We love the spring!

This weekend couldn't have been better. We spent Saturday at Laura's parents grilling some hamburgers and hotdogs and spending time with them before they head back to Texas. As always the food was great and it was sad saying our byes. Today we took a trip up to Highlands, NC with Stacey and Robert. The weather was perfect making it a beautiful drive. I love passing by the private school in Rabun Gap which has to be the nicest school in the southeast. There is a long windy road that twists up the side of the mountains heading into Highlands which is always fun to drive up. Laura had to remind me more than a couple times to drive within the lines. Highlands is a small mountain town with lots of antique and art shops. It sits next to Lake Sequoyah which is just a small serene lake that is created by a georgous waterfall dam. Just past the dam is a little waterfall that falls over the road. It used to be that you had to drive under the waterfall to get into Highlands but now they built a road around it. You can still drive under it if the weather isn't cold. In downtown Highlands we walked down the mainstreet looking in the shops and just enjoying the weather. Our favorite stops were the "Sauce store" where you can sample all types of salsas, sauses, and jellies. The icecream parlour and an antique shop which has a fun Ring game we like to play. It was great having Stacey Robert, and Lucie to enjoy it all with us. Here are a couple of videos of the trip up to Highlands, and Bridal Veil Falls. It is a little long but didn't feel like editing it :)

Karlie's 2nd Birthday

Karlie celebrated her 2nd birthday party with family and friends on Saturday February 28th. We loved having everyone over..and Karlie got some great new toys! I had fun decorating the house PINK..and dressing Karlie up in Her Special Birthday outfit. The theme was pretty much anything and everything girly. I had Genna Harris make the cupcakes and included some beautiful pictures of the finished product.

Texas Trip '09 Hail Storm

Mike and I took our little family on an early vacation to visit relatives in Texas this year. We ended up all getting sick and coming home early, but I was still glad that we got to spend some time together..sick or not. While we were there we witnessed a massive hail storm. I have, and probably will never again see something like this.







Here are some pictures of the girls from our picnic in the park, while in Texas... as well as some from the car ride there. Yes we drove all the way to Texas with 2 babies!