Myers Mania

So sorry for not writing.

2011-06-14T12:17:00.000-04:00

Well I know it has been a while since I have blogged, but to tell you the truth I haven't found the time. I have decided to make time and so be on the lookout for an update on just what the Myers have been up to over the last few months. It may take me a few posts but I am determined to get caught up. My plan is to start catching up this weekend, so check back in then.

The Joyce's Visit Kershaw

2010-08-16T16:38:00.000-04:00

We had some very dear friends from North Carolina come to visit us this past weekend, The Joyce's. Chris, Stephnie and Madeline. They came down on Saturday and spent the day with us and went to church with us on Sunday. We had a great time of just hanging out. We really miss them. The kids had a ball together.

Caleb and Madeline had a ball together.

He was such a ladies man already. Oh boy

Caitlyn and Madeline

Chloe and Madeline
The girls dances around and sang songs, they had lots of fun. We went out to dinner Saturday night at one of our favorite places to eat, Sato's Japanese Steakhouse. It is the best.

Here is Dale and Chris.

The kids being goofy.

My favorite part the brick of rice, yummy.

We were so glad they could come see us and can't wait for them to come visit again. Well I think I caught you up on mostly everything. We had a pool party/birthday party for the girls this past week and now school has started. My job search continues. I have a second interview tomorrow morning at Palmetto Heart Hospital over in Columbia so I really hope it works out. I think I would love to work in the unit there. So just continue to pray that God will place me where He would have me. Until next time.

Jill

Start of a new school year

2010-08-16T16:22:00.003-04:00

Well the kids are back in swing with a new school year. Chloe started 2nd grade today and Caitlyn started kindergarten. They are now back to a traditional school year and not year round. They are attending Kershaw Elementary School. Chloe's teacher is Mrs. Gardner and Caitlyn's is Mrs. King. They are both excited to start school. It is so hard to believe that I have 2 children in elementary school. Time sure does fly.

Dale loves to take pictures so here is Chloe in front of the school sign. We are the Bulldogs.

Chloe with all her school supplies in her class at her desk. Can you tell she is just a little apprehensive?

This is Chloe and Mrs. Gardner.

Chloe and Mrs.Gardner
Caitlyn was so excited to get to go to school today. Since she is in kindergarten she only went for a few hours today and then will go on Thursday and all students will attend Friday. They have a staggered entry. So I went along with her today for her orientation.

She was ready to go with her backpack and all.

When we got to her classroom she was really shy and would barely talk to anyone.

She did not like me taking the pictures. Here she is faking a smile just so I could get a picture. By the end of the day she was starting to warm up to Mrs. King and the other students. She will be fine once she gets to go each day. She is still talking about it now.

Both girls seemed to have a great time at their new school and meeting new friends. Overall it was a very successful day.

Saddle Ridge Ranch at Oak Ridge Baptist Church

2010-08-16T16:03:00.000-04:00

I had the distinct opportunity this year to get to teach the 3-5 yr old class. I knew from the start this was going to be a crazy and fun week. Each night we had more children and a little more chaos but we ended up having a blast. We were all tired by Friday night, but had a great time singing, playing and learning about God. I had 18 children a couple nights and no less then 15. It was pure craziness, but fun. I thank God for those who teach day care on a regular basis. Whooo, I was wore slap out. Here are a few pictures of the week. It was such a great theme and I loved decorating my room. Thanks so much to Shaw Heights Baptist Church in Sumter for allowing us to use their decorations. It made my room rockin.

Chloe being a cowgirl.

This is the kids playing one of the games during recreation time. They had to use water bottles and shoot the cups off the wall. They loved playing this game. They were real cowpokes.

Here they are learning the theme song for Saddle Ridge Ranch.

Hannah and Chloe eating before class.

This is one of the pictures of the class when most of everyone was sitting on the carpet. That didn't last long :)

Caleb thought he was the horse in this picture. He loved playing with this saddle.

I had to come up with a way for all the little ones to stay in line and together, so I took a green rope and tied bandannas on it and they each held onto it. Thank God for the rope.

Finally I was able to catch him long enough to get a picture.

If you look closely at this picture compared to one earlier it is hilarious. Especially if you look at Caitlyn's face. That is how I felt some nights.

Cale loved this big horse.

One of the nights for recreation we were able to toss water balloons. It was hilarious to watch the kids throw their balloons and then the look on their faces when they burst. Caleb and Caitlyn were a pair.

We ended the week with a family night. We had hot dogs and hamburgers and we were going to swim but it stormed that night. So instead of swimming we went bowling. The kids had a great time as well as their pastor. See Dale pretending to know how to bowl :)

When it was all said and done we had a great week at VBS, 2 kids made decisions for Christ and lots of seeds were planted. It was great.

Jill

Chloe's 7th birthday

2010-08-16T15:04:00.000-04:00

This is the house we worked on as a mission project.

Chloe celebrated her 7th birthday on August 7th. We had ended our VBS and worked on a mission project that morning at a nearby house. After that we went out to The Outback for Chloe's birthday dinner. She was so excited. Here she is eating some yummy cheese fries.

She had some ice cream and we sang Happy Birthday to her. She shared it with her brother and sister. They all enjoyed it.

We are so thankful for the gift God has given us in Chloe. She has such a sweet spirit about her. I pray that she grows to know Him and serve Him all her life. This is my prayer for her.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAITLYN

2010-08-06T16:15:00.003-04:00

We celebrated Caitlyn's 5th birthday on August 4th. It is so hard to believe that she is 5 years old and about to start kindergarten. God has truly blessed us. Caitlyn has such a sweet spirit about her. She will pray when we eat and she is just so specific and sincere with her prayer. I love her so much and thank God daily for her sweet presence in my life. We let her pick where to have her birthday lunch. She chose Olive Garden.

Caitlyn has been asking for months for a zhu zhu pet for her birthday. I had never even heard of zhu zhu pets. So here is Caitlyn and Chloe with their new pets. Chloe got her present a couple days early. Tomorrow is her birthday.

The 3 little munchkins.

I am ready to go mom. Got my purse, now let's go shopping.

We have had VBS this week, so we have been extremely busy and tired. I will do a separate post on that with pictures. On her birthday Caitlyn was able to be one of the flag bearers at VBS.

So thankful for my family. Check back for more on the Myers.

Jill

What have the Myers been up to?

2010-07-27T11:05:00.010-04:00

Well let me see where I can start. We have been extremely busy over the last 3 months. I am going to give you a quick rundown of some of the things we have been up to. We have officially moved to Kershaw, SC to be pastor of Oak Ridge Baptist Church. We moved here on June 25th (yes my birthday) and that in itself was a crazy and tiring day. Thanks so much to Chris Joyce one of our dear friends for all the muscle he put in that day, we couldn't have done it without you. On the way to SC, our car died on I 95. A long story later and we had to have a new engine put in :(

Here is a shot of our new house. We live across the street from the church in the parsonage. It's great.

Here is a shot of the church.

Chloe finished up her year of being a first grader in Mrs. Andersen's class. She loved having her as a teacher. Now she has had a few weeks off of school and will soon be starting in 2nd grade here in SC. Caitlyn will be starting kindergarten.

Since Dale had a night out with his fellas, I was able to escape long enough to have dinner with some very dear ladies. Here is some of the ladies from my small group. I miss them each dearly.
Robin, Erica, Me, Stephnie, Laurie, Laura and Kristy

The weekend before all this, we went up to WV and on the way our van died. Yes we haven't had much luck lately with our vehicles, but I guess that's how it goes. We ended up selling our van via Craigslist and buying a new (used) van in VA. It's been a whirlwind. My mom had her retirement party. She retired from being a teacher after I can't remember how many years. Now she is free just to be grandma.

Here is a shot of the family. All of my sisters and their husbands and their kids.

With moving comes goodbyes. Here are a few dear friends from WakeMed. We went to the Angus Barn in Raleigh for dinner and had a great time. I am definitely going to miss each one of them.
Sarah, Melissa, Me, and Amanda

In the midst of all the chaos and traveling it was Caleb's 3rd birthday. We were in WV on his day so we had a little party for him there. He was just excited to get some new little cars. Boys are so much easier than girls when it comes to birthdays.

One of the biggest things that have occurred over the last month or so is that Dale GRADUATED. Yes you read that right. Dale finally finished his M Div. It only took 8 yrs (I think) but he did it. We are so proud of him and his hard work.
My parents, his parents and sister and niece Julia all came down for his graduation. We had a great weekend celebrating with him.

He was so pumped. Here he is outside of Binkley Chapel.

This shot is one I took as he was walking up the aisle after the ceremony finished.

He wasn't the only graduate in the family. Caitlyn graduated from her preschool. Here she is with Mrs Neely and Mrs Jamie.

Here she is receiving her diploma.

Chloe and Dale finished up Indian Princesses.

That is just a quick recap of what has been happening over the last few months. We are getting settled here in Kershaw. I still have a few boxes to unpack, you know those boxes with miscellaneous items in them. I just love unpacking those. I had a job interview but am still waiting to hear from them. I am praying that God will lead me to where He would want me. I know He will provide for our needs until I get a job. We have met some great people here and we are excited for what God is going to do. Dale is away at one of Billy Waynes camps, so its just the kids and I. I am trying to deal with attitudes of a almost 7, almost 5 and a 3 yr old. But its great, we will survive. We went to Myrtle Waves Saturday and had a great time. Next week is VBS and Chloe and Caitlyn's birthdays, so I will be posting more next week. Thanks for keeping up with us and praying for us.

Strawberry Pickin

2010-05-01T14:52:00.002-04:00

We went to The Collard Patch to pick strawberries this morning. It was a beautiful day out and we had a great time and got some really good strawberries too.

Here Chloe is filling her bucket quick with the help of Caleb.

Chloe looking closely for some good big red ones to pick.

Caitlyn helping daddy fill his bucket.

Here are all three of them tasting the pickins. I think they like them.

Well after that we headed to downtown Wake Forest for the meet in the street. We lasted a little while then left, it was starting to get really hot out and we were all ready to go. Now we are sitting at home resting and figuring out what to do next.

DeHart Botanical Gardens

2010-04-28T12:27:00.005-04:00

Dale had taken the kids to this botanical garden about a week ago. So yesterday we decided to go back and take some of our friends with us. It was lots of fun and good exercise at the same time. By the time we were finished the trails we were all tired.

They had these little waterfalls there. If you look close you can see it in the background. Here the kids are striking a pose. How cute are they?

Stopping to take a picture by the azalea's.

Here is Caleb, Caitlyn, Chloe, Samaya and Reese

Well I think that about catches us up on the last few weeks. We took a trip down to Kershaw last weekend and dropped a load off at the house. Trying to purge and pack at the same time. Slow process but we are making progress.

Caitlyn's Surgery

2010-04-28T12:12:00.003-04:00

Caitlyn has had an umbilical hernia since birth, so it was time to get it fixed. We also found out she had an epigastric hernia as well. So they fixed both at the same time. She was so excited to go to the hospital where mommy works. Here she is in her patient gown and a new Lamby for the surgery.

They have a child life specialist come in and talk with the kids about the surgery and what they will experience. In the process the kids get to draw on the bed with markers. Oh how fun. Caitlyn loved it. I made sure to tell her not to try this at home.

Then they get to decorate the mask they use in the OR with cool stickers. Here is Caitlyn showing us how she gets to breathe in the OR.

She had taken the versed by this point and it was starting to kick in. She was so hilarious and goofy. Gotta love those drugs.

Here is Caitlyn after surgery. She did so great and was such a big girl. We were so proud of her.
She goes back in 2 weeks for a checkup. Thanks for all the prayers and kind words for her.

Blue Jay Point Park

2010-04-28T11:57:00.002-04:00

Chloe went on a field trip to Blue Jay Point Park recently and it was pretty neat. They have been learning about nature and about insects. We went on a nature hike through the woods, found hidden "pipe cleaner" insects, learned about different things that live in the ponds, and actually got to use a net and fish for things out of the pond. We saw baby tadpoles, turtles, dragonflies and lots of other things. The kids had a blast. At the end they got to play on a really cool playground. Thinking of taking the kids to play there before we move.

Fine Arts Day

Caitlyn had fine arts night at her school last week. Her class sang some songs and they showed off some of the crafts they have made recently. Here are some of Caitlyn's pieces of art.

After the program they enjoyed some ice cream. Yum!!

Jill

A little of this and a little of that

2010-04-28T11:43:00.003-04:00

In April we had visited both sets of grandparents. Here is Chloe and Caitlyn with Julia. They always have a blast when we go in playing with one another.

Chloe and Caitlyn being silly, modeling a new dress grandma had bought them.

The next weekend we went to my parents home. The kids got together and colored Easter eggs. I think I probably had as much fun as they did. Can you believe I never even got a picture of the kids all dressed up that morning for Easter sunrise. They did so well getting up so early. It was great.

Here are some of the finished product.

The next weekend Dale and I celebrated our 11th anniversary. It's hard to believe we've been married for 11 years. He surprised me with a dozen roses. 11 for the years married and 1 for the years to come.
We went out to eat at The Angus Barn. It was delicious. Sorry no pics.

It's been busy, busy , busy around here. Trying to get things together. Will post more later.

Jill

Where has the time gone?

2010-03-22T11:07:00.003-04:00

Caitlyn's preschool class went to The Marbles Museum in Raleigh a couple of weeks ago. Dale and I went with Caitlyn and Caleb also went along. We have heard many people talk about how fun it is and they were right. The kids had a blast and they were so tired when we left. It is pretty much just a big playland for kids. They have different areas where you can dress up and pretend to be different things. It was pretty neat.

This is at the end. Caleb thought he was playing chess.

Caitlyn and Caleb learning about farming. They grew some nice carrots.

Here Caitlyn said she was being like her mommy. She was playing nurse. How sweet.

Caitlyn was so proud of her pepperoni pizza she had made us. In all it was a great field trip. The kids had a blast.

I have been searching for a while on craigslist for a new bedroom suite. I finally found a great deal and ended myself a king size bed. It is AWESOME. I even went all out and bought me a new comforter set and everything. I love it. Here is just a quick picture of it.

Chloe has finished another season with Upward Cheerleading at Richland Creek. She had a blast. Here is her with some of her coaches for the year.

Caitlyn has been learning so much in school and has really picked up on her writing letters and starting to read. She is so much fun. Whenever there is a chance for pictures she is all up for it. One day she found this hat, so she found an outfit that would look good with it and wore it to school. So here is one of her crazy pics I took that day.

Pure JOY.

Well I know I haven't kept up with my blog the last few weeks but I am trying to do better. Caleb potty trained a few weeks back and is now in big boy undies. They are so cute and it is so weird to see them compared to the girls undies. He was so much easier than the girls ever were.

Dale is getting closer to graduating in May. We just were voted in at Oak Ridge Baptist Church in Kershaw, SC as the pastor this past weekend. God is just leading and directing our path. We are both excited to start this new phase of our ministry.

Sledding and snow time

2010-01-31T16:01:00.005-05:00

We ventured back out today in the snow. Our neighbor Natalie has been sledding down this tiny hill by our townhouse. The kids decided to give it a try. Not a big hill, but the right size for the kiddos.
I love the sheer joy you can see in Caitlyn's face.

Here is Caitlyn and Caleb loving it.

Chloe's turn. She lasted the longest and made it all the way to the bush at the bottom.

Caleb was chillin on the tube, big sissy Caitlyn decided to join him.

Daddy was giving them a push in the right direction, so they wouldn't take out the light pole.

My three little angels, snow angels here. They finally taught Caleb how to make a snow angel.

Caleb throwing a snowball at this sisters.

Daddy throwing a snowball at Caitlyn and thinking he was funny.

Caitlyn wasn't laughing as much. I love how this picture captures the snow.

Caitlyn looking as if she is up to something in this shot. I better take cover.

Such a big boy helping us to clean the cars off.

Well just a few more shots of the fun we have been having. Hope you enjoy.

Snow/Potty Time

2010-01-30T19:46:00.003-05:00

Well since we have been cooped up in the house this weekend, we decided to start working with Caleb on potty training. It all started last week when he told me he had to go pee pee. We took him and he actually went. Then again earlier this week, he told me again. So we have started training him. Every time we have taken him, he has went. I am so excited. The girls never did this well. He has slept dry the last 2 nights and even took a nap today with his big boy pants on. Hopefully the success will continue and will be out of diapers and a little richer :) See Caleb with his spiderman pants on for the 1st time. Wow what a big boy. He looks so grown up.

It really did snow here in Wake Forest this weekend. We went out this morning and here are some pics.

We were all bundled up thanks to Aunt Amy for letting us use Julia's hand me down snow pants.

Caleb wasn't sure about getting off the porch. The snow was blowing in his face.

My beautiful daughter Chloe as a Spirit cheerleader.

Caitlyn with her dog emily. She had to accompany us to cheerleading as well.

Caleb with his cars which also went to cheerleading.

Not too much going on here. Dale finished his intensive Hebrew class and now his last semester has begun. We have talked with a few churches regarding after he graduates, but right now we are praying about where God leads us. Just remember us in prayer, regarding His will for where we will go.

Till next time,

Jill

Its that time again

2010-01-11T10:46:00.005-05:00

Well we started back with Upward Cheerleading this past weekend. Chloe is part of the Spirit quad and has her games are at 11:00 am. That's a great time for us, because we are slow moving on Saturday mornings. She just loves being a part of it.

They get to do a little halftime routine before the devotion time. Here she is in action.

We are looking forward to another fun season with Upward. It really is an awesome program for the kids.

After her game we headed home to get ready for one of our dear friends daughter Madeline's birthday party. It was held at a local gymnastics place where Madeline takes classes. My girls were in heaven. All I was thinking was they didn't have these kind of parties when I was growing up. That's ok, us adults got to play as well :)
Here is Dale being a big kid himself with Caitlyn and Caleb. Pure joy in there faces.

Caitlyn was loving the trampoline thingy. She was dancing and jumping all over the place.

Here I am having fun with Chloe. That slide was so fast but fun.

They had this swing I think they called the Peter Pan swing. Each kid got to take a turn. My kids loved it. It was like they were flying through the air.
At first Caleb wasn't sure, but as soon as he started swinging through the air he had the biggest smile.

This was Chloe in action.

Caitlyn had no fear and enjoyed every second of it. They also had this rope swing you jumped on and swung across. Caitlyn was a little monkey swinging on it. It was so fun.

Here we are singing Happy Birthday to Madeline. Thanks to the Joyces' for inviting us and for having fun with us.

This was a random picture I took while we were at the Upward game. Caitlyn just seems to get more beautiful each day. I just loved this picture.

So that was our weekend, it was busy to say the least. But we all had fun. Dale is in the second week of his Hebrew class. So continue to keep him in your prayers. Hebrews = no fun in my house. One week left after this week. Yeah!!!

Christmas

2010-01-04T12:30:00.003-05:00

On Christmas Eve, we went to a children's service at our church.. Caitlyn wanted to participate and so she was an angel. Chloe didn't want to this year.

Here is Caitlyn giving us her love sign, the heart.

Caitlyn, Caleb and Chloe preparing to open one gift on Christmas Eve. They were so excited. They all got new pajamas for Christmas and the girls had sleep masks with theirs. Who knew they would actually use them. How sweet.

Caitlyn received her little blue puppy and this cute little tea set and table for Christmas. Needless to say all the animals were having tea for breakfast on Christmas morning.

Caleb had gotten his new Thomas pajamas and blanket. He was so excited and happy to get them.

We left for Dales parents later in the day on Christmas day and a few days there.

My mom and dad had gotten Caleb a little basketball goal for Christmas. He is loving it and so is his daddy.

Caleb got a train table for Christmas that we found on craigslist for cheap (yeah!!) and then received some trains to go with it. He was loving it.

Cousins

2010-01-04T12:11:00.003-05:00

Here is Caleb with his cousin Colleen. They had so much fun playing together. She about 7 months older than Caleb. Grandad is looking on.

Caleb and Colleen cheesin it up.

Caleb asleep on my dad. Isn't this such a cute picture? It looks like dad is about to fall asleep too.

More posts to come. Trying to catch up since it has been the holidays.

A winter wonderland

2010-01-04T11:46:00.003-05:00

We went up to my parents in Augusta, West Virginia the weekend before Christmas to celebrate our family Christmas. We arrived Friday evening about 9pm and shortly after it began snowing. It kept snowing and snowing, pretty much all weekend. I loved it and so did the kids, at least to an extent. It was a lot of work bundling up 3 kids plus myself. My sister Amy got stuck in Mt Airy, NC so she never made it for the weekend. Instead she got to play in the snow with Ryan her step-son at a hotel. I think he thought it was the greatest, she maybe not. Here are some photos of the snow. Chloe, Caitlyn and myself. Can't you tell how excited Caitlyn was to be in the snow:)

Caleb was having a ball. He loved it.

Dale loving the snow. I think we both had enough snow that weekend to last a quite a while.

Caleb with the snow in his face.

Chloe actually surprised me and had fun in the snow. With little complaining of it freezing her hands.

I think Caitlyn had the right idea here. Inside where it was nice and warm and watching it snow from there.

Here is a picture at my sisters house and her car. I think we had about 24 inches when it was all said and done.

We exchanged presents, made cinnamon hard tack candy and just had a great time together as a family. Memories made!!

My kiddos

2009-12-15T20:17:00.005-05:00

Today the kids were in a okay mood. All 3 at once that is. So I decided to try and get a Christmas type picture in front of the tree. I think I got a couple of good shots.

Caitlyn posing in front of the tree. Our kids love to pose.

Here is Caleb my little man. He has grown up so much in a year. They sure do grow fast.

Caitlyn and Caleb loving on each other. Caitlyn sang in a program at her preschool today. She did so well. She loves to sing and she does it so well.

We tried to get Smokey our cat in the picture. That was fun. Good thing she is laid back.

This picture turned out pretty well.

Tonight we did a family craft. We made little penguin ornaments. Each one made one and then I wrote their names and the year on them. They had a blast.

Well its been busy around here lately. Dale has finals this week,so he has been studying and doing lots of papers. We will be traveling to WV to see our parents over the next 2 weekends, so look for more pics to come from our travels. Hope you all have a wonderful CHRISTmas.

Jill

We are still here

2009-12-05T23:12:00.011-05:00

I know it has been a while since I have updated and I am so sorry for that. It has been such a busy and crazy fall, but we are still here in Wake Forest, NC. Dale is scheduled to graduate in May so please be in prayer for us as we seek God's will for where and what it is he wants us to do. I have made a slideshow of pics so that you can see what we have been up to and how the kids are growing. Its kind of long, but I do hope you will watch. I plan to try to stay up on things over the next few weeks and months. Included in our pics is our trip to Washington DC to visit some of our friends we had met in SC. Enjoy!!!!

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Back to Preschool

2009-09-19T21:18:00.004-04:00

Well Caitlyn headed back to school at Wake CrossRoads Baptist Church last week. She has really enjoyed it and made some new friends already. I really think she is going to do well and she is loving Miss Jamie and Miss Neely as her teachers. Here she is with her book bag she decorated with her handprints.

Just outside her classroom. Little brother giving sissy as he calls her, a big hug.

This year she is in the Lions classroom.

The church had just finished with their new building this summer and it now houses the preschool as well. The classrooms are very nice.

Well I think I am caught up with what is happening here with the Myers'. I start a new study/serve at our church in the morning. I will be teaching the preschool kids during the second hour of service. A bunch of 4 and 5 year olds. I am excited to see what all they will teach me this semester. Dale returns from New Mexico tomorrow evening. He flew out to Albuquerque for a retirement ceremony for our dear friend Stan Frazier. I am sure he will make a post about it.

Jill

Labor Day Picnic

2009-09-19T20:50:00.003-04:00

On Labor Day weekend we traveled up to my mom and dad in WV for a cookout at my Aunt Kim and Uncle Glenn's. I remember growing up and going every year. I always had a great time at them playing volleyball and whatever else we could get into. This year I was excited to know that I could go. We played volleyball and cornhole. We had a blast and boy my body sure felt it the next day. Funny it never bothered me 10 years ago when we played. The kids had a blast running around in the open country. They don't get to do this as much where we live now.
Here Chloe was taking a break on the blanket.

They have this huge tree in their yard which I remember being small when I was growing up. Caleb loved it. Dale put him in the branches and he thought it was the best. Don't worry everyone, we didn't just leave him sitting there. Dale is right beside him, just out of the picture.

Caleb just loved it. Here he is being a monkey.

The joy of swinging. Just look at how his face shows the excitement he had.

The girls don't seem as excited in this picture, but they were having fun.

Jill

Corolla Beach

2009-09-18T20:41:00.016-04:00

Well it has been quite a while since I posted and I am so sorry for that. I really do not know where August and September have gone. So I am going to post a few different ones over the weekend. This one will have lots of pictures and a little long, but I didn't want to leave any of the pictures out. I hope you enjoy. This year we left on August 9th and went to Corolla Beach in Corolla, NC. It's part of the Outer Banks. My family rented a beach house for the week. We had lots of fun. Here is how we all felt by the end of the week. Caitlyn and Caleb show it well.

The kids love going to the beach and playing in the sand. Caitlyn had built a sandcastle and decorated it with seaweed.

Chloe was so excited to fly kites at the beach. I couldn't believe how easy it was to get the kite in the air. I had lots of fun as well.

Here are my little divas posing on the beach. They love to pose, can you tell.

Don't worry I haven't left Caleb out, he poses as well as the girls. It's so funny.

Here they are all playing in the sand together.

One of the days during the week, some of us went to the Wright Brothers Museum down in Kill Devil Hills. Dale went along with my mom and dad and Caitlyn and Caleb. Jamie, Brandon and I think Derek went as well. The picture below shows all their excitement. (they actually did like it)

Here is my dad(grandad) with Caitlyn and Caleb.

Isn't this the sweetest. They truly do love each other.

We went out to eat one night for seafood and out back of the place they had games to play. That way your wait doesn't seem as long, even though I think they had forgotten us. Here Caleb is working on his golf shot. Watch out Tiger Woods here I come.

We went to the Currituck Lighthouse and climbed to the top. I had carried Caleb all 268 steps I think to the top and my sister Tricia carried him down. He thought it was great, even though he was holding on for dear life.

This is a shot from the top of the lighthouse. If you look closely on the dock you can see Leroy with Ryan and Alex. Leroy has the white shirt on. They had went crabbing when we climbed the lighthouse. I zoomed in on them with my camera.

Here we all are at the top. We made it!!

I took a picture of mom(grandma) from the top. The girls thought that was funny.

Caitly definitely is like her father and doesn't like heights. She stayed right next to the back and would barely move. Chloe loved it and did great climbing up and down. Caitlyn did ok going up but coming down was scary to her. Dale carried her down.

This is when we first started climbing.

Amy and Tricia (my sisters) and Caitlyn starting out.

We had to wait in line for a little while before we got to climb. Perfect opportunity for a photo shoot.

The Currituck Lighthouse

Caleb loved playing on the beach with his little hot wheels. He takes them everywhere.

We went walking on some kind of trail, not sure the name of it. Caleb did great, but he was hot when we finished. All went well, except him falling off the little boardwalk. All was ok, he didn't get hurt Thank God. He just cried for a second and then was fine.

Chloe and Ryan playing the Leapster.

We went out on the beach 4WDriving. Doesn't Chloe look so beautiful in this picture. I love how the wind is blowing in her hair.

We went out and saw the wild horses on the beach. This was one of the highlights of our trip. We loved it. Look how they walked right up to Chloe. I had told her to stand still and then the water came in and it was COLD.

Here is Dale and Caleb by the horses.

This is some of the family.

A picture I took of the kids off the nature trail. They plopped down on this bench, and I noticed later they did so from youngest to oldest. How cool.

Caleb and Jay being silly with the fake teeth.

Well I know this post is long, but I hope you enjoyed catching just a glimpse of our vacation and the fun we had with my family. Stay tuned in the next day or so with some pics of the last couple weeks.

Being Silly with the kids

2009-08-07T21:22:00.003-04:00

Here is Caleb flying down the slide at the kid playland at the mall. He loved it.

I was at Walmart earlier and saw these teeth. When I came home from work this morning I opened the door to the girls with these teeth in. The girls couldn't stop laughing and neither could I.

Happy Birthday Chloe

2009-08-07T21:08:00.004-04:00

It is hard to believe that today Chloe turned 6 years old. What a special blessing she is to us and a great big sister. Here we are singing Happy Birthday.

We were at the Triangle Town Center Mall at the kiddie playland. The kids loved it. Here Chloe is being a frog.

What a sweet picture.

Chloe got to pick where to eat, so we ended up at Mexican Restaurante. Unsure is that's how it is spelled or not, but it was yummy.

Here is Chloe from this morning opening one of her gifts. Yeah a new coloring book with glitter paper.

We had a great day together and are getting ready for our vacation which we leave for on Sunday. We are headed to the Outer Banks area at Corolla Beach. Everyone is getting so excited.

Happy Birthday Caitlyn

2009-08-04T21:05:00.004-04:00

Today was Caitlyn Faiths 4th birthday. What a blessing she is to our family. She is so sweet spirited. Here are a few pics of our day together. Caitlyn got to pick where we went out for dinner and so we went to one of our favorite special places Fugisan, a Japanese restaurant here in Raleigh. The kids always love it.

Here is the gang. Ready for some good food.

Here is a shot of the yummy food cooking.

Caitlyn even gets excited over the broth.

After we ate we headed to Target and they were having some safety kids explosion night or something like that. There was an Army helicopter there, the kids climbed aboard and thought it was so cool, especially Caleb. He loved it.

We then headed home where we had cookie cake. Caitlyn said mommy made the best cake ever. Thanks Walmart!!

Here Caitlyn is showing you how old she is today. I can't believe she is 4, boy time sure does fly.

That's what our day consisted of. We have been pretty busy lately. Dale was away at IA camp last week and my mom was in town to help out then we took grandma home this past weekend. Now Chloe will be turning 6 on Friday and Sunday we leave for THE BEACH!! Yeah we can't wait. Will post more in a few days.

A night away

2009-07-12T17:50:00.004-04:00

Dale and I went out of town for the night this weekend. We had an awesome couple watch the kids and we went to Mooresville, NC. We stayed the night in a hotel with a king size bed (I loved it) and went on a dinner cruise on Lake Norman. The food was awesome and we had a blast. It was nice to just be the 2 of us even though I really missed the kids.

This is our boat that we were on, it was called The Catawba Queen. Dale and I on the boat. Here I am by the captains area.
We were being silly and taking pictures of ourselves. This one turned out pretty good.
Dale and I on the boat.

The boat at night with all its lights lit up.
We had a great time and look forward to doing it again. I would definitely reccommend it to anyone. Well back to the grind, Caleb is crying :) and I love it!!

Thank you hunny for an amazing weekend.

Pool time fun

2009-07-07T20:40:00.003-04:00

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Big First Grader

2009-07-07T20:28:00.003-04:00

Today was Chloe's first day of 1st grade. She was so excited. When we picked her up, she said she had a great day. Here is Chloe showing off her new book bag. What a big girl.Daddy and Chloe just before heading out to school.

Fun time on the Fourth

2009-07-04T23:53:00.003-04:00

Today we had a busy day. We got up after actually getting to sleep in a little bit, then we cleaned the house. We had a couple of friends come over that we had went to college with and had lunch with them. After going to the store we went swimming and cooked hot dogs on the grill. Then finally we headed to Rolesville to see the fireworks and meet up with the Joyces. We had a blast.
Here is Dale with Caitlyn, Madeline, Chloe and Caleb

Caleb with his Thomas the train shirt on. He has just really started getting into him. Aunt Tricia bought him this outfit for his birthday. Here the girls are posing for their pictures of their outfits. Chris and Stephnie couldn't believe how they just would pose for me. I told them they have had many pics taken from their mommy. They are getting to be pros at this. Marlene, Dale's mom made her dress. I am going to attempt to get all 3 in their outfits made by grandma tomorrow. We'll see how that goes. It never works when I want it to.

Chloe sporting her outfit. We had a great time watching the fireworks. We got more smiles tonight than last. Super mommy remembered the ear plugs and all was well. Caitlyn said they were perfect fireworks cause they didn't hurt her ears. We got home surprisingly fast even with the traffic, only to be getting out of the car and realize Caitlyn didn't have her favorite rainbow flip flops on. She started crying instantly that we had to go back to Rolesville to get them. So Daddy took her back with a flashlight while I stayed at the house with Caleb who we put to bed and Chloe laid on the couch awaiting news on whether or not they found them. I got a call and at last Super daddy had found them. He said Caitlyn had the biggest smile and was crying because she was so happy. So that was how our day went. It was a great time spent with my family and I am so blessed. Thank you God for giving me my beautiful family.

Fourth of July Celebration with friends

2009-07-04T23:12:00.006-04:00

These are just a few of the expressions on the kids faces last night as they watched the fireworks. They liked them, but to them they were a little loud. I forgot to take their ear plugs for them. In the end they had fun. These shots are PRICELESS.

Last night we went to the fireworks in Wake Forest. Once we got there we met the Pauleys there. So we sat with them and chilled until time for the fireworks. The kids had fun playing with each other. Here are the kiddos, cheesin for me.Chloe and Caitlyn are so funny. They were taking turns giving each other a back massage. I love it. I told her she could practice on me. She just laughed.It was funny face time. Look at Calebs face as he tries to mock Caitlyn. Daddy with his Chloe

While we were waiting for the fireworks there was music and a couple of times they had these paratroopers that jumped out of the plane and landed right on the football field in front of us. The girls and Caleb thought it was so neat. Here is a picture of one of them carrying the US flag.
I actually thought it was pretty neat myself.

Kindergarten Celebration

2009-07-04T22:49:00.006-04:00

I have been so slack over the last couple of weeks so I need to do some catching up. Dale finished his summer class Greek II on Friday. I am so glad that he is done. Chloe finished kindergarten last Tuesday the 30th. On Monday we had her end of the year class celebration. Here are a few shots from her party day.

Ms. Stephens gave each of them a beach ball that had Chloe had a ball in kindergarten written on it. They then went around to each of the balls and signed their names on it. I thought it was a neat idea. Here is Chloe with one of her good friends Kensley.

Here is Mrs. Bobbit with Chloe and Ms. Stephens with Chloe.
Chloe has enjoyed having them as her teachers this year. I know she's gonna miss them.

Here is Chloe with her certificate.

Great job Chloe. She has been an outstanding student and has learned so much. She is excited to start 1st grade. We went to her meet the teacher night on Thursday and she will start school on Tuesday the 7th of July. She is in year round school if you haven't figured that out. She gets about 3 weeks off at the end of July and August, so that's really when her summer begins. We will be heading to the beach for a week then. Her teacher this year is Mrs. Andersen and her assistant is Mrs. Johnson.

Paw Paw and Grandma Visiting

2009-06-20T12:32:00.008-04:00

This past week, Dale's mom and dad came to visit us. We had a great time. They left this morning to go home. We sure are going to miss them, but we are glad they were able to come see us. While they were here we took a trip to Pullen Park.

Here is Dale and the girls riding the carousel. I'm taking the pictures.

Caleb and Paw Paw

The girls thought they were cool "driving" the boat.

Here is Caleb ringing the bell on the boat. He loved that part.

The girls on the train.

Here is the crew. Marlene and Fred AKA grandma and paw paw, Caleb, Dale, then Chloe and Caitlyn. We had a fun ride on the train.

Here is all of us posing for a photo. I love using the timer on my camera.

Here the kids are posing with the Andy Griffith statue.

Marlene loves to sew and she is always making the girls new dresses and things. Here is one of the dresses she made this time. It's so cute. Here Chloe is modeling it. Caitlyn is holding up one of the purses she made them as well.

So I had been thinking, and since my birthday is next week, Dale bought me a sewing machine, I actually asked for it. Marlene gave me a few quick lessons and I actually made a blanket and 2 pillowcases :) I have a lot more to learn, but I really have enjoyed it so far. The girls think its cool and I think I surprised Dale that I could actually do it. I'm a quick learner, I should have bought the machine earlier in the week since Marlene and Fred were here all week. I would have had longer to learn different things. So I am going to attempt some other little things and see how it goes. I'll keep you posted.
Here is Caleb and Chloe with the items I made.

The purple pillowcase is the girls, so don't worry Caleb doesn't have purple girly colors in his room.

Happy Birthday Caleb

2009-06-07T21:36:00.005-04:00

Today Caleb turned 2 yrs old. I really cannot believe that he is 2. Its so hard to believe how much time flies. Now I understand when people say they grow up so fast, so just treasure each moment you have. I thank God daily for the special blessing he has given us with Caleb Joshua. He is such a sweet spirited child. We went to lunch today with Miss Susan at the Texas Roadhouse. We had them sing to Caleb. He wasn't sure what to think. Chloe picked out this little

matchbox transport helicopter. He loved it. He is so into cars lately. I love how cheap it is, especially compared to the girls. 97 cents vs. $10 barbies. Can't beat matchbox cars :)

Chloe and Caitlyn helped me pick out his birthday cake. It was Thomas the train. He is just really starting to get into the train thing. He goes around saying Choo Choo. It's so cute.

Miss Susan our good friend from church got him this little Thomas the Train playset. He was loving it. Notice his little matchbox cars also accompany the train track.

Here are all 3 of the kids. Chloe, Caitlyn and Caleb. They are all looking so grown up lately.

Tonight was prayer night at our church, so we went on a prayer walk in our community tonight. We went as a small group or at least part of our small group over to Jones Dairy Elementary and prayed for the school. This is where Chloe goes to school. This is a group shot of some of us. We love these guys!!

Fun with the Pauleys

2009-06-01T09:38:00.006-04:00

Well this has been a very tiring weekend, but lots of fun. Chloe sang with the other kindergartners on Thursday evening at a PTA meeting. I didn't get to go because of working, but Dale taped it for me and they did such a great job. I am going to try to post a clip later so you can see. Chloe has really gained a lot more confidence over this past year, especially when up in front of people. Just remembering how timid she was on stage at their Thanksgiving singing as compared to this past week, it's a huge difference. So keep an eye out for that to be posted.

Then this past weekend we went over to our friends the Pauleys to house sit and to watch their 3 boys while they went out of town for the weekend for their 10th anniversary. They are the A team, Andrew 6yrs, Adam 5 yrs, and Andersen 3 yrs. So you can imagine how crazy it could be when you add Chloe, Caitlyn and Caleb. I could not imagine having 6 children all the time. WOW!

So we had an entertained but fun weekend and even made it to church on time with all 6. Yes I know that's hard to believe, especially if you know us well. Since the boys go to bed at 7:45 they get up bright and early. Yes 6:00 a.m. You read it right. And I am definitely not a morning person. So we were up bright and early. Made it easy to get us all to get ready, but I was so tired in church:)

Wendy and the boys had made some play dough for us early on Saturday morning. That was a life saver. They all loved playing with it. Here a a few pics.

Here is the crew. Starting with Caitlyn, Chloe, Andrew, Caleb, Andersen and Adam

Caleb was loving it. Chloe had made us a pizza.

If you look closely to Caitlyns forehead you will see the only injury we had for the weekend. She happened to run into a door that was opened in front of her with a little help from Andrew. So I thought we did pretty good.

Caleb making his pizza. They had 2 little tunnels that you crawl through. Caleb loved it.

By the end of yesterday we were all tired. So after Wendy and Fred returned we were all talking and I noticed Caleb wasn't around. I went looking for him and he was in front of the foyer door, laying on his backpack asleep. It was the cutest site. Poor guy was so wore out. I definitely had to get a picture of it. We had lots of fun and will be glad to do it again for them, just not in the next few weeks. I need rest:)

Here is Caitlyn with her crown she made at church. She was so proud of it.

Caleb after enjoying some pudding this morning. I think he really liked it.

Dale is taking Greek this summer so he is full swing into it. Just keep him in your prayers. Chloe is in school till the 30th then off a week before heading back as a 1st grader. She's excited. Caitlyn and Caleb are just hanging with momma, a tired momma at that. Caleb turns 2 next Sunday, so I'm trying to figure out what to do for him. I can't believe he's gonna be 2 already. That's all for now. Feel free to leave me a comment. I love reading them:)

Finally Pullen Park

2009-05-23T21:46:00.007-04:00

Well we finally made it to Pullen Park in Raleigh. Everyone always talks about how awesome it is, but we haven't had time to go to it. So today we went with some friends from church, The Joyces', Chris, Stephnie and Madeline. We had a blast. We definitely will be going back. It has a carousel and a train that you can ride for a minimum price. The park is where in The Andy Griffith Show it shows the pond. That is where it was taped, pretty cool. Anyway here are some fun pics from today. Here is Stephnie and Madeline having a picnic and blowing bubbles.

Chloe was so excited that we were going for a picnic at the park today. Sad to say but this was our first picnic as a family. We had lots of fun and it was such a beautiful day.

Here is Caitlyn and Madeline dancing.

Caleb just loves bubbles lately. He just yells "bubbles" over and over and squeals with such delight. I love that sound.
Here Caitlyn is telling him to just relax.

The kids were loving the little hill. They rolled down quite a few times. That is until Chloe starting feeling itchy from the grass. I remember the days of rolling down the hill at Aunt Alices'

Oh the fun my sisters and cousins had.

Here are my 3 musketeers. Oh how I love them.

This is one of my favorite shots. I love how it captures the mind of a little one. He just is so meticulous in picking just the right flower for his mommy. He then came over and gave it to me with a kiss. I love it.

We took a ride on the carousel. Its one of the old time kind. Here is Chloe and Caleb on their horses. Caitlyn wouldn't cooperate with the picture.

We then went and rode the little train. Here is the Joyces' with Chloe and Caleb peeking in.

This is the other part of us. Dale and I with Caleb and Caitlyn.

They were so excited on the train.

After that we headed to the swings. It took us a while to get them in sync so I could get all 4 of them. Am I not a dork .

Caitlyn and Caleb on the jet plane.

Here is Caitlyn relaxin. This is such a funny shot. By this time we were all getting a little tired, but surprisingly the kids were all pretty good. Caitlyn had the right idea.

Before we left I had to set the timer on the camera to get a group shot. I was going to take another but then I noticed that actually we all had looked at the camera. That was a miracle in itself.

So that's what we did today. We had a great day and enjoyed some great company with the Joyce crew. Dale starts back to school on Tuesday for summer school so we have to fit a few family days in before he is back to studying. So far I think we have had a couple of great days hanging out together. The kids were so tired tonight after our long day, but it was so worth it.

Strawberry Patch

2009-05-22T22:18:00.005-04:00

We decided to go to the strawberry patch this evening. We went out to Bunn, NC at the Vollmer Farm. The kids had a blast. Here they are posing with some of their friends. They were all making their animal noises.

Chloe was so excited to find all the really red strawberries. We had to reinforce this to Caitlyn and Caleb didn't care, he had fun tasting them.

Here is Caleb making sure they tasted o.k.

They were all showing mommy their buckets of strawberries.

Dale had more fun than the kids, I think. He said that it was his first time picking strawberries.

Caleb showing me his progress.

I thought this was the cutest shot of Dale with Caleb. That is so precious. A definite memory keeper.

Caleb couldn't get enough. Look how he pokes his finger in it to hold it.

I think his expression says it all. What a fun time we had.

Calebs 1st Haircut

2009-05-22T15:31:00.004-04:00

We finally took Caleb to get his first haircut. Here he is cheesing it up on the way out the door to the car.

He looked scared to death. He really didn't like it at first. He was screaming when the guy Julio tried to put the cape on. He wasn't doing it. So we just left it off.

After that he sat perfectly still.

Here is Caitlyn and Caleb at lunch today at Mimi's Cafe. It was delicious.

I'll post more pics later of other happenings over the last couple weeks. I gotta run and get Chloe from school. Check back later.

Mother's Day weekend and sorts

2009-05-11T11:30:00.006-04:00

The MOUNTAIN: There is this mountain that every time we travel we see. Its somewhere outside of Winston Salem NC. We all call it something different. I call it the hump mountain, Chloe calls it the weird mountain and Caitlyn calls it my mountain. So on every trip I usually take a picture of the mountain from the car. Something weird we started to do. Crazy I know. So this weekend Dale saw a sign that read Pilot Mountain. I said I guess that's the mountain we always talk about, then we saw a sign for Pilot Mountain State Park. So on our way back yesterday we decided to stop and take a look at our famous mountain we talk so much about.

Here is our picture from the road. Then the sign that lead us up, up the mountain.
Our first picture at the overlook. The kids thought it was so cool. Then we saw some trails off to the side and decided to take a short walk. After climbing up some rocks we made it to the top. The top of the mountain is in the background. You can get to the top of it, but its a more difficult trail. Not with 3 small kids. Maybe another time.

Here Chloe and Caitlyn were "rock climbing"

The girls striking a pose.

This was a funny shot of us. I had to set the timer on the camera and hurry to get in it. Notice the "hump mountain " in the background.

This was a great way to end our weekend. I had a wonderful mothers day. I am so blessed to be the mother of 3 wonderful children.

Yesterday we went to church at The Fairmont Alliance in Fairmont, WV. Our good friends Larry and Natalie Hissam serving there. We had a great time catching up with them and their family. We got to enjoy a lovely breakfast served by the men of the church. It was such a nice treat.

The Wedding

This weekend we went out of town to Fairmont, WV for one of my best friends wedding. We were able to see a few friends from college and Dale got to show the kids where we went to college and all sorts of things. A lot has changed in 1o years, but Dale had fun.

Here is Caitlyn enjoying the chocolate covered strawberries.

Dale and the kids loving on him.

Me and Jessica

The girls were getting down on the dance floor. Here they are doing the chicken dance.

They had the money dance so they paid and danced with Jessica. All 3 of them. How sweet.

We had a great time at the wedding. We wish Jessica and Matt the best. May their marriage be blessed.
Here is daddy with his little man.

Me and my sweet children.

Well this was just a few of the pics I took from the weekend. We had a blast, but glad to be home.

Caitlyn's Special Day

2009-04-28T21:19:00.003-04:00

Today was a special day for Caitlyn. After we picked her up from preschool I took her to get her first haircut. Actually she just got a trim. You don't really think I would cut her curls off do you. She did so well and was such a big girl. Here are a few photos of her in her special day.

Caitlyn loved this part. It was so relaxing she kept saying. This is mommy's favorite part as well.

I kept telling her to keep her head still.

It is still long enough to braid, which is what Caitlyn was worried about. But at least now its the same length.

Caitlyn with her certificate and lock of hair.

Caitlyn and Chloe being their goofy selves.

A collage from the past 2 weeks

2009-04-24T15:35:00.005-04:00

Well I have gotten behind these last couple of weeks. I mean where does the time seem to go? So this may be a little more lengthy than usual but I wanted to catch up. Caitlyn had fine arts day yesterday at her preschool. This is where they get to sing some songs and show off their art from the year. She was such a big girl and she did so well. They sang The Lords Army song and I've got the Joy Joy Joy. They did so well.

Here is some of her art work from the last few months.

Last weekend I went on a woman's retreat for our church. It was in Blowing Rock, NC and I had a blast. The Lord is so good and it was great getting to know some of the ladies from our church. My roomies were Susan Lepper and Kristy Cooper. They are the best! On Saturday we had some free time and some ladies went shopping while others ventured for the hiking. I do not like shopping so we decided to go hiking. I asked about the kind of trail we were going on and they said oh its easy. When we got there it was rocky and mountainy to say the least. To me it was not a easy trail. But it was fun in the end or I should say once we got to the end:) Here are a few pics of our excursion.

Here is Susan, Kristy and I once we finally made it to the end. Yeah we made it!!

The girls when we finally made it to the top. Now just to make it back down.
If you look down closely you can make out the road that we started on.

Susan and I thought we would never make it to the top.

Here are my girls Kristy and Susan. They have such awesome hearts for the Lord. Kristy AKA Jillian from the Biggest Loser. She was such an encourager on my way up the mountain. Thanks Kristy!

This is the start of the hike. Up the mountain we go.

For Easter this year we went over to the Pauleys for dinner. We had a blast and the kids loved playing and hunting eggs. Here is Caleb being goofy.

I got the kids to sit in front of these beautiful flowers I had found. They were so beautiful and gorgeous. I am so blessed.

That's just a quick recap of our last couple weeks. We have been so busy. Then on Sunday when I returned from the ladies retreat, Dale had to leave for WV. His dad had a heart attack and ended up having 2 stents placed. He is doing well, but just keep him and Dale in your prayers. Dale is working hard in his classes and is almost done for the semester. Yeah!! I am actually in WV visiting my family at the moment for the weekend and giving Dale some much needed quiet time to study. You don't get that too often with 3 kids :)

That's about it. Check back in a few days for some more updates on the Myers.

AWESOME week

2009-04-11T22:41:00.005-04:00

This past week has been so busy and tiring but has ended on such a cool note. Dales pop pop passed away last weekend, so we headed back to Pocahontas County and attended his funeral.

Here are the kids outside of Uncle Mickey and MaryBeths cabin.

This next picture is one of my favorites over the last week or so. Caitlyn and Chloe look so sweet and happy together.

Over the weekend Caleb wasn't feeling so well. This photo says it all.

We headed back to NC Monday afternoon. The girls have been so excited for this week because they have been counting the days until the Chris Tomlin concert. On Thursday I took Chloe to the dentist and she was cavity free as well. PTL! She was a little more timid than Caitlyn, but ended up smiling by the end.

That same night we went up to Winston-Salem NC to the coliseum to see Chris Tomlin in concert. It was so amazing. I love his music and how you can just worship God. We went with a couple from our small group The Joyces'. We all had a blast.

Then yesterday was mine and Dales 10th anniversary. It's hard to believe it has been 10 yrs already. We were blessed to have The Joyces' come over and watch the kids so we could go out and have a date night. I know I almost forgot what that was. We went to a new place for us. It was called Brasa. It was a Brazilian steakhouse. It was so good! Dale had even got me roses and had them at our table when we arrived. Wasn't that sweet:) I thank God for Dale and what he does for me and our family. God has truly blessed me with a true man of God.

This morning we took the kids to a local church Easter egg hunt. They had such a fun time.

Here they are gathering their eggs. Even Caleb participated.

After we got home this afternoon we dyed Easter eggs. It was lots of fun. We ended up with lots of pretty eggs.

I have a few other pictures I'd like to share, but I think I'll post a slideshow later this week.

Hope you are having a great weekend and have a wonderful Easter. Remember "He is not here, He is Risen!"

The Dentist

2009-04-02T15:56:00.004-04:00

Today Caitlyn went to the dentist for the first time. I love our dentist, he and his staff are so good with the kids. Caitlyn was such a big girl and did so well. She got into the cavity free club. See her with her certificate below and she got a cool toothbrush, an Aerial spinning toothbrush.

Here she is sitting in the big "fun" chair. I was so proud of her.

Well we made a trip to Pocahontas County in West Virginia this past weekend to visit Dales pop pop who isn't doing very well. It was such a sweet sight to see the kids hold his hand and just kiss on it. He just lit up. He's not doing very well now and its just a matter of time until he passes so keep him and Dale and his family in your prayers. While we were there the girls and Caleb discovered earthworms. You don't find that many worms here like we did last weekend. It had rained and there were worms everywhere on the ground. Caitlyn picked them right up, whereas Chloe was a little more cautious, like her mama.

Here is paw paw with kids in beautiful WV.

Grandma with the kids outside the hotel. This dog was outside and the kids loved it. It was HUGE. Caleb could have rode it.

This is such a cute picture of the kids. Look how sweet they are sleeping together. I love it.

That's all for now. Just getting ready for my next freezer swap this Saturday morning. Will post more about that later.

Donut Shop

2009-03-23T11:37:00.004-04:00

Caitlyn's preschool class went on a class outing to Daylight Donuts last Thursday. She had such a fun time. Here is her class eyeing the delicious looking donuts.

This is the man showing them how donuts are made. I had never actually seen the process so I thought it was cool as well.

Ms Ada helping Caitlyn decorate her donut. She chose chocolate icing with colorful sprinkles.

Caitlyn enjoying her donut. Notice the sprinkle in her tooth. How funny.

Her friend Andersen is in her class as well. Here are the two of them chowing down.

After they ate their donuts they sang some songs on the bus then went back into the shop and made a craft. Their were 3 classes so they were in a rotation.

I think overall she had a fun time. Not much else happening in the Myers house.. We finally finished our taxes so we made a trip to Sumter on Friday to have those done. Yeah!! Dale has been studying a lot for tests and he has a big paper due tomorrow, so he is a little stressed. We are planning a trip to Marlinton, WV on Friday to see Dales pop pop (grandad). His health is not doing well so we are going for a visit. Just keep him in your prayers. That's all for now.

Where Have I Been?

2009-03-18T11:22:00.004-04:00

That's the question many are wondering. I usually have at least one post a week, but I have been majorly slacking the last couple of weeks. So I'm going to try to catch up a little. We had beautiful spring like weather a few weekends ago, 80 degree weather, so we were outside a lot. The girls and Dale went one Sunday afternoon with our neighbors to the local park. I think they had a good time. I was at home with Caleb taking a nap :)

Isn't this such a cute shot of the big girls.

Caitlyn has been wanting her hair braided like Princess Genevieve. I told her I would try and it actually didn't turn out that bad. I have been practicing. So lately that's her daily hairstyle. It's so cute.

We caught up with a few friends whom we went to college with a couple of weekends ago, Rod and Markeeta Smith. They have a son about the same age as Chloe. We went over to their house for dinner and had a great time. The kids loved playing with one another, especially on his little 4 wheeler.

Caleb was getting instructions on how to use sidewalk chalk. How cute

Chloe had her last Upward cheerleading game this same weekend and a couple friends came to see her. Andy and Susan Lepper came and cheered Chloe on. They had a blast. So to say the least our weekends have been pretty busy lately. Chloe went on a field trip to downtown Wake Forest this past week. Dale went with her since my schedule and me needing some sleep, plus we had worked it out that Dale would go with Chloe this time. She wanted her daddy to go this time. How sweet. So they were off on a trip about community helpers. Dale is a photo nut, so I will only post a few at this time. They got to have story time, see police car, firefighter and had pizza for lunch. What could beat that:)

Chloe loves to ride the bus. Oh the simple things of life.
Here they are in the ABC store where they had story time.

Chloe getting out of the police car. The kids thought this was so fun.

This was one of Chloe's favorite things, the pizza shop for lunch.

Chloe has been doing such a great job lately with reading and sounding out her words. I came downstairs one day to see this story Chloe had written on their chalkboard about her sister Caitlyn. I thought it was so precious, and to see how her mind was thinking of writing the words just like they sounded. It's amazing to me how much they learn so fast. It just seems like she was learning her ABCs, let a lone be writing a story. Oh how the time flies.

Well I think that's all for now. Caitlyn has her 1st field trip tomorrow to the Donut Shop. So look for more pics coming. Hope you enjoy the update.

Such a Big Boy!!

2009-03-03T16:23:00.004-05:00

Last night Dale and I put up Caleb's big boy bed. He was so excited once it was up. Of course all three of them loved jumping on it. When it was time for bed, he climbed right up in there and pulled his pooh bear and tigger close to him as well as his blanket and was all smiles. Not one tear shed.

Doesn't he look so big :(

He took his nap today in it with no problem. I cannot believe how well he has done:)
So today I took the crib down. It is the first time its been down since our oldest Chloe was born. It was kind of sad. We put it in storage just in case #4 comes along. (Not anytime soon) I cleaned out a lot of baby toys and clothes. Man times just flies and they grow so fast. I just want them to stay my babies as long as possible.

Its almost spring and we have snow!

2009-03-02T17:04:00.003-05:00

Well they kept saying we might get snow last night and I guess we did. Chloe was off school today and so we had a family day today. Dale is actually on his "spring break" from school. Great weather huh? Here are some pictures of our very own snowman we made earlier this afternoon. It was great to actually be able to make a real snowman. It was also great snowball snow. Caitlyn and I against Dale and Chloe. Caleb was napping. I would say Caitlyn and I came out on top. Dale was trying to take us out with huge snowballs. In all we had fun until the girls thought their fingers were going to fall off. After Caleb woke us from his nap, I got a picture of all 3 of them with their very own 1st snowman. How sweet!!

This was right after we finished making him, grape eyes and apples for the mouth.

Here is all 3 of them with "Frosty"

Caleb was just a little shorter than the snowman. He kept staring at it. He was so funny.

I didn't get a chance to take pictures of our snowball fight because I had to defend myself. Maybe next time. Enjoy!!

Freezer Swap

2009-02-28T21:30:00.002-05:00

Well this morning I participated in something new for me, a freezer swap. One of the ladies from church organized it and I was in group 2. I made lasagna for the group. It was so sweet last night the whole family excluding Caleb helped to make 6 lasagnas. The girls, and I think even Dale had a good time. I would like to try to start making some meals ahead of time and freezing them, since working night shift. This way we could just pop a meal in the oven and it be complete. So I am looking for a simple cookbook to start cooking with. So we exchanged food this morning and ended up with marvelous mini meatloaves, beef noodle casserole, chicken and beef enchiladas and pork chops and apples. So I am excited to get to try some of these delicious sounding meals.
Chloe continues to heal well, she only has 1 Upward game left for the season to cheer in then has the awards banquet in a few weeks. Caitlyn has been doing well and is loving preschool. I have really noticed her advancement in her fine motor skills. She is actually starting to form letters that actually look like letters:) Caleb is still battling his ear infection. We started a different antibiotic a couple of days ago and it seems to be helping. Dale continues at his school work. I'm just looking at one class at a time towards his degree:) Other than that not much going on. Kind of cold outside right now, word on the street is it might snow tomorrow, but I'm not counting on it. I'm just looking forward to spring and warmer weather so maybe we can all be healthy.

Our First Surgery in the Family

2009-02-27T13:27:00.007-05:00

Well we had our first surgery in the family this week. Chloe has tubes placed in her ears yesterday as well as having her adenoids out. She had been having a lot of trouble hearing lately and that was because of a lot of fluid accumulation in her ears. So yesterday she had her surgery and she did so well. I wasn't so sure how she would do because she is so scared of needles and the unknown, but yesterday she was so strong and such a big girl. She also had allergy skin testing yesterday as well and they were all negative. Praise the Lord for that! I snapped a few photos of her yesterday so we all would remember well. When the nurse gave her her first gown to put on it was so small. Chloe kept her pants on, she said it would have shown her bootie and panties otherwise. It was so cute. We eventually got her a gown that fit her. I wasn't used to seeing such small patient gowns, they were cute. All the nurses and doctors and everyone involved did a super job with Chloe. I know she was so calm and everything went as planned due to so many people praying for her and us. I just want to thank everyone for their prayers. The peace of God was upon her. Also so much thanks to Wendy Pauley and her family for taking care of my other 2, Caitlyn and Caleb.

Here she is in her little gown. Everything was rushed yesterday morning with me just getting off work and rushing home, to getting all the kids ready and out the door. We dropped Caitlyn and Caleb off at Miss Wendys house and then hurried down to the hospital. In the meantime we forgot Chloes favorite stuffed animal "puppy". She has had him since she was born. Can you believe we forgot him? Well good for me that I had already bought Chloe a gift for after surgery which was a little bigger version of her puppy. It was like the mommy puppy . So she was just a little nervous after we got back to the pre op area that I went ahead and gave her the gift. She was so excited.

They have a child life specialist who comes in and talks with the kids prior to surgery. They draw on their beds. Chloe thought this was neat. I told her this was not to be done at home :)

"Uncle Steve" came over from Fayetteville and was there with us as Chloe had her surgery. Thanks Steve, that meant a lot, from us as well as Chloe.

Here is the post op nurse with Chloe as we prepare to leave the hospital. She was so good with her. She gave Chloe a princess etch a sketch and some tattoos, which to Chloe was neat.

Here is Chloe and me as we are wheeled out of the hospital. It brought back memories of the day we left the hospital when she was born. She was a lot smaller then.

Here are some shots from this morning. Chloe is feeling great. I let her stay home today just to make sure she was ok. Here is Chloe and Caitlyn with baby and mommy puppy as they call them.

Here is the infamous puppy and mommy puppy.

Well that's all for now. Check back later for more updates from the Myers family. Caleb is still trying to get over an ear infection, but for the most part we are all doing well.

What a Day for a Wedding

2009-02-17T22:06:00.003-05:00

This past weekend we went to West Virginia for my cousin Amandas wedding. Here are some various pictures throughout the weekend. Hope you enjoy!

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Out and about

2009-02-15T15:36:00.005-05:00

Well this past week has been a beautiful week here in Wake Forest. It has actually felt like spring around here, so we have been out and about. The kids love the park and so one day we went there and another day we walked around the factory. I got a really cute picture of the kids outside of Las Palmas near the fountain.

Caitlyn was in a dress up mood this week and constantly wanted to change her clothes and fix her hair. Here she is all dressed up and posing for me.

The girls have this thing they like to do by making a clicking sound and giving you thumbs up. Its their signature mark. Here they are showing them to me.

Chloe has been tracked out this week so she has been hanging out with her little brother Caleb. Here are the two of them just chillin. How sweet. We had taken Chloe on Wednesday for her appointment with the ENT and they tested her hearing again and she failed. She has chronic fluid in her ears and so she needs tubes and her adenoids out. That is to take place on the 26th. The lady testing her ears did some type of test and could tell her hearing loss is related to the fluid so that's good to hear. No pun intended. So Chloe is a little anxious about the whole thing so just keep her in your prayers over the next couple of weeks.

On Thursday night we went to a birthday party at the Jumpin Beans place in Wake Forest. This was the first time we went there. Caitlyn was a little nervous at first, but eventually she went in and started jumping away. She had a blast. Caleb and Chloe went right in and loved every minute of it. We were so glad to have been invited. Thanks Anna Kate!

This is a funny picture. Caleb was practically on his head.

Here is Dale with Chloe and Caleb sliding down one of the slides.

Well that was all for now. We headed to West Virginia on Friday for my cousin Amanda's wedding. Check back later from pictures of our trip.

Spring Fever

2009-02-07T23:33:00.003-05:00

Ok, so I have been kind of slack this past couple weeks. Just trying to get things together and we went out of town last weekend to our friends Steve and Jen's up in Fayetteville. Dale spoke at his church for men's Sunday. It went well. This week Chloe has been tracked out so we have had some good time together. Caitlyn didn't go to preschool this past week due to a bad cough and runny nose. Hopefully she will be doing better by Tuesday. So it has been a very tiring week. It's always hard working nights to get good sleep, let alone when you have kids in the house.

Here is a picture Dale took one night I was at work. Look at how cute the girls are and how sound they were sleeping. It is so funny.

I snuck up on Chloe and Caleb the other morning and caught this shot. It was so precious. Chloe reading a book to her little brother. What an awesome sight. Chloe really does well with her reading and enjoys reading to her sister and brother so much. I am so proud of her.

Caitlyn and Chloe were playing dress up earlier today and here is what Caitlyn came down dressed as. She was so cute. She even wore it out to the store when we went out. I couldn't get her to change so why fight it. She was so sweet and innocent looking.

I finally broke down and bought myself something this week. I have saved my money from Christmas for a couple years and since I never spend anything on me I thought it was time. I have been using this diaper bag/purse for about a year now and I finally decided to go and buy a woman's purse. I really like Vera Bradley and her line of bags but I am so cheap that I never buy one. So I found this store in downtown Wake Forest called The Red Door Interior ( I think that was the name) anyway we went there the other day and Chloe helped me pick out a new purse. Its design is called purple punch. I really like it. So I decided to post a picture for you to see as well.

Well not much else going on here. We are excited about heading to West Virginia this coming weekend for my cousin Amanda's wedding. This kids are excited that they get to see everyone. Caleb turned 20 months today. So hard to believe in just a few short months he will be 2. Everyone always told me that time flies and they weren't kidding. They are all growing up so fast. I am trying to savour every moment with them.

Visit from Grandma and Grandad

2009-01-24T15:39:00.004-05:00

Well this weekend my mom and dad stopped in to Wake Forest since they had been in Georgia for a conference. On the way home they stopped to see us. They came in Thursday afternoon. With them came a few gifts for the kids from Aunt Donna. Here is Caleb checking out his new tractor. Even though its John Deere, he loved it. :)

Chloe got the game Pretty as a Princess and loved it. We have played it SEVERAL times since.

Caitlyn received a new cooking set for the kitchen and has cooked many meals for us. Thanks so much for the gifts Aunt Donna and Uncle Jimmy.

Friday after we picked Chloe up from school we went out to dinner at the "peanut place" as Caitlyn would call it, otherwise known as The Texas Roadhouse. Here are a few pics of the family.

Grandad and Chloe (yes this pic is a little fuzzy its not your eyes)

Here is Caitlyn with Grandma.

Chloe was worried that grandma and grandad would leave today before they got to see her cheer. So she was sooo excited when she found out that they would stay until after she cheered today. It was a big rush to get her to the church on time for the game since Chloe had to go to school today, yes on a Saturday. Today was their makeup day since the snowfall this week. Since she attends a year round school, they make them up on Saturdays. Weird I know, but she only had to go a half day. I told her that was a first for me. I never went to school on a Saturday. She thought that was funny. Here is Caitlyn posing for me. She is so beautiful..

Here are the girls doing a cheer during halftime. Chloe is a flyer. They did such a good job. Way to go Dazzlers!!

Grandad and Grandma with Chloe after the game. Sorry dad I cut half your head off in the pic.

Well Dad and Mom left a little while ago to head back to West Virginia. We were glad they stopped in to see us. We put up a new ceiling fan and light in our living room and we taught them how to play Uno Attack. I think my mom and dad are addicted to it. They were actually up till 12:30 last night. That's late for them. I eventually had to cut them off and send them to bed.
Well that's all for now. Check back later for some other updates from the Myers.

Here we go Again

2009-01-20T16:48:00.002-05:00

Well after I woke up from sleeping today, Chloe finally felt up to going outside. Here she is all smiles.

Here is Chloe and Caleb checking the snow out. Caitlyn politely let me know she'd would stay inside and watch us from the window. She said " I like warm weather mommy." How funny is that.

SNOW!!!

2009-01-20T09:09:00.004-05:00

That's right you read it right. It snowed here in Wake Forest, NC. I am so excited. I think I am more excited than the kids. All night at work I couldn't wait to get home so the kids could get up and see the snow. So when I got home, Chloe was awake so I showed her the snow. She just smiled, but she hasn't felt well so she stayed in bed. Caitlyn and Caleb were up and I showed them the snow and they got the biggest smiles. They really weren't sure what it was, since they haven't been in snow before. So here are some photos of our early morning excursion outside to see snow.

Here is Chloe all snuggled in her warm bed with Smokey the cat.

Here is Chloe's bike outside our back door.

This was Caleb's first reaction to the snow blowing in his face. Brrrr....

Caitlyn on the other hand, wasn't so sure about the cold stuff blowing on her.

Caleb was so funny. He tried to run and kept falling down, but still kept on laughing.

Caitlyn was in the corner out of the way of the blowing snow. She was saying her hands were cold. She didn't last long, but at least she got to experience the snow.

I love this shot of Caleb. He is so sweet.

I was showing Caitlyn how to do a snow angel. I felt like a kid again. It was so fun.

Here is my result. How beautiful!!

Then Caleb tried to do one, face first.

Here is daddy and Caleb right before we went back inside. My fingers were starting to freeze.

Hopefully Chloe will feel better later and go out and experience the snow. Say a prayer that she starts to feel better. I'm gonna try to post some video of the kids in the snow later.

Now that we got to play in the snow some, I think its off to bed. Check back later for more updates...

Caitlyn and her 1st day at Preschool

2009-01-13T20:43:00.006-05:00

Well today was a big day in our household. Caitlyn was set to go to her first day of preschool at Wake Crossroads Baptist Church. She had been so excited. We went yesterday and she picked out a new lunch box and backpack. This morning when I came home Caitlyn was fussing so I asked her what was wrong and she finally told me she was scared. Chloe came over beside her and told her it was ok to be scared and that sometimes we get scared when we do something new. And by the end of day she would probably be so happy. It was so sweet, Chloe was giving her a pep talk. Then she was ready to go. So they headed downstairs for breakfast before heading off to school.

Here she is just before heading out the door.

Dale was taking the pictures and he took a lot. But he did a good job. Here is Caitlyn getting ready to enter the building.

As soon as she went in, we met Mrs Ada and Mrs Dawn her teachers.

Caitlyn is part of the Tigers classroom.

Caitlyn went right in and learned where to place her belongings.

Caitlyn sat right down at the table and was ready to go.

Here is Caitlyn with Mrs Ada.

She didn't even think twice about it. When Dale picked her up she was so excited. She had such a good time. I know she is going to love going to school like her big sister Chloe. Just doesn't seem like its been that long since she was a baby. They grow up so fast.

Chloe

2009-01-10T21:59:00.003-05:00

Here is the video of Chloe and her first day of cheering. There is also a clip of Caleb which will just melt your heart. Enjoy!!

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GO CHLOE!!

2009-01-10T19:03:00.004-05:00

Today was Chloe's first day of cheerleading for Upward. She was so excited. The expression on her face was priceless. Here she is with the other girls in her squad. They are the Dazzlers!!

Look at how happy she is. I was nervous at first because she is so shy at first. But she did so good. Chloe even got the Spirit star for today. I am so proud of her.
Here she is sitting in her "cheer sit" I never thought I would be typing about cheer sitting. Anyone who knows me, knows I am farthest from the cheerleader type. But since Chloe is excited about it so am I.

We have a video to post but it is still in the working. Check back later!!

Just a note

2009-01-09T16:38:00.003-05:00

I thought that since Dale has blogged the last couple of days with so much theological insight I needed to update with normal talk, so here goes.
While we were at Dales moms house I went to Once Upon a Child store and found some really cute dresses. Here are the girls dressed up for church last Sunday in a few of their new outfits. They looked so cute. The good thing right now is they can both wear each others clothes. Yeah!!!

I tried to get a picture of all 3 of the kids but here is how it went.

Guess that one didn't go that well.
We are excited about the next few days. Chloe has her first cheerleading game tomorrow afternoon with Upward cheerleading. She is sooo excited. I'll post some pictures tomorrow. Then Caitlyn is going to be starting preschool on Tuesday. She is going to go on Tuesdays and Thursdays at a local church. She is getting so big and she is excited about going to school. So we have to go this weekend and pick out a new lunch bag and backpack.
Well, that's all for now.. Check back soon for new updates...

53rd Anniversary

2009-01-08T23:08:00.007-05:00

Today I finished the book "The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot: Shadow of the Almighty" by Elisabeth Elliot. The final chapter ends in this way "...on Sunday, January 8, 1956, the men for whom Jim Elliot had prayed for six years killed him and his four companions." It struck me that I finished the book on the anniversary of the death that brought about its birth. Isn't it amazing that God works through death to bring about life. He has done that in my life by raising me from death to life through the death of His Son Jesus. Through the death of Jim Elliot life was brought to countless numbers in Christ through those inspired by his life and death to follow him into the mission field. Eventually the same men that killed him found life in Christ as well. What an awesome God we have!

When I think of Jim Elliot I think of the quote often associated with him "He is no fool who gives that which he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." The quote that I will take from this book and his life is one he made in 1948 "God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn for Thee. Consume my life, my God, for it is Thine. I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you, Lord Jesus." Wow! Thank You God for this challenge! May the cry of my heart be the same! May I live for You!

Update from Dale

2009-01-07T21:30:00.021-05:00

I haven't posted anything for quite a while. Jill has been doing an amazing job of keeping everybody posted about all that has been going on in our lives. I finished up last semester and rested for a week or two as we went to my parents house for a visit. When we returned I then got back to some reading. I have purposed to read a biography and a doctrinally based book at the end of each semester. I find that the biography helps me to unwind from the stress of the semester yet stokes my fire to serve. This time I'm reading "Shadow of the Almighty" by Elisabeth Elliot about her husband Jim Elliot. It has been great so far and quite a challenge to read of his life and passion for God. The doctrinally based book I'm reading is "Chosen for Life: The Case for Divine Election" by Sam Storms. I have enjoyed learning more of election through this book. I read slow (and being here at school now really makes me feel slow when I hear of what others do in terms of reading) yet know I need to keep at it because it keeps my mind engaged in loving Him. Being engaged in this way was a great lesson learned and challenge from my theology class this semester. Dr. Hammett, my theology professor, made the following statement and it resonates in my heart even as I write this post "theology is loving God with all your mind". I have not necessarily loved Him well in this area of my life.

As for the adjustment of moving here I find that this is an ongoing process. I've not found the close relationships that I have in the past. It's weird being here at school yet totally exciting at the same time. The excitement is that I'm learning to love Him with all my mind as I never have before in my life - better late than never as I'll be 35 this year :). Looking forward to what God has in store and continue to be in awe of Him! His work in my life through this time is painful and amazing. Love you all and be in prayer for us and we seek His Face! I especially love you Jill - you are truly the most amazing woman I've ever met!

Chloe's First Haircut

2009-01-02T14:51:00.005-05:00

Today was a big day. Chloe and I went to get her first haircut. I took her over to Great Clips. Here are a few pictures of it. I finally decided since she is 5 that it was time to get her hair at least trimmed. Here is Chloe getting her hair washed. She was a little nervous at first, but soon relaxed.

She thought she was such a big girl sitting in the chair.

Hold still Chloe so she doesn't cut too much off. She took about 3 inches off.

Here Chloe is getting her hair dryed like a big girl.

The final product. It looks so good with all the straggly ends cut off. They even gave her a little card to signify her first haircut.

Look closely at her little piece of hair on the card.

I think I was as nervous as Chloe but it looks so good now. I survived this one, now only 2 more kids to take to get their 1st haircut.

New Years Happenings

2009-01-01T23:29:00.007-05:00

Well we went over to Doris' house on New Years Eve and had a blast. I love playing catch phrase and she has the newest version and the phrases were actually kind of tough but it was so fun. It was nice just to hang out and have fun, the kids were having fun as well. Naomi and the girls and Caleb had fun just running around and playing.
Here they are being silly with their sunglasses on. Aren't they so cool!

Caleb kept running in circles trying to catch the girls.

On New Years Day we went over to the Pauleys house for some good food and fellowship. Our kids love to play together. She has three boys, ages 6,5 and 3. They love to dance and to put on singing shows for the adults. Here they are dancing. Dale and I learned how to play phase 10 with Fred and Wendy. We had a great time and can't wait to go over again and play some more games. Dale ended up winning, I think he just had a lucky streak :)

Christmas

2009-01-01T22:19:00.005-05:00

Chloe has been doing really well with her reading. Grandma had gotten Chloe some books and she actually read them to us. They were the Dick and Jane books. It just doesn't seem possible that she could be reading to us. She is so smart.
Here is Dale with Julia and Chloe. They had their robes all and were all snuggled up with Dale.

Christmas Eve I had to work, but thankfully I was placed on call and didn't have to go in till 10:00 that night. So I was able to hang our stockings and watch the kids open up their one gift. They were so cute. They all got a new pair of pajamas and they matched, even Caleb. They looked so cute. We usually let the kids open a small gift on Christmas Eve.

Here are the goofballs Chloe and Caitlyn loving their new nighties.
I was trying to get a picture of all three. They were so hyped up.

After that we had to leave food outside for the "reindeer" So I didn't really have much on hand since we had been out of town, so we left sprinkled grits on the ground for the reindeer. How funny is that. You know they actually ate it. Then the girls placed glow sticks on the yard so the reindeer could see where to land. It was so cute.

Well it was finally Christmas and we celebrated the day by reflecting on the best gift of all, Jesus. I loved listening to our kids pray at dinner and singing Happy Birthday to Jesus. That is the sweetest thing as a parent to see.

Here is Caitlyn on Christmas morning. She actually wasn't feeling so well that day.

Caleb loved Caitlyn's gift of her doll set. As you can tell he has a car tool bench in the background. He does actually play with it as well.

Chloe got a bike. Here she is giving it a try. She actually did very well. I was so proud of her.

Caleb loved his new cars. He played with them all day. The simple things in life.

We had a great day just relaxing with one another as a family.
One of the newest things that I got to do over this past weekend is play Rock Band at a friends house. It was the funniest thing. I never grew up listening to any of those songs and here I was trying to sing Guns N Roses and the such. It was lots of fun.

Catching up

2009-01-01T21:48:00.006-05:00

Well I know it has been a while since I've posted, but with the holidays and such it has been so busy. So let me catch us up on some of the happenings over the last couple of weeks. The Friday before Christmas we went to visit Dales parents up outside of Parkersburg WV. They actually live in Belpre OH, but the kids still say they live in WV. His mom and sister Amy had gotten tickets for us to go see the Nutcracker. Marlene (grandma) had gotten the girls some new dresses and they got all dressed up. The girls had a ball. Here is Chloe, Julia and Caitlyn all
dressed up and looking so pretty. We had our Christmas on Saturday evening. Grandma had gotten the girls a nutcracker. Just look at Chloe's face and you can tell how excited she was.

Chloe looked so pretty, I couldn't pass up a picture by their tree.

Here are all the kids on the couch with me and Amy trying to get just one picture of them.
Joseph, Julia, Chloe, Caleb and Caitlyn

Caleb on Sunday for church. Does he not look so handsome. He is growing up so fast. He looks like a little man now. Makes me kind of sad.

Here is Caitlyn loving on Paw Paw Fred.

We had a great time in West Virginia visiting friends and family. It's always nice to visit, but its also great to get back home and back to routine. I have mentioned previously how Chloe has started cheerleading with Upward Cheerleading at a local church. Here is a picture of her at practice. She actually starts her games next weekend. I'll post some pictures of her in her cute outfit next week.

More to come. Keep checking back.....

Wake Forest Christmas Parade

2008-12-13T15:46:00.007-05:00

This afternoon we went to the annual Wake Forest Christmas Parade. The kids had a blast. By the end our fingers and toes were numb. It was just a little chilly out this afternoon.

Here we are waiting for the parade to start. Me and my little munchkins.

Caleb and mommy and then mommy getting a sugar kiss from Caitlyn. Chloe took this picture. She did a great job.

Chloe is always saying how Caitlyn is her best friend. Is this not the cutest pic?

Here is daddy with his little man. He was trying to contain all the wiggles.

Chloe's face is priceless in this shot. She was so excited!!

Well that's what we have been up to the last few days. Keep checking back and leave me a comment if you want. I love hearing from everyone.

Christmas Party

2008-12-13T14:47:00.005-05:00

On Wednesday we went to our small group Christmas party at The Pauleys house. It was an unusual warm day for December. We all had a blast. We even went around the neighborhood Christmas caroling. The kids loved it.

This is just a few of the people in our "small" group. We definitely had a house full. It was a great time of fun and fellowship with one another. Here we are singing Christmas carols at a house.

The kids loved seeing the houses decorated and the lawn decorations. Here they are saying Hi to Mickey.

Caitlyn and Caleb saying Merry Christmas!!

What's Up?

2008-12-07T21:07:00.004-05:00

Well its hard to believe but today Caleb turned 18 months old. It just doesn't seem possible that he is that old yet. Time sure does fly. People are always telling you they will grow up fast and they sure do. I just treasure and am so thankful for each moment God has given them to us. They are such a blessing to Dale and I. I can't imagine our lives without them, we wouldn't know what to do with ourselves. Christmas is just around the corner and it seems to come so fast. Then it will be New Years and then summer again. It seems like life just passes by so quickly especially nowadays. I guess sometimes I need to put things in check and SLOW down. I need to savour all that is around me. Well just thought I'd write a quick note. I'll update later this week. Dale has his finals tomorrow and then he is done for a few weeks until Jan when classes start back up. So that is great!!

Friends

2008-12-01T15:02:00.003-05:00

This weekend we took a trip to Bishoppville SC. Dale had a speaking engagement at a church there then we went over to Conway to see some of our close friends. It was a long tiring weekend, but it was great to see some of our friends. Here is Christina with her new little one Patrick. He is 3 months old and sooo cute. They live in Sumter, SC.

Then we spent the afternoon in Conway visiting The Smith Family or at least part of them.

Here is Bethany, Stephanie, Chloe and Caitlyn

This is the Smith Family: Bethany, Stephanie, Merlin and Lonnie ( who wasn't there when photo taken) Since we didn't get a chance to see Lonnie before he left to go back to school at Clemson we had to pull a photo out so we could see him.

Caitlyn kept asking for Lonnie all day in the car. She wanted to show him this picture the girls had made at Redbone Alley, but Lonnie had to go back to school at Clemson so he wasn't there when we got in. Caitlyn thought this was so funny. Here she is with her man Lonnie. Sorry Lonnie you couldn't see us in person and that we missed seeing you, so we had to go with a picture instead.

Well that's all for now. Hope we can come visit for longer next time and actually see Lonnie in person!! :)

Thanksgiving

2008-12-01T14:43:00.006-05:00

We spent Thanksgiving here in Wake Forest, NC this year since I had to work that night. We went over to The Pauley's for dinner. They are a family from our small group from church and they have 3 boys. We had a wonderful time.

Here are all the kids. Her neighbors came over also and they had 2 kids. We had a houseful of entertainment!!

Here is Caleb chowing down.

The girls cheered what a great time we had!!

Thanks to the Pauley's for inviting us over and including us in their Thanksgiving this year.

Fun in West Virginia

2008-11-26T21:15:00.007-05:00

So we left on Friday afternoon from Wake Forest and traveled to West Virginia. I had worked Thursday night and was up the entire day and through the evening. So needless to say I was tired. I was so looking forward to sleeping in at least some, but I must have been dreaming to actually think that would happen at moms house. Bright and early I was up with mom barging through the house and waking up us all. Once Caleb is awake that means we all are awake. Then the phone rings and dads calling wanting me to take a picture with his camera of a white squirrel that Derek got hunting. So it was freezing outside and I was up with a smile on my face taking this picture.

We spent a lot of time at Aunt Denise and Uncle Eric's house (kid friendly). Denise is a real homemaker and actually cooks and bakes and does that kind of stuff. Here are my girls taking it all in. I'm taking notes on the side (ha ha) or so Dale hopes. They were helping make some dirt dessert for a church dinner the next day. They did such a great job!!
Then they were helping her take the yucky stuff out of a pumpkin so she could make some yummy pies. Chloe didn't like how it felt at all. It was so funny. Notice Caitlyn in the background eating one of Uncle Eric's famous milkshakes.

Denise got Caitlyn to sit still long enough for her to french braid her hair. It was so cute. I
couldn't believe it was long enough to do. She looked so much older and grown up :(

We celebrated our Christmas while we at my moms house. Here are a few pics of the chaos that ensues when you have 8 children under the age 9 in one house. My sister went hunting that day
with her husband. So she may look a little scruffy in the picture. I know you will love this picture Tricia. I got my niece, Colleen this little stroller. See how many people it takes to put it together.
It was worth the hassle, she loves it!!

Caleb has this thing for Tigger and anytime he sees one he wants it. He sleeps with a mini Tigger and so my sister regifted this BIG Tigger to Caleb. I actually gave her son this a few years back. The look on Caleb's face was priceless. He absolutely loves it.

Here Caitlyn is being a good little mommy to her new little Snugglekin, a baby tiger cub. Look at Caleb in the background climbing in his new little dump truck ride on that grandma and grandad got him. He is such a boy now. I'm sure he is glad that he doesn't have to ride on the Disney princess one the girls have.

Caleb is wondering what in the world is all this mess?

Here is Dad unwrapping his surprise gun sling. Don't worry Dad I'll send you the money for it:)
Look mommy I got a car. A police car at that and it even makes sounds. (oh boy)
Here is grandma and Caitlyn getting ready for bed.

The kids got this dance mat from high school musical for Christmas from grandma and grandad. We decided to try it out earlier. I thought I would give it a try. I almost had a heart attack. So I left it to the younger ones. Here are Chloe and Caitlyn getting down. They did such a good job. I'm just glad Dale didn't think fast enough to get a picture of me.

Well it has been a fun and busy few days. We really enjoyed the time we got to spend with family. Even though we aren't there for Thanksgiving day we are still so thankful for the time spent with them all. I hope each who reads this a very Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow. But above all ,remember who to be the most thankful for, the one who gave His life for us, Jesus Christ.

2008-11-22T14:34:00.003-05:00

This has been a great week. We started last Sunday finishing our shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. Chloe and I finished the boxes together. We had went shopping and picked out some things for 2 little girls. I think Chloe really enjoyed herself and even wrote her a note and placed in the shoebox. It would really be neat if one of the little girls wrote her back.

Chloe had to disguise a turkey in school this week. We had to think of what to disguise the turkey so that he wouldn't be eaten at Thanksgiving dinner. Chloe decided to make her turkey a peacock. I thought this was a creative idea. So we made a dancing peacock.

On Friday Chloe had her Thanksgiving play at school. So we went to her school and watched her. She did such a great job!! Her class was dressed as the children in the play.
They were all so cute!!

We are in West Virginia at this time visiting my family and having our Thanksgiving/Chrismas celebration. The kids are having a blast playing with all their cousins. More pictures to come....

Friendly Visit

2008-11-16T16:39:00.008-05:00

Well this has been a busy but fun weekend. We had some of our close friends in from Conway, SC, The Jackson 4. Maurice, Cindy, Shelley and Katheryn.

They came in on Friday evening and we have had such a great time. Chloe and Katheryn are great friends and Chloe has been glued to her hip all weekend. Here are a few fun pics from the weekend. Katheryn and Chloe always love to do stunts. Here is Chloe being Supergirl!!

Mr Maurice was putting a wrestling hold on Shelley.

Here are the girls putting on their silly faces and having so much fun . We really miss just hanging out with them.

Isn't this so sweet??

Many who know us, know we love Mexican food. We went out to eat at a local mexican restaurant even though it wasn't El Cerro Grande in Conway, SC. We had a good time of fun and fellowship.

Look closely at Caleb in the picture below. He was saying touchdown!!

Caleb loves giving high fives.

Finally it was time to settle down and the girls loved having their slumber party.

Caleb was so wore out. He fell alseep on Shelley. Isn't he so cute?

It was so funny. Caleb loved being around Shelley. I think he had a crush on her.

Today was Katheryn's 9th birthday. Happy Birthday!!

Caitlyn with her Yo Gabba Gabba Shirt.

We had a great time and weekend. Thanks guys for coming to see us and thanks for watching the kids on Saturday morning.

God is so AWESOME. Their is a local church in the area, Bay Leaf Baptist Church that does a toy chest for the seminary families. You can go there and get presents for a minimal cost for Christmas. It was just unreal. Such a blessing. People kept telling us about it and so Dale and I got up about 5 am on Saturday morning and went. The people at the church were so nice and I am so thankful for all they have done to help us and many other families during this season of giving. Thank You so much from the Myers Family, Bay Leaf Baptist Church!!

Tis The Season

2008-11-09T18:27:00.006-05:00

Well it has been a busy kind of week in our house, or so it seemed. Maybe that was because I worked my nights 3 in a row, I'm not sure. Chloe has been out of school the last 3 weeks, so she will return to school in the AM. She is so excited.....NOT!! I am trying to explain to her she has a lot more years left of school, but it's not clicking in. Oh well, off to school in the morning. Here are a few pics from the week.
Here is Caitlyn after a busy day of playing at Miss Linda's house. She was so tired.

Chloe was trying to help mommy this week fix the vacuum cleaner. I had sucked a sock up a few weeks ago and I have never been able to retrieve it. So after several attempts of sticking a broom handle in the hose and several other things, I was losing my patience. Many who know me, knows this does not take long. So Dale had mentioned earlier in the week to try a clothes hanger. So Chloe and I try this only to poke 2 holes through the hose. That didn't work so well. So instead I cut the hose open and retrieved my sock. So that meant we were in for a new vacuum cleaner. After we bought one the box seemed like the perfect play land for Caleb.
He climbed in the box and had so much fun.

This picture is so cute. Look at him peeking out at me.

So many know that I am a wait until the last minute kind of person. So after cleaning the house this week, Chloe asked when we would put the Christmas tree up. I dismissed this idea at first, but then I got to thinking and it seems like over the last few years we put it up then go out of town and come home and put it away. We never got to really enjoy it. So on Saturday we decided to put our tree up. Since I had the whole weekend off, I had the energy so we took advantage of it and here we are. The kids and even Dale did a GREAT job!!
Here is Caitlyn placing one of her ornaments on the tree so strategically.

Here Caleb was trying so hard to get the ornament to stay on the tree. It was so cute and funny.

After a while, Caleb was finished and decided to take a rest and play trucks in the girls doll house.

Here are the girls displaying their final product. It was lots of fun and I actually enjoyed putting the tree up this year and we all looked at the ornaments the girls have made over the last few years. They were so excited to hang one of the ornaments with a picture on it or one they had made.

The lights aren't on in this picture, but we then turned them on and went outside to see the lights from the window. They were so excited to be able to see the lights from outside the window.

Even though I know its not even Thanksgiving yet, we decided that Christmas is all the time. We celebrate the birth and life of Jesus each day and so why wait to put our tree up in his honor. So Tis the Season of Thanksgiving and Celebrating the One who gave His life.

Fall festival

2008-11-01T16:42:00.007-04:00

Dale took the kids down to Fayetteville last night to Steve and Jennifers church fall festival. I had to work, but here are a few pictures of them. They look so cute. Chloe says they had a great time and it was lots of fun. Here is Caitlyn the caterpillar and Caleb the Lion. Aren't they so cute! I know I may be a little bias here.

Here is Caleb with Caitlyn and Campbell

Chloe wanted to be a cheerleader this year. Yesterday we actually signed Chloe up for cheer leading through Upward, a program through a local church in the area. She is always talking about it, but she is a little nervous but I think excited as well.

Here is Daddy with his little caterpillar and ferocious lion :)

They made a few crafts at the church. Here is Caitlyn with her crown she made. Doesn't she look like a sweet princess. ( Looks can be deceiving:)

Jennifer had the caterpillar and the lion costume at her house, so I really didn't know what they looked like until I saw the pictures. Caleb looked so cute. He even kept the costume on Dale said without a fight. Here he is playing the duck game. Chloe is making her craft.

Here are my three munchkins. They are so adorable.

Caitlyn found a pink ducky to get some candy.

Look at Caleb trying to sneak some candy out of the bowl for himself. Look at his cute little tail.

Chloe with a new pencil.

Caleb was trying all night to get on the forklift. Dale let him pretend to drive and he loved it.

This is the cutest picture of the night. Look at the expression on Calebs face. He is so sweet. He looked like he was so happy to be a lion.

This was the crew at the end of the night. They all looked as if they ate too much candy already.
Thanks Steve and Jennifer for inviting us. The kids and Dale had a awesome time.

Fun on the farm and fair

2008-10-26T18:06:00.008-04:00

Well I have finally had time to sit down and add a few more pictures of last weekend and this past week.
Here is Uncle Eric with Caleb. I caught him off guard. Can't you tell.
He has no idea that he was going to be on our blog, :)

Chloe and Alex look so cute sitting and watching TV together.

Caleb was going anywhere trying to get away from Colleen.

Here is Caleb yelling mommy help me!!

My brother in law Jamie likes to hunt and have his animals stuffed when he gets them. My sister loves this since this can be a costly hobby. While we were in, he actually killed a bear and the girls were excited yet scared to look at the bear on the truck. Don't worry I didn't take a picture of that bear. I was surprised that Chloe actually looked at it. If you happen to go in their basement it looks like a jungle. Caleb didn't know what to think or where he was. His facial expressions were so funny.
Here is Caitlyn thinking she is big by the bear!

My dad has a farm equipment business and sells tractors. Here Caitlyn is on a toy version of their tractors. Caleb loved that little tractor.

Here Caleb is showing off the tractor with all the wildlife in the background.

Here is Caitlyn holding a white squirrel. Caleb just looked at her as if she was crazy.

The kids were excited that there were actually leaves everywhere. So I raked up a big pile for them to jump in. They were having a ball. Here Jay is helping rake the leaves.

After they were finished jumping in the leaves we took a walk through the woods. My family lives on a farm so we had lots of places to explore.

Chloe has her walking stick in hand.

On the way we had to look out for unsuspecting surprises. Here Jay and Chloe are pointing out what not to step in!

Jay, Chloe and Caitlyn taking a picture break.

We went to the state fair this past week during the day. I had gotten some discounted tickets at work and thought we'd check it out. Here Chloe and Caitlyn are driving around town.

Caleb was hanging out with daddy and having fun.

They had a ball on the merry go round. What kid doesn't like this ride.

Caleb was hanging out with Blue in this photo.

Chloe and Caitlyn in the dragons belly.

Chloe was driving her boat and running into everyone. Caitlyn didn't quite like this ride. She was mad. Before she got on the boats she went on the roller coaster below. I can' t believe she actually got on the roller coaster by herself. She was such a big girl. She liked it until the end when it went real fast down this loop and she got scared. She did sooo good. She is under the blue flower in the picture.

Well that's what we've been up to lately. Dale has been studying for his classes and I've been working. Finally off orientation this coming week, yeah!!! Keep checking back to see what we've been doing. Later!!

Visiting Family

2008-10-25T21:59:00.004-04:00

Well we have been so busy lately. Chloe tracked out last Friday so I decided at the last minute to go home Friday evening to West Virginia to visit my family. The trip seemed so much quicker than when we lived in South Carolina. The girls were so excited to get to grandmas. We got there early in the AM on Saturday, about 3:00 am. That didn't stop the kids from getting up bright and early. My nephew Derek is 9 yrs old and he was in a mini football playoff game so my sister Denise and her 3 kids and my crew headed off to the football game to cheer Derek on. Derek is number 18. They won 47-6. Go Derek!!

Here is my sister Denise with Caleb. Eli is in the background.

Aunt Denise with my niece Colleen and Caleb. Look how cute they look together. She was loving all over him.

Then we went to Denises' house and Caleb and the kids all played outside. They have one of those battery operated jeeps. My kids love it. Here is Caleb chillin in the back. He loved riding in there.

Colleen, Eli, Chloe, Caitlyn and Caleb

Here Chloe is driving with Caitlyn and Caleb riding.
This is my sister Tricia's son Jay. Him and Caitlyn are the same age within a couple weeks.

This next picture is Colleen with Caleb. Colleen will be 2 in a couple of weeks. Her and Caleb are about the same size.
Don't let the sweet angelic face fool you. The next picture shows it all. Watch out Caleb she will run you over. She has such a look in her eyes. It was so funny. Caleb wasn't sure what to think. I told Colleen she better watch out. The next time we are in, Caleb will probably be a lot bigger than her and that he will get her back:) They had so much fun together.

Here is Aunt Tricia with Caleb.

Here is me in the great outdoors with all the kids on the 4 wheeler.

It was snack time after playing so hard outside. Here are the kids being goofballs.

Alex is in the black shirt. He will be 4 in Feb.

Caleb wasn't caring about anyone else as long as he had his pretzels and cheesesticks.

I thought this was the cutest shot of Caitlyn and her little brother Caleb. Isn't this so sweet.

Dale is a big Redskins fan so while I was up in WV I got Caleb a little jersey to wear. The Redskins won that night. It must have been his shirt.

Well this is just the beginning of my pictures. I have more to post. Plus we went to the NC State Fair this week and I have some pics from there. Keep checking back for more photos and updates. Miss you all.