A Great Weekend in Charleston, SC

We had a great weekend in Charleston, SC. A 1.5 hour drive down to the coast. We drove down on Sat., spent the night and then on Sunday went to the SC Aquarium. FOR FREE!! It was appreciation day for all residents of SC - thus instead of paying $16 per adult and $8 per child for tickets -- WE SAVED $40 BUCKS! What a savings and well worth it too! We all enjoyed seeing the marine life and just being together as a family. We decided to go early, since we knew it was going to be packed. What a wonderful trip we had!

After the aquarium, we drove around downtown historic Charleston and found the neatest playground. We had fun there too! Just enough time to burn some energy! I've got a few pictures from our trip, but more on myspace page. Check it out:

http://www.myspace.com/kuuleimaui

Sickness be gone!

Here in SC, the weather has been up and down, up and down, cold one day, hot the next day - to the point where people can get sick. My two guys got sick. At first, Cy thought he just had sinus problems - nose running, nasel drip to the throat, etc. Gradually, it got worse. Four days into it - he realizes he has the many symptoms of the flu. Just yesterday (Monday) is was 85% better and today -- he's about 98% better. Still has the annoying cough. Evan on the other hand - he too was sick last week. I personally think it was the weather. I'm so proud of him though. He's a trooper. The last time Evan was sick like this, was -- get this --LAST MARCH 07'. Yeah! Not bad for a toddler who is exposed to practically everything! He takes his daily vitamin JP+ gummies for kids (http://www.juiceplus.com/) and that I believe has made a major impact on his health. I highly recommend it! So, Evan had a little cold, stayed home for two days and then headed back to Lynn's house (his sitter). While Evan stayed home with his daddy -- they made the best of it! I came home one day and saw in my living room a homemade slide built by Cy. Yeah -- my sickly hubby built a slide for our not-feeling-good little boy. It's awesome.

It's another week and everyone is feeling great!

This past Sunday, I took Evan to see "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" movie. He loved it! What a great Veggie Tales movie! The Bennett's joined us too! I think Evan has seen more movies (in the theater) than Cy and I in the last two years. WOW!

Another busy month

Who would've thought that January would be busy for me? I totally forgot about tax season! Not only am I responsible for gathering all the tax docs for our personal accounts, but I also have to gather tax stuff for the shop and I'm also in charge of W2's for the company I work for. YIKES! Okay - next month should be a lot calmer. :)

We're already at the end of the 2nd week of the year and things are just going, going, going. We are ssssllllllooooowwwwlllyyyy (slowly) unpacking boxes that's in our spare bedroom. I think every time we're looking for something we need, we head off to the spare bedroom to look in one of the boxes. Last night, we invited our friends over for dinner - pizza, salad and dessert. Well, Cy was looking all over the house for our Pampered Chef pizza cutter. To our dismay -- he couldn't find it. We used our cutting knife to cut the pizza's - but it would've been a lot easier with the pizza cutter.

Oh - while I was looking for something else a few days ago, I found Evan's Christmas present that was sent to us two months ago from my sister who is in Germany. Evan opened it and loved it! He got a talking dustbuster toy! Thanks Auntie Rhojon!

Note to self -- we need to unpack and put things where they belong so we could find it!

Happy New Year!

It's a NEW YEAR! Woo hoo! Time to wipe my slate clean and start all over. :)

We had a nice relaxing Christmas day morning at home. The sequence went as follows:

Woke up - made coffee - woke Evan up - read the birth of Jesus - prayed - opened gifts (revealing Evan's big gift - his TRAIN TALBE AND TRAIN SET) - relaxed a bit - ate breakfast - got ready - went over to the Lewes Circle house to finish packing up the rest of the stuff from the garage - a few hours later - headed over to the Worley's house for Christmas dinner - got home after 8 pm.

Our renters arrived the day after Christmas and we had to make sure everything was ready. It wasn't of course. Cy still had some lingering clutter in the garage, plus we still need to go over and get our swing set. Now that the Lewes Circle house is rented, we can put our focus back on the Marley house. We're making a continual effort to get a few things done here and there everyday. This morning we woke up at realized our pipes froze over night. Umm... NOT GOOD. So, that's something Cy is fixing TODAY! It's a 50 year old house -- its expected, since the plumbing in this house is pretty crappy. Oh - and our new years eve -- we spent watching, well - Cy spent watching (while I was upstairs) the septic guys pumping out our septic tank. It became "full" and thank goodness -- we saw it in time before it became a mess. Literally! Again, its an old house.

For new years eve, we went over to a friends house, and Evan had a chance to play with his buddy Colt. Pictures coming soon...I'm having trouble posting it.

We spent Christmas at home - but it was a very busy day for us! Christmas morning was exciting this year because Evan is getting more into, unlike the last two years where we opened the gifts for him. He was much more interested this year. He did reallly well sitting on my lap as Daddy read the Christmas story from the Bible and then we prayed before opening our gifts. It's all about the birth of Christ -- and that's our main focus.

We waited till the very end to reveal Evan's "big" present which was a train table with the wooden train track set and Thomas and Percy trains. He absolutely LOVES IT!

A few hours after that, we headed over to the Lewes Circle house to clear more stuff from the garage. YES - PRAISE GOD - we have renters! They arrived yesterday (Wednesday) and everything went smoothly. Very nice family! Today - Cy and his buddy are going back to finish clearing out the garage. I have to say, most of it IS CY'S!! After today -- we are done with the Lewes Circle house. There's a few things here and there, but our next focus is the Marley house (again). There's still lots more stuff that needs to get done.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. For Christmas dinner we went over to the Worley's house. That was fun and relaxing. We also had fun going to the River Bank Zoo! It was a great night to go -- not too crowded, not too cold and no tigers got loose.

Happy New Year to all....

WE FINALLY MOVED!

Yep - this past Sat., we spent the night at the Marley house. Woo hoo! We're so happy to be in a bigger home. Now, we're just waiting to get our old house rented. Tons of things to do as Christmas is fast approaching. I've mailed one box to my sister who is in Germany. I have two more boxes to send to Hawaii - but first have to wrap the gifts. This is very time consuming. Evan has already opened one of the gifts, and I had to rewrap it. We plan to put our Christmas tree up within the week. We're kinda behind on that since we had to move.

Seems like everyone is so busy! busy! busy! Our company Christmas party is this weekend, and I'm preparing for that. I have a lot on my plate this week. Anyway, enjoy some pictures we took last week at the state capitol grounds near my office.

OH - also my little sister Torie drove from Texas. It was a very short visit. Evan and her had lots of fun!

Christmas Season is HERE!!

To those who wake up for those big sales on Black Friday -- YOU ARE NUTS!

I have to admit, I'm one of those nuts this year. It was 3:30 am, Friday. I was standing in line at Kohl's waiting for the doors to open at 4 am. Thank goodness my mom was up, so I had a conversation with her while waiting for the time to pass. I only bought two things from Kohl's. A gift for myself - A KITCHEN AID and then something for Evan. Fifteen minutes in Kohl's - I was off to Toys R' Us. They opened at 5 am. So, another 3o minutes wait in line. There were at least 100 people in front of me, and who knows how many behind me. It was wild! There were a few shoppers who were standing in line specifically for a ZUNE. I on the other hand, was standing in line to get some deals on some games for my nieces and nephews. Once in, got my items - I stood in the check-out line for 30 minutes. Nothing like standing in a long line with a store full of grumpy people who want to cut in line. Then behind me was a woman. She was nice, but boy reeked of cigarette smoke. UGH! I managed then headed off to one more store before heading home.

I got home about 6:30 am. The boys were still asleep. I've done most of my shopping online this year. Placed my orders last week, and received them yesterday! All with FREE SHIPPING!

We still haven't moved into the Marley house. It's coming so close though! The HVAC system is being installed, so that should take a few days. We now have hot water. Woo hoo! Cy fixed the water heater and also fixed the plumbing too! If you have seen the before pictures, and the after pictures -- you'll see we've come a long way!

I have at least three parties to attend in Dec. Including a Longaberger Party held on Dec. 3rd at Tamara's house. Then I have my church small group party, my office party, the Kidscoast party. Whoa - that's four parties. Then celebrate our 5th anniversary! Gosh, I can't believe its been that long. We've made it to five years! WOW! Still going strong too! For those who are married, I receive a really neat daily email from http://www.marriagevine.com/. Sign up - its just a few paragraphs on the subject of being married - basically food for thought from a biblical standpoint.

Merry Cheers!

Wendy