Mr. Jack Britt Contest

Nick was in the Mr. Jack Britt contest at his high school.  In the contest or pageant, Nick had to dance to "It's Raining Men", compete in both casual and formal wear and answer a question about What his biggest fear is?  Nick made the top ten (out of 19) and although he did not win Mr. Jack Britt, he did win the contest for the "Best Legs".  His prize was a plaque, an ice cream cake, and movie tickets.

 

White Water Rafting in Charlotte (Late Post)

Last summer, we went white water rafting at the US National White Water Center in Charlotte, NC.   We spent the wild and crazy day with the Burgio's.  We had so much fun water water rafting.  None of us knew what to expect...the girls laughed the entire ride, so much our faces hurt by the end of the day.  The guys were stoic and braved the higher level rafting ride...only to lose Bryan to the powerful water gods.  A good time was had by all.  Here are a few pictures of our white water journey:

First Photo Shoot of Nature at Mazarick Park

Here are some photos from my first photo shoot since taking my photography class.  They were taken at a local park.  We learned to play with the aperature or depth of field.  The areas you see that are blurred are intentional to draw your attention to the subject of the photo. 

 

 

Finally Taking A Photography Class

For years I have been wanting to take a photography class and finally found a way to fit it in my schedule.  My first assignment was to take pictures of the full moon this week.  Here is what I shot:

Cape Fear Valley Hospital Gala

Mike and I were all dressed up for the hospital Gala this year and ironically, Tori was in her princess ball gown.  In fact, she spent the entire day in her princess gown practicing dancing and twirling.

Tori's Loves the Wii

 

We decided to introduce Tori to video games via the Wii.  For Christmas she got the Kids Fit game, so we started there.  She quickly picked up on the game which involved lots of physical activity like running, rowing, and using her arms.  She would play for about a half hour and then say she was tired.  Next, we got her Just Dance for kids.  She LOVES it!  She likes to sing and dance to the different songs and is getting a good workout at the same time.  It's amazing the technology that three year olds can handle.  Tori can totally operate the game and change the games with out help and she took very little teaching to do it.

Washington DC...Mom Gets To Tour the White House

I am a co-chair of the Women's Giving Circle of Fayetteville and we were invited to tour the White House all decorated for Christmas!

So, we drove to DC and spent the weekend tooling around DC.  We toured the Capitol and visited the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.  I toured the White House with nine other member of our group.  We enjoyed playing in DC with the Bellian family.  

On our way home from Washington we stopped to visit the new Marine Corps Museum near Quantico, where Mike was once stationed while he was on active duty.