Happy Birthday Chad!

Saturday was Chad's birthday! Anna and Henry were so excited to celebrate with him! We woke up and made a yummy breakfast for him (his favorite homemade monkey bread). They also couldn't wait to watch him open his presents. Birthdays are so much fun with children! Here's to a great last year of your 30's Chad! :)

Sunday we went to a UNC basketball game! Everyone had a great time!

Costa Rica

Last week Chad and I went to Costa Rica again! We met some of Chad's oldest and dearest friends, Mike and Martha, in Atlanta and then we all flew down! It was so much fun! Mike celebrated his 40th the first night we were there with mariachi bands and the Razorback game on at the outdoor restaurant!

We relaxed, explored and did quite a few activities this time. It was a great week!





Typical Costa Rican road...beautiful scenery, bumpy and dirt!

Black sand beach!


Dinner at the house, Vista Magnifica

Lazy Lizard Catamaran ride

Happy Halloween

Yee Haw!!! Happy Halloween from both of our buckaroos! Anna and Henry had such a fun Halloween this year! Henry wore his costume to school, complete with his horse, Shadow! He put the horse in the stall (cubby) during classroom time, and he was so excited! We had a vocabulary parade at Anna's school, and then we went out trick or treating in our neighborhood! We ended the evening passing out candy at our front door! That may have been Anna and Henry's favorite part!

Happy Birthday Henry!

Henry is 4 today! I can't believe my baby boy is so old! :) Henry loves lots of things right now...here are a few:

soccer
playing school with Anna
playing with all of his new friends
matchbox cars and tracks
thomas the train
big trucks and rescue vehicles
puzzles
books

Mommy and Daddy love you so much Henry! I can't believe how big you are getting!

Henry's DINO-MITE birthday party!

We had Henry's birthday party at the Museum of Life and Science here on Sunday! It was a gorgeous, fun-filled day celebrating our sweet boy! He had a ball! I think that the pictures can tell the story! Word of warning...there are a ton of pics! :)





Explorer hats and binoculars for every child!




Here is our cool museum educator who read a story about dinosaurs and taught a small lesson! Henry saw that replica of a dino tooth, and he said "Get a picture of this Daddy!"



Next up, exploring how long the longest dinosaur that lived was.

Time for making fossils with plaster of paris!

Cupcake time!


And the explorers are off...to check out all the exhibits at the museum. First stop, dinosaurs!

Next stop, fossil dig...watch out for the real shovels! :)


Exploring the wild animals!



Catch the wind exhibit!



Mommy loves you sweet Henry! I hope you loved your first friend birthday party! xoxo

A week of thanks

This week started off super fun...I went to a private shopping night Sunday with personal shoppers and some friends, and then the Monday routine started!

Long story short, after a VERY scary two days with Chad in the hospital, I learned quite a few things...

First and foremost, Chad is going to be ok! Just a few more tests, but I have faith that everything will be okay.

We are so lucky to have family and friends that are amazing! Of course we always knew our families were amazing :) , but it has been such a positive experience here. We had so many friends come to our aid this week and show their caring for our family. It is such a community feel here, and I was in awe and inspired...it doesn't seem as if we have only known these friends for a year! I feel so thankful.

We are lucky to have UNC hospital less than two miles from our house.

I am just thankful... Now a few more prayers and good thoughts for a biopsy that will hopefully take place this week, but I really think that it will be fine. I also hope that this medicine Chad is on will continue to help his symptoms.

We ended our week with another fun Sunday at the Life and Science museum pumpkin train ride! Another reason to give thanks!

Here's to a new week!

spooky spider at our door!

This spider has made a web outside our front door...just in time for Halloween