Last day of April...

April has been a really good month. Easter, beach vacation, warm temperatures, etc...

     While dad is at work, mom and the boys have been trying to go to the park at least one or two times a week. Levi loves to try to climb up everything, he is our monkey! Bruce loves to show how big he is getting by climbing on the monkey bars (he can get half-way through before he gets tired)! All in all, they love to be outside! When the pollen isn't out, the outdoors here is quite beautiful. I love to take pictures, so we take as many as we can while we are out and about. Now that it is warm, on the weekends we try to plan outdoor activities as well. Last weekend Bruce and dad flew a kite! It was Bruce's first time and he loved it. Levi missed that adventure because he was napping, but we will do it again.

     Next week we will enroll Bruce into kindergarten! I can't beleive how fast he has grown. He is very excited about starting school and can't wait to go. I told him to remember that, because in a few years he may not be so excited about school! He can't wait to go school shopping, but dad and I can! Levi will defiently miss Bruce, but I think that he will enjoy playing and exploring without his big brother around once he gets used to it.

     Matt is busy doing his "Army stuff". He has "schools" and classes a lot. This is defiently nothing like recruiting, nothing is the same everyday! He jumped again a few days ago and then marched back to his work after spending a cold night outside! Meanwhile, when Matt gets up to do PT I have been getting up and starting to run/walk on the treadmill. I want to train my body to run at a steady pace since I have asthma. I was always prevented from running, but I love to do it and I am going to work hard to control it! I plan to run a 5K to start with and drag Matt with me!

     May should be a great month as well. We have our second anniversary coming up and next week is mothers day! This coming summer should be a good one as well! We look forward to visiting the beach as much as we can since we are only a 2 or 3 hour drive to the Ocean (depending on which beach we go to).
God bless everyone and have a great weekend!

Easter 2010

This is a little late, but better late than never! On Easter we went to a new Church and the boys really loved it. We liked it too. I made a roast and had it cooking while we were at church, then we ate lunch and let the boys nap. When they woke up we gave them their Easter buckets. We filled them with beach toys, swim trunks, and water floats since we were leaving for our beach trip the next day. Then we hid the eggs and the boys hunted for them. They had a great day! It ended with yummy cupcakes! The pictures will explain the day!

Ocean time!

At the age of 24 I finally got to see the ocean! It was so beautiful and amazing! I loved that our hotel had a balcony that faced the ocean, so when we would wake up in the morning time we could hear the calmness of the ocean waves. We all had a great time! Levi was the only one who didn't care for the freezing cold water, but he did love walking and playing in the sand... We took about 400 pictures of our entire trip, including the NC aquarium, the beach and Fort Macon, but I will just post a few!

The NC aquarium. Levi wanted to grab all of the fish!

Jelly Fish

Big fish and a diver. There were sharks in this large tank also.

This is the Atlantic Ocean from our balcony.

Walking to the beach for the first time for myself and the boys!

The boys loved walking on the soft sand...

Mommy and Levi in the ocean water. Levi was not thrilled!

Bruce caught a wave!

Dad and Bruce playing in the water. Bruce loved it!

Our hotel room from the ocean, that is how close we were!

The sun was bright, but the wind was chilly!

Levi tried the Ocean again with daddy, it still wasn't his thing.

The sand castle.

My first time trying lobster tail! It was yummy!

The walk way at Fort Macon.

That is defiently true, it had dangerous drops...

The NC state flag.

Weapons that were used in WWII... Matt said they still use those...

We tried to get a picture of all 4 of us. It didn't work!

Birds at the beach...