Look WHOOO just turned 1!

Bexley had a fantastic birthday week!  We celebrated on Thursday with a just us and then had family over on Saturday for her Owl-Very Pink themed party!  She is really starting to like dolls and girly stuff ~ YAY!!!

{Labor Day} Weekend!

Hope everyone had a fantastic Labor Day Weekend!  We weren't going to do anything, but relax around the house.  Scott suggested last minute that we instead spend the day in Roanoke, VA!  We love Roanoke!  Scott and I celebrated a wedding anniversary there and had a great time!  We started out having lunch at 202 - sat outside so we could listen to the music from the Farmer's Market! Then ventured over there for awhile.  Next, we visited Valhalla Winery ~ wow, they have amazing views!  Camden pretty much just loved running around the whole time.  Then we ended our day at the little zoo they have there.  It was our kind of zoo ~ not big and NOT crowded!  It was such a great weekend for us considering we weren't able to make our annual Labor Day Beach Trip!

{Hurst Vacation} Florida

We just got back from our annual Hurst Vacation!  This year we went to Orlando!  We went to an airplane museum, spent an evening at Clearwater Beach, went to Seaworld and Magic Kingdom, raced in Daytona, walked along the ocean at Coco Beach, saw Cape Canaveral, looked at a lighthouse in Ponce Inlet, and watched fireworks from Magic Kingdom - just to name a few of the things we did and yes, there are more!  We had a great time visiting and making new memories together!

{Happy 4th Of} July!

Happy 4th of July everyone!  We had a very American holiday ~ doing the great pastimes of the USA ~ grilling out burgers and hot dogs, going to a baseball game, setting off fireworks...the usual July 4th festivities!  This year we actually we able to catch the parade downtown!  It was fun ~ the kids had a blast!  Camden loved the candy and fire trucks ~ Bexley was just amazed at the music and traffic!  We had a really good holiday and hope next year we'll be able to catch the "BIG" fireworks in town!

{1st Beach Trip of the Year} OIB

Well another great trip to the beach - what a way to start the summer off.  This year we went back to Ocean Isle Beach, a favorite of ours, and brought The Hansen's with us!  We had a wonderful time relaxing on the beach with them!   The kids had such a good time building sand castles, digging holes with their loaders and playing in the water!  It was Bexley's 1st time to the beach and she of course loved it!  We always love going to OIB, but it was especially fun this time with Jim, Andrea and Drew there!  Good food, good fun and GREAT company!  We can't wait to return next year to OIB!

{Georgia Aquarium}

We were down in Atlanta a few weekends ago and went to the Georgia Aquarium!  This was Camden's 2nd time going, he was there last when he was about 10 months old!  He enjoyed it much better this time!  The Georgia Aquarium is so amazing!  Camden really enjoyed the largest aquarium the most with huge sharks and other sea life!  Bexley loved it all ~ everything is amazing to her!  If we ever make it back down to Atlanta will have to be sure to re-visit there again!

{Easter} 2010

We had a great Easter week this year!  We started it out by visiting the Farm Supply store where every year they have chicks and ducks for sale.  Camden LOVED it and also found some toys he wants (see pic of him on the 4 wheeler)  Then we made our way to the Washington DC/Baltimore area.  In DC we saw the Cherry Blossoms (very pretty) and the National Aquarium.  We had a fun time, but the weather was a little cold for the kids.  We walked around some, but decided to head up to Baltimore to visit Biggs...and Scott had some work to do while we were there!  We were home by Thursday and Scott had his long Catholic weekend.  He's such a trooper - these masses are the longest ones of the year (Thursday, Friday AND Saturday all around 2 hours each!)  By Easter Sunday we were ready for some family time!  We went to church at Center Cross, had lunch at Grandma Ruby's and had a blast finding Easter eggs!  This was one of the best Easter's we've had!

{Our Little} 2nd Wedding!

So if you don't know by now I have the sweetest husband in the world!  He has decided to go through the extremely long process of becoming a Catholic.  He has been so patient through the journey (1 1/2hour classes every week for 9 months).  Becoming Catholic is not easy - they have many steps you have to complete before entering into the church.  Having your marriage blessed is one of them!  We renewed our vows on March 5th (now our 2nd wedding date - so many dates to remember - right, Scott!)  The deacon said we could make it as big or small as we wanted - of course I wanted to make it big (a dress, photographer, videographer, cake, and an additional wedding ring - hahaha!)  Scott said NO!  It was a nice, small ceremony.  The Ravel Family was there to help celebrate and be our witnesses!  Camden wanted to be a part of it too, so he made bulldozer noises throughout the 15 minute ceremony and Bexley, well...she slept!  Scott is still going through his Catholic journey and should be complete at Easter!  We wish you could have all been there like you were at our 1st wedding, but it would've been hard for us to get Save-The-Date cards, invites, hotel reservations, and special maps to you on such short notice!

{Snow Days} in February!

If you haven't heard by now NC got some snow last weekend.  We got about 8" and Camden is LOVING it!  My mom is coming to visit from IA next week (for those of you that don't know...IA gets a lot of snow this time of year) so I am hoping for the snow to be gone and for it to be at least 50 degrees!  We'll see.  I can almost promise the snow will be gone, but I don't know about the 50!  Brenda came to visit a few weekends ago (she lives in Omaha - also very cold and snowy) and all she wanted was to see some sunshine!  Luckily we had some to share!  Anyway, here are some pics from Camden and Bexley playing out in the snow this weekend!

{Camden Turns 3!}

Birthdays are a HUGE deal in our home - it's not unusual for us to celebrate all week long!  I think Camden had a great birthday week - he talks about different events we had every day!  He had a birthday party at home (with family), a party at school and then a party with his very cool parents and sister on Monday!

This year we did a construction theme for his party!  Camden loved it!  I think though he had the most fun with the balloons!  Then on Monday (his actual birthday) we took him to his favorite Mexican restaurant and celebrated there.  Scott and I think he's probably traumatized from the Mexican birthday singing and sombero that we might find it a bit difficult to go back!  (I won't post those pics!

He had a great birthday - thanks to everyone who sent cards and gifts!  It's hard to believe our little boy is getting bigger and is now 3!