Great Trip!

Eric and his little sister Erin, the baby of the family. She has a twin sister Erica.
The girls at Bear Park downtown New Bern. I thought this kind of thing belonged in Alaska myself!
Pirates are a biiig deal on the coast of N.C. Blackbeard's home port was Beaufort. And yes, it's pronounced differently up there. You'll catch a lot of crap if you say it the way we do down here! LOL Catherine is doing her best impression of Capt. Hook I think. This is a bear they made when they bricked the street. I'll have to find out why the bear is such a big deal there. It is the city mascot dating from about 300 years ago. I believe 2008 is their 300th anniversary. They're already preparing for a big blowout.

The trip to New Bern was great! All us girls went shopping while the guys stayed home and shot skeet. I'll have to practice a lot to out do Bubba now! He has definately improved! These are some pics from down town New Bern, including the birthplace of Pepsi. Those pics we'll post for Poppie!

Before and After...again

The funny thing is, it wasn't planned! I noticed it while working on the computer and snuck out to get my camera. LOL They even cross their legs the same!

I was playing around with this picture on photoimpression. I like the way it turned out. She was eating breakfast at Shoney's and drifted off to another world!

Our little champ!

Getting ready to pull out for Irmo! Breakfast anyone?
My beautiful cheerleader!

This weekend has been a real treat! The girls did BEAUTIFULLY! They came in 3rd place for state. When you consider they were put in the wrong category they did even better! They put up against a squad of 3rd graders that have been together in gymnastics since 3 and 4 yrs old. The other squads had 28 girls and we had 8. When the cheer board was approached about it they said the programs had already been made and they would stay where they were. Oh well, they better look for Beaufort again next year! The Bluffton Rams took first place for the middle school age girls. Way to go!

These are some pictures of the cheer princess over the weekend. We had a great time but she's very thankful to be in her own bed tonight!

GO RAIDERETTES!!

My hands were really shaky today so forgive the blur! Of course you recognize this little cheer meister! These little girls placed 1st for their age group in the county and will be going to the state cheer competition in Irmo, SC. We will be leaving Friday afternoon and getting a hotel room for the night. Otherwise we'd have to leave around 4:30 in the morning! And let me just say, the princess does NOT do 4:30am! They will cheer sometime Saturday.

Tadaa! Sporting her first place trophy, plaque and medal! I think she's just as excited to spend the night in a hotel for the first time as she is about the competition! LOL

Spooky!

The last time my little sister and I did anything silly for Halloween she was 6 and I was 16. The people in the pictures have changed a little since then. ~smile~