Beach Trip, part one

Since Big Belle and I are on our Fall intercession from school and the somewhat cooler weather gives Chris a chance to not be at work a million hours a week, we decided to escape for a few days to the beach.

I perfected my pirate face.  And continued my poor posture.

Look at these northerners who INSISTED on being in a photo so they could be on the blog.  HA hA!  Hi Nana and Auntie Nick!

We are so proud of Baby Belle, she is the official Salinity Tester of the Atlantic Ocean.  She made sure to chew on each seashell making sure the saltiness remained consistent.  It did, and I can verify that because Big Belle and I had our fair share of waves in our face!

More to come, stay tuned!

Hockey!

They must have it in their genes...may be they are not REALLY COMPLETE Southern Belles.... For some reason Big Belle has always enjoyed watching hockey, and it isn't even on very much down here.  Clara Belle received a hockey net and sticks for her birthday too.  So, when we saw the Carolina Hurricanes were having a fun day and kids carnival, we piled in the car and trucked on up to the 'big city' for a day of fun.  The weather was perfect, cool then warm later on.

 Bad form, we know.

 Impressive form, but left the puck behind.  When the stick is well over your head, there are numerous challenges....

Free Cotton Candy.  That's right, I said F-R-E-E!  The whole DAY was free.  I was in heaven.  I know they look like they are loving the cotton candy in this picture, but it required extensive work.  Who has to TEACH their children to eat cotton candy?  We do.  It took about 45 minutes to actually eat all of this, and they didn't even want to eat most of it.  (Thank goodness it was free.)  "It's sticky."  "It feels funny."  "It's on my nose."  

This little person did not get cotton candy, but she had fun too.  We were able to take in a practice scrimmage game and had seats nearly on the ice.  

A Great Day.

An Attempt at a Return

Have you been looking for us?

Here we are!

Did you miss us?  Let me know what you think of the new format.  I'm not too sure of it yet myself.... Stay tuned I have scheduled several posts for the next few days!