Weekend at the Wood's

We spent last weekend in Raleigh, North Carolina at Chelsea and Dana's. We took Leo and Fischer with us from Richmond and the cousins had a ball. They all play so cute together. They went to Home Depot to do a Saturday project and we watched Chloe and Felix play basketball and received their end of the season trophies. We opened Chloe and Felix's birthday presents belatedly because we missed their party due to the snow. And the kids played and played inside and out. They helped Grandpa and Dana work on the tree house they are building ( it was the Wood kids Christmas present) Dana worked all weekend on it as he is going to be out of town for 2 weeks. Suzie went with Chelsea to a RS event Saturday night and out to dessert with 15 of Chelsea's friends. We went to church with the Wood's on Sunday and drove home just in time for Grandpa's birthday dinner at Denton's house.It was a fun weekend ( except for my bad, bad knee) and the kids can't wait to see each other again in 2 weeks when the Wood's come up for the Ukrop's 10k and Dana's big 40. It is nice that we all live so close and can go back and forth often. A good time was had by all.

Happy 64th Birthday Greg!

Happy 64th to my man!

Greg turned 64 March 5th....yikes. He celebrated all weekend in NC with the Woods and then had another birthday dinner at Denton's Sunday night. He had 2 carrot cakes for his birthday..both delicious. And he received many calls. I will make him his annual meat loaf dinner on Wednesday....with a Hershey's with almonds for dessert.

Lindsay made him a cool present and did a double blog post tribute to him on her blog. Go there : http://lovelinds.blogspot.com/ to read all about him. It is very sweet.

He has been singing this for the last few days:

When I get older losing my hair, Many ears from now, Will you still be sending me a valentine Birthday greetings bottle of wine If I'd been out till quarter to three Would you lock the door, Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I'm sixty-four. You'll be older too, And if you say the word, I could stay with you. I could be handy, mending a fuse When your lights have gone. You can knit a sweater by the fireside Sunday mornings go for a ride. Doing the garden, digging the weeds, Who could ask for more. Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I'm sixty-four. Every summer we can rent a cottage, In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear We shall scrimp and save Grandchildren on your knee Vera, Chuck & Dave Send me a postcard, drop me a line, Stating point of view Indicate precisely what you mean to say Yours sincerely, wasting away Give me your answer, fill in a form Mine for evermore Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I'm sixty-four. And I do still love him now that he is 64.

God's Little Notes

I loved all these little notes....a good

reminder for us all.

Coco Placed at the State Level and then won 1st place

Chloe Jane’s video project went to the state level. Her video, "Beauty is My Brother ",

won first place in the 2010 national PTA Reflections contest in her school and then

the district. We just found out that she has won 1st place state level.There were almost

13,000 entries from talented and creative students that were received at local units across

the state. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place State Reflections Award Recipients will be invited

to celebrate their accomplishments and be recognized at the NCPTA Reflections Awards

Reception. The Reflections Awards Reception will be held Saturday, May 22, 2010

She made a documentary about Felix, spotlighting his tricks and shenanegans.

She interviewed him, filmed him jump roping and climbing a tree and learned

how to edit the footage via iMovie.

Congratulations Chloe Jane..we are so happy and proud of you. xoxoxo

In honor of her special day, Coco’s family had a fancy dinner in the dining

room to honor her. They used the good china and had fresh flowers

( beautiful tulips). And to top it off, they had a yummy dinner and had Coco’s

favorite lemon bundt cake with strawberries and blueberries.....

made by mom and Evie.

Orange Festival in the Netherlands

I loved this when I saw it. I grew up with an orange tree in my yard in California.

Actually there were orange trees everywhere. Too bad we never thought about this.

We had the Rose Parade in California for New Years but this could have been awesome.

Take note Florida.....this is awesome. What talent!