Sadie enjoying her favorite activity- going for a walk.
Brent beating Cobe with a bat. :-)
Brent, Cobe and Brooks with one of the many catfish they caught in the boathouse.
Three men and a fish.

Thursday Update

The best laid plans often go awry. Or in Brent's words, the best laid plans often fly south like birds. Is that the saying? Whatever it is, our plans changed drastically. We never made it out of the house today. Is that sad or what? Brent and Ryan actually golfed this morning and I walked, but past that, we have been homebound. We had a knockdown dragout Scrabble tournament while we drank. So needless to say, no one was fit to drive to the movies. The Pearces came over and brought dinner and Rachelle made up a mean guacamole. So we ate and drank and are quite merry. :-) So I WILL be able to watch Survivor after all. And Grey's Anatomy. Unfortunately for me, we never made it shopping. Oh well.. there is always June when we come back. The next post will be when we are back in Zeeland, dodging snow flakes from what I hear. AGGGGHHHHHH! Happy Easter!

Day 6 of Vacation

We are really enjoying the beautiful weather we have had. It has been in the 80's for most of our trip, but it is supposed to be 62 tomorrow. Shopping day! I think Ryan and Brent are going to golf in the morning, and then we'll hit Roanoke Rapids for our big outing. :-) I have read 5 novels now, so once again, that just goes to show you how much free time I've had. We have still been enjoying our daily walks, boating, jet skiing, and lying out on the dock as well. I didn't get out of bed until 10 this morning!!!!! LAZINESS has set in! I hope it isn't hard adjusting to normal life again and having to take care of my kids. It has been a nice break. There is a big poker game here tonight that the guys might go to, but I have no interest. American Idol is the only thing on my agenda for tonight. I have gotten a few cute pictures that I'll post Saturday once we get home- still no cable here to do it sooner.

Brooks is yawning beside me, so I am off to get his pj's on him and tuck him in. I'll post tomorrow night after our shopping trip to let you know what hot buys we got. Tootaloo!

Day 4 of Vacation

Well, it is day 4 of vacation and not much new to report. More of the same- relaxation, sun, boating, sea-dooing, walking, playing outside, reading, etc. I have now finished two novels since I have been here. That should tell you how much free time I have, because at home it has been taking me about a month to get through one. I went down on the dock this morning about 10:30 and read/got sun until about 2:30. I was going to come in for the day after that, but we decided to go out on the boat for awhile, so I feel like I got fried. Thank goodness I had put on sunscreen or it would have been a lot worse. Ryan golfed 9 holes this morning, then he and my dad took out my dad's seadoo b/c it wasn't running well and put in Billy's for us to use this week. Billy just got a brand new one so it is sweet! Pete and Sandy got here yesterday so the boys have had fun playing with them next door. Sandy helped Cobe make planters for my mom and I for our birthdays. Too sweet!
The kids are whipped from all the outdoor play so they are in bed. I am about to start my third novel and get ready to watch the premiere of the Bachelor and the finale of The Hills. A perfect night!

Day 2 of Vacation

We are having a blast! We had nice weather again today. Ryan went golfing and played 18 holes and my mom watched the kids, so of course I had a great day! The kids are loving being in the water, riding bikes, going for walks, playing baseball, visiting Billy and Suzanne, etc. I ended up staying awake yesterday and getting some sun on the dock with Ryan. We went for a boat ride and fed the fish at the marina. Then we ordered in dinner and were in bed by 8 o'clock since we hadn't slept in two days. Today we were both much better off with some sleep. I went for a walk this morning with Michele and Sadie, then mom pretty much took over with the kids, so I hung out on the dock again reading and sunning. Dad grilled out burgers and hot dogs for dinner and now the guys are all watching NCAA tournament games and the boys are watching the movie Flushed Away that my mom gave them. I am once again enjoying some peace and quiet! That is the absolute best part of being here... NO RESPONSIBILITIES at all. (And seeing family of course!)

We had two realtors show our house yesterday and I guess they both went pretty well. One family is coming back a second time next Monday- they have narrowed their choices to 3 with one of the three being ours. They are from out of town so they can't come back until a week from Monday. The other showing went well too. They like our house and a house in Bluff Lakes, but have a house to sell themselves, so that one wouldn't move as quickly. Hopefully one of the two will pan out. :-)

Em and Spot- I watched Survivor this afternoon that my brother had recorded for me. I was so okay with them voting out Rocky! Way too much attitude. I think they will regret keeping him around long enough to be on the jury though. Em- Hope you are having a blast in Cali!!!!!

Lisa -Thanks for the message. My mom has free long distance and Cobe was dying to call Chase. Sorry we missed you guys. I am sure he'll want to call again tomorrow so hopefully he'll get you guys. I can't post pics yet because my mom left the computer hook up we need in Raleigh so I'll have Brent grab it Monday when he goes to Raleigh. Hopefully I can get some pics on after then. :-) If not here, definitely when I get home. Did you start a blog???? If so, make sure to leave me the address in a message.

I am sure the blogs from this vacation will be boring. We do the same stuff everyday- lay out, play outside, go for walks, etc. That is about it. But I'll still leave updates since I have so much free time. Who knows, maybe we'll even be wild one day and make it to Roanoke Rapids to the Wal-Mart!!!!!! Haha

We made it!

We made it to the lake. The kids did great in the car. We drove until about 5:30 and stopped at Wendy's for dinner and ate it in the car. The boys watched a movie then shut her on down around 9:00. Sis had a bit of a time getting comfortable, but she was alseep by 6:30. They woke up when we stopped for gas, but went right back to sleep. We left our driveway yesterday at 4:20 and pulled up here at 5:05, so exactly 12 hours and 45 minutes door-to-door. Ryan drove the entire way! We usually split it up, but I was so tired for some reason and my neck and shoulders hurt, so he downed a Red Bull and was good for the whole drive. Thank goodness! We crawled into bed and slept all morning. I am about to go back to bed because I am still tired, but Ryan already has his suit on ready to hit the sunny deck. Sadie is back in the sack as well, but the boys have been going strong playing outside and opening all of their prizes from Nana. :-) Brent is coming in later today- he is already in Raleigh and is driving to the lake later on. Jeff, Michele and Miles are coming tomorrow, so pretty soon, we'll have a house full!

PROCRASTINATION!!!!!

Cobe with his crazy hair for spirit week at school. Of course we didn't remember it was Crazy Hair Day until he went out to the bus stop and the other kids had crazy hair. So he had to miss the bus so he could come back in for us to whip up something. A few ponytails later.... he thought he had crazy hair. He may even look a little like Sanjaya! HAHA
Ryan took this picture of Sis while I was at work. She has on her pajamas, her puffer vest and Brooks' shoes. Go figure!

Well, it is 10:21 the night before we are leaving for vacation. There are a lot of things I SHOULD be doing, but instead I am on the computer. Don't know how many posts I'll do from the lake. I'd like to think I will post pics, but I'm afraid that I won't. Maybe I'll do a quick update now and again about how we are spending our time, but the pics may have to come when we get back. We leave tomorrow around 4:30 as long as we are packed and ready. At this point, I have packed the kids, Ryan has packed, but I still have to pack myself, food, the cooler, DVD's, etc. I am not motivated to do anything b/c I know we usually don't need nearly everything I pack, so for some reason, I don't want to pack anything!!!! At least the house is clean. I am doing the last load of laundry now. Ryan vacuumed and cleaned the bathrooms last night, and I dusted so if there happens to be a house showing while we are gone, the house will be presentable.

Tonight we went to Russ' with Ryan's parents. The boys went to their house for awhile after dinner, Ryan brought Sadie home to put her to bed, and I went and got my hair highlighted for the trip. Mary Jo gave the kids bags of goodies for the trip which was so nice and there are things in there to keep them busy. Thanks!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Spring Break, safe travel and warm weather!
Keep us in your prayers for safe, uneventful travel.