snow adventures

I am amazed that it snowed in Raleigh again this year. I had given up hope for so long. I was so sad to not experience very many snow days while in college....I was always hoping for a big snow so classes would be canceled. :) I am very happy that it snowed over the weekend so I could enjoy the snow with friends. My roommate was out of town and they were talking about the possibility of the electricity going out, so I went to stay with some friends just in case that happened. I wasn't sure how I would entertain myself in the dark with no electricity for hours on end. Plus, I get scared really easily and that thought gave me a fright. Kathryn and Devon graciously invited me and Bella over to stay! And boy was it fun! I also had a little treat on Sunday by getting to go and visit the Browns for the morning through the afternoon!

While at Kathryn and Devon's we did so many fun things. We played in the snow, made snow cream which was a failure, watched movies, cooked yummy meals, put a puzzle together, did manicures, took a walk in north hills (that is where they live) and lots more! And while at Ashley and David's we got to go sledding! You will see some fun pictures below!

This is Kathryn and Devon. The first snowflakes in Raleigh are falling behind them!

My attempt at taking a picture of the first snowflakes.... you can kind of see them!

I bought some boots to play in the snow but they still weren't waterproof.... so Cara covered them up for me with bags and duct tape.

Cara bagging Kathryn's feet!

Andy and Devon out in the snow!

Cara and Kathryn... this is a great picture!

Kathy trying to make a snow angel.... the snow was so hard! She had to punch and kick at it!!!

Kathryn and I with our plastic bag shoes!

This was during our walk around North Hills..... we are on Currituck here! Kathryn, Cara, Devon and me.

Laying in the snow!

I think this picture is so cute! Cara was throwing some up into the air.

I tried to do it too but it didn't work as well!

Now this was the next day at the Browns! Anderson and I playing in the snow! It is so beautiful outside.

Camden and I!

Look at the sweet little face!

David and Camden sledding down a fairly steep hill!!!

And David and Ashley! haha.

Stay tuned for a video of me and Camden going down the hill! :)

Ahhh.... the snow was so much fun to play in. Now it is ugly and brown so I wish it would just melt. I made my snow memories for the year so please go away snow ugly snow.

"Dennis Quaid is here!"

Okay ya'll.... some of you may have seen this before but if you haven't, you HAVE to watch it. Most of you know that I LOVE the Ellen Degeneres talkshow! I watch it when I can and youtube missed episodes. She never ceases to make me laugh. [side note: she is the sole reason that I am watching American Idol this season!] Anyway, about a year ago or so she had Dennis Quaid on her show. She had him go to Starbucks and do this prank. She sets up the scene in this clip so please just watch it! I laugh so hard everytime I see it. I had forgotten about it but she had him on her show again this past week and replayed this video so I thought I would share it with you. I hope you enjoy it. It's 3 minutes long but I think it is well worth it!!!

VOTE FOR BELLA!!!!

Bella has entered into the Bissell MVP pet photo contest. PLEASE click the button below to vote for her!!!!! The more people that vote, the better chances she has at winning. If we win she will be on the Bissell boxes!!!!!! How awesome would that be? We could also get a variety of prices like money donated to a pet charity of choice, Visa giftcards and more! Voting starts TODAY and goes until January 28. I am not sure if you can vote more than once.... maybe you can vote once a day! Feel free to get everyone you know to vote for her too! :)















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Kiddie Sleepover

This past weekend I got to babysit Camden, Ava and Claire during their sleepover!!! We had dinner and then decided to go ahead and get in their pajammas to have a pajamma party.

Camden arranged this picture. Look at him with the ladies!

Then they had a dance party!! It was so cute!!!!! I just sat in the chair and watched them dance!

And then we had a movie night with popcorn!!! We watched Pippi Longstocking, one of my very favorite childhood movies! These kids are so much fun and it was a great way for me to spend my Friday night! :-)

Birthday. Birthday, Birthdays.

In the past 2 weekends, I have celebrated 5 of my friends' birthdays. Woah! My friends Kathryn, Cara and Julie all have birthdays a week apart so we usually have an almost month long celebration. I love January! This year I also celebrated my friends Liz and Gardner's birthdays. It was easier because Liz and Gardner combined their birthday as did Cara and Julie! The celebrations came to an end this past weekend and it sure was fun! Here are my favorite pictures of all the celebrations!

Charlsie (my roommate) and I at Liz and Gardner's birthday. It was a combined party but a surprise party for just Liz..... Gardner was in the the surprise.

This is my friend Gina.... she moved back to VA at the end of last summer. Liz is her best friend and she came back for the surprise!

Liz was SO surprised!!



Then we celebrated Kathryn's birthday! We ate at the pit, went bowling and then went to sing karaoke!

Cara and her bowling ball baby!

Kathy and Carol.

And Kathy and Carol again. I love this picture of them!

Tay Tay and Kathy being loving friends.

The girls singing karaoke.... I sang 2 songs with them!




And then we celebrated Cara and Julie's birthday. We had a dinner party at my place for both of them with chocolate and cheese fondu. YUM.

Taylor and Cara: the lovebirds.

Cara and Julie blowing out their candles. Sadly this is the only picture I got of Julie all night! :-(

I am very proud of my happy birthday banner. I made it with all my leftover scraps of paper that I had used for my frames!

Here is a close up of Cara's name.

And then this is their "birthday cake." I made my mini cupcakes and homemade icing!

Virginia Taylor at 6 weeks

My friend Heather's little girl is almost 6 weeks old! I can't believe it. She is so sweet and SO cute. I have gotten to spend some time with her and it just goes by so fast. I just love her so much. She has started to smile a lot! The mommy and daddy are both doing well! I have lots of pictures but these two are my favorite!

The Great Wolf Lodge

WOW!!!!! Let me just say that if there is ever anyone out there who wants to buy me an expensive present, I WOULD LOVE TO GO TO THE GREAT WOLF LODGE. I am not joking nor am I trying to be funny. I sincerely want to go. Ever since they have been playing that catchy commercial 2 years ago, I have been obsessed with the idea of going. It is a bit on the expensive side but it is right up my alley. I love lodge/mountain type places and it has a huge indoor water park.... and I love water parks! Ahhhhhhhhhh. I just want to go. When Cara and I were driving home from Ikea when I was there, I saw it!!!! Anyway, its a bit of a small dream of mine to go. Yes, I dream big. HAHA.