Logan's 5th Birthday Patry

Logan's and (her best friend) Jenna's party was Saturday at the McDowell Nature Center. The kids had a lovely time learning about insects and reptiles. Logan volunteered to be the "bug" and was dressed in a bug suit.

The group acting crazy.

The group acting normal.
The cake I made and decorated and my mom helped with the icing.
Jenna & Logan opening presents.

Logan is happy with this gift!

Blowing out the candles.

Handling the corn snake.

The big corn snake

Logan is a bug!

Cutest bug I have ever seen!

Atlanta

Two adults and three children stuffed in a Prius on a four hour drive to Atlanta to spend three days. Along the way we stopped 4 times to hunt for Geocaches. We never heard a "when are we going to be there" or a "I am tired of riding" , no whining, no nothing but sweet happy children. I am convinced that taking many stops to run and hunt caches is the way to travel. It took more than the usual 4 hours but we all arrived with our sanity. Talk about arriving. Wow. What a beautiful, warm, and welcoming home. We had the most fabulous weekend with Grandpa Bailey and Grandma Linda! We have not seen each other for over ten years, and after years of corresponding through emails and phone conversations we decided it was time for a trip. Linda and I did not stop talking the entire time and the same can be said for Steve and Bailey. The kids talked to the birds. Boy were the birds a hit! Jack, the bird, is a character telling everyone that "We'll be back" and "Bye Bye Birds", or if he got mad he would yell, "LINDA!", in Bailey's voice. This bird is smart! We enjoyed the warm weather and the afternoon at the zoo. The children were begging to stay one more day. We already miss Linda and Bailey and cannot wait for our next visit. Hopefully they will be coming to the big town of Rock Hill!

The Atlanta Zoo Photos

Geocaching while on the Emory University Campus
The ride home we did three caches.

Cody's self portrait.

Snow Photos

Random photos from the March 2009 Snow Storm Our creek
Cody Flying down the hill
Cody "surfing" down the hill.

Logan flying!!!!!

Nolan tubing.

Chase catching a snowball.

Treehouse in the snow!

Group Photo

Mom and Logan

Nolie Olie

Fly Boy

Cody and his lil-sis

Cody

Civil Air Flight

Cody finally did it. He went on the first of many flight lessons, the orientation flight. Saturday happened to be one of the windiest days of the year (early March winds). Cody took off in a Civil Air Patrol plane, a 1977 Cessna, around 13:45. Within a few hours we received a phone call that he was back on the ground. He said that he could not go back up that day and take over the controls because he was feeling sick. Evidently the turbulence coupled with the fancy nose dives and twisty maneuvers the flight instructor was making, was a little too much for Cody. He came home with a headache and a ball of nerves. He is ready to go back up, he knows the wind was the problem. Lesson #2 coming soon.

This is the part where he begins to get sick...

Cody's self-portrait.

The landing (Cody took this photo).