march is full of birthdays.\u00a0 we’ve got the following on the books:<\/p>\n
beth<\/p>\n
mom<\/p>\n
lori<\/p>\n
mike<\/p>\n
maris<\/p>\n
as a family we all try to get together some time in march to celebrate all of these b-days in regular over the top party fashion.\u00a0 last year we held this event at barnhill lane, and this year we were off to alabama court.\u00a0 maris turned 50 this year, so we had lots of celebrating to do!\u00a0 we had a surprise\u00a0party for her at the chinese restaurant in roanoke and then had a sunday\u00a0celebration after granny’s church that allowed for celebration all the way through will’s bday in april!<\/p>\n
mom and dad are really settling into their new place and have installed a new driveway, entirely remodeled the basement with an office for dad and a walk in cedar closet for mom, and repainted just about everything in the house!\u00a0 the place is really coming together!\u00a0 their latest project entails a complete redo of the front yard to level it out and allow for some rock retaining walls and plant beds to be installed.\u00a0 can’t wait to see it fully finished!<\/p>\n
we spent some good times in “club alabama” formerly known as “the man cave” on the lower level of 71 alabama court.\u00a0 will worked to get dad’s surround sound working and we all sung our hearts out and lori graced us all with her dancing prowess.\u00a0 we were in awe at her rendition of “ima be” by the black eyed peas.\u00a0 if you see her soon,\u00a0get her\u00a0to show you what she can do.<\/p>\n
lori arrived last thursday and greeted us just in time for a yelp elite event at the busy bee in downtown raleigh.\u00a0 we had a great time and met some new friends and shared dinner with them.\u00a0 after dinner i scurried those little party hounds out to the car and they both cried out that they had to have krispy kreme donuts for dessert!\u00a0 so, off to kk we went!\u00a0 featured donut of the month was banana, and somehow i let lori talk me into this.\u00a0 i decided it was just not my thang.\u00a0 banana and donut = icky.<\/p>\n
we were all excited to spend time with ellie on sunday.\u00a0 most of us had never met her before, so it was a great deal of fun to torture her with flashing cameras and baby talk babble.\u00a0 i am sure she is permanently scarred for life now.\u00a0 this family just loves a baby, and it’s been ten years since james was born, so we are all long overdue for some “oochie coochie cooing”.<\/p>\n
this posting also contains my newest obsession of photos.\u00a0 i’ve recently decided that cherry blossoms could be one of the most beautiful things around.\u00a0 enjoy.<\/p>\n
we had\u00a0quite an\u00a0adventurous ride home on sunday night since there was a line of severe thunderstorms stretching from charlotte to va, right on the path we were driving.\u00a0 i offered to drive, and had no idea what i was in for.\u00a0 i fought to keep the car on the road and ended up taking us on a 1 hour detour of the covered bank drive through off the I-40 ramp in high point to avoid certain disaster.\u00a0 with constant interruption to the radio to alert us to storms in guilford county, we knew we’d better stay put.\u00a0 however after our delay, we made it home safe and sound and ready to see another day.<\/p>\n\n\t\t