House Party My Party

House Party My Party

Wow long time no post, huh?

Wow it's been a long time, hasn't it? Let's see what's been going on, Jr is 8 now,growing up way too fast. He only has to visit Duke Eye Center once a year now, they say his vision in his left eye is as good as it gets. Basically his brain doesn't think that eye is there, that's the way I understand it, so there's no surgery or anything that can be done. Unless his brain wakes up or retrains itself...............

Did I mention baby girl started K? She's loving it and I have to say I love her teacher. Jr has the same teacher as last year and I really like her, she's great with him and I'm soooo very proud of him. He's improved so much this year. Having the extra help has been a true blessing for him.

Let me think, we've been to the beach a few times, I love it there. The business is doing really really well. I'm so proud of DH and all his hard work.

I'll try to post more in a day or two.Maybe some pictures or just a good update. Meanwhile I hope everyone has had a great few months.

hugs,

WendyK

Intertwined Sweepstakes

A Pig Pickin'?

First my son says "moma when will they start the pig pickin'?" This while everyone is eating.He still doesn't get why it's called that but since neither he nor I eat the pig well I won't say so much.

July 4th.....

We went to Atlantic Beach for our July 4th. It was a great time. We visit Fort Macon, watched fireworks, went fishing(at least the men did). We had a great time, just getting away relaxing and enjoying time with each other.

The kids had a ball at Fort Macon(we got our exericise walking it!) The flag on the right was waving at us at Fort Macon and it was HIGH. The kids loved it.

The image on the right is one of the kids posing.LOL They loved it all. We visited many of the rooms and they want to go back with a flashlight to explore the areas that we couldn't see well.
The image on the left is fuzzy but is one of the rooms and the kids loved them. If you've never been I highly recommend it to all. It's a fascinating place to see. We plan to go back on the next weekend trip to AB.

I'm so proud and hopeful....

Let me say this post is probably going to get me in trouble. So just know that's not my intention. My purpose for this post is to show my cousin just how very much I love him and how proud I am of him.

I have a cousin, okay so I have lots of them, but 6 of them(5males, 1female) have always been more like my brothers and sister than my cousins. One of them, well he's had issues. He will admit freely he's a recovering addict. He's had a hard road and life has thrown him some curveballs he wasn't prepared for and missed. Well today he's left our hometown and he's making his way to the other side of the state. He's a Cherokee Indian and has plans to start a new life on the reservation. I've been trying for years to get him to leave the area of our hometown. Don't get me wrong, I think our hometown is great in ways. It's a cute town, some of the people are awesome, I miss parts of it. But my hometown has it issues, and drugs are a major part of those issues. That's not to say everyone does them, it's to say that once you are part of that world the only way out is to leave the area for good. My hometown likes to pretend it's "forgiving" but I know from experience it's not. Once you've made a name for yourself it's not going anywhere, even if you change and prove it, the people will NEVER forget it. They will forever wait for you to fail again.

When I left 13yrs ago, at first I was really sad, I missed my few friends I'd managed to keep, I missed my family, I just missed the town, the area. But I soon grew to love my new hometown and I honestly could not imagine ever returning to the area I grew up in and being happy. I love the small town I live in, I love the people here.

So for years I've tried to tell my cousin to leave. It's hard but I truly believe once he's out of that area and the influence of his "friends" there and away from the family that he'll see what I mean.

He made the decision to leave and he's left. I'm so proud of him for making the move. It's hard. I know this. My mom knows this. I'm not sure about the rest of the family, how they feel about it. Personally I think it's the best thing he's done in years and that now he can start to live a life he was meant to live. I'm so proud of him and hopeful for his future. He's such a great man, he's funny, he's sweet, he's smart, he's good looking, and soo much more. He's got the world at his feet. I have complete faith in him.

He's starting a new life and I hope the old one will let him go. You know that old saying "Today is the first day of the rest of your life" well that's him, that's this time of his life.

I'm proud of him.

Okay I'm going now.
hugs,
WendyK

Wow, life changes

Well first let me say I'm sooo proud of my baby boy. While he is now labeled with "LD" in school, it's such a great thing for him. He's improving and getting the extra attention he needs to get where he should be in school. That's what I want, him getting help. He's excited about it too. I tell him often it means he's extra special, so he needs extra special attention!

Also he's now riding a bike without training wheels.

Isnt' he doing great? Yes I know he's not wearing a helmet, it's because he was allowed that once. Now he can't until his helmet comes in. We ordered it from the Bike shop in Atlantic Beach, he got to pick the color and was thrilled with it.LOL

We also got us, me and DH new bikes. I never imagined paying that much for a bike. But I have to say I'm thrilled to own an Electra Townie, in red.

You can't see it well in this shot but she's pretty. I'll be getting a few accessories as money allows. DH got an Electra as well but his is different than mine.LOL Both however look retro to us. Mine puts me in mind of the 1950s style of bikes. We are looking forward to riding around Atlantic Beach and just enjoying time together and away at the same time. We plan to read at home as well and will be getting the kids bikes for the beach as well, so they can ride on the road where the beach house is.

We had a field trip on May 1st and we had a blast. Me and moma and Baby Girl went with baby boy. We went to the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl park in Scotland Neck. There are some great pictures I'll have to post at a later date. Life has been busy and full. I still wish my mom would move closer to us, but I can keep suggesting and sooner or later I'll get them closer.

Work is going great. DH is really doing outstanding. It's truly a blessing and joy. He likes what he does, I like the freedom owning our own business has given us. It's hard(er) work than working a 9-5 job or working for someone else but at the same time it's OUR business, so all the hard work we, meaning namely him, puts into it is for US. Not for someone else. All the profits are ours. Which is great. I certainly know I couldn't own my own business without him. He's the one who gets up and goes to work and I just happen to help when I can and how I can. I should do more and I plan to.

Life has been good. God has blessed us and for it we are thankful. We still haven't found a Church mostly because we don't believe there is one that would work for us and with us going to the beach about every weekend it's hard. I'm thinking of looking for one at the beach, actually. I would love to find a small town old fashioned church. So we'll see.

I hope life has been good for you all and that you will remember that every small step to God gets you just as close to him as each big leap of faith. Sometimes it's the small steps that have the lasting effects.

hugs to you all,

WendyK