caroline's birthday party. We had it the weekend after her birthday at the Walker's. It was so great having everyone there. Caroline got lots of goodies and Kevin and I wondered how we were going to get it back to Atlanta...

The girls dancing at Papa's house.

Kevin made the yellow shirt for Caroline.

Who knew that $1 stickers could be this much fun?

I also had the opportunity to attend Jennifer and Mayo's Wilmington Reception/Party. The hurricane hit the night before and so the bar where it was held didn't have electricity until about an hour before the party started. We didn't care. The music was great, it was right on the beach, it was all wonderful.

Kathy and Peg

Katie and Jennifer R

Me and Jenn
We danced the night away and had a great time.

I also had the great opportunity of photographing Lori Allen's wedding. She looked so beautiful and happy that day. Congrats guys!

After Lori's wedding I got to pick Kevin up from the airport. It was such a thrill because not only did I get to see him but it also meant that he is done with clinicals. After a whole year he is finally finished. We had a great week in NC together including seeing Pucketts that we haven't seen in years and also celebrating Katy's birthday.

Even though I miss everyone like crazy and Caroline keeps begging to go to papa's house and dance with Katy, we are happy to be home with Kevin. Our next exciting project is getting our house ready to put on the market. We will keep you updated.