early birthday

For the twins early 13th birthday we went to see Jeff Duham. I know some of his stuff is rude but the girls know every line of all 3 videos. They thought you had to be 18 or older to see him. We all laughed all 3 hrs he did his show...Walter is Sam's favorite, The Terrorists is Jenna's, and Peanut is Tori's...she acts like Peanut sometimes. "I'm I pissing you offfffff!" I enjoyed them all but the guitar guy was with him and he is amazing!

NC largest mall

As we left the warm 84 degrees inside water park we went across the street to Concord MIlls mail. It was so big it had a carousel in the food court area. Our favorite stores were the Disney store and the Lego store. I am not much of a shopper but I really enjoyed this mall. We had a great morning walking around!

Great Wolf Logde

Jonathan and I wanted to do something special for the girls for Christmas this year. After looking around we decided to go to the Great Wolfe Lodge in Concord NC. We had a blast. They have a inside water park with 13 slides...we survived the tornado, a wave pool, a adventure pool..with moving Lily pads & basketball hoops, and a water tent that dumped 10,000 gallons of water on you every 10 minutes. We played mi nature golf one afternoon and of coarse went to one of our favorite wing places Quaker State and Lube. I want to thank my personal shopper Jan that found swimsuits for all of us...not many places selling them here in winter...and Andy & Jan for all the snacks and goodies. We were water logged by the end of this trip. But wanted to race one more time down the racer. Inside this huge place there was a dunkun doughnuts, pizza hut, bakery, and a restaurant. There was an arcade and a teen computer area. They had everything even story time you could go to in your PJs. This was a cool place!

the Christmas Pageant

In my opinion Avery's Creek had the best shepard, head angel and wise women ever played!!!!

Christmas

We all had a great Christmas holiday. The girls, the Bear and I started the holiday off of with the annual run the Taco Bell. The Bear and the girls have done this for the past few years. Nothing says Christmas than a soft taco. After lunch the girls and I headed to Candler to meet Jonathan to head to Hickory. We spend Christmas Eve with the grand parents and the family. We open gifts and eat whiling standing around talking to everyone. It reminded me of the good old days, growing up, at Nanny & Dings. Afterwards we headed home to get ready for Santa. Sam lost another tooth that night..so the Tooth Fairy and Santa Clause had to come. Christmas morning we had breakfast at Sandi's and spent the morning with Tiff, Frankie, Sandi, and David. Then we went to visit Aunt Ruth for a while. Then it was off to the Bear's & Ho for lunch. We had a great time there and headed to Sandi's for dinner. I was so stuffed. We played a few rounds of Jenna's new game..Smart Ass...then headed home to crash. I didn't get up the next morning until 10. But it was a perfect Christmas. Great food and amazing family time.

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SNOW

Ok, who ever is shaking the snow globe can stop now...we ended up around 13 inches of snow. It started Thursday night with everyone and their brother at the grocery store buying whatever they could get their hands on. Friday morning I got up at around 5:45 to see if this big storm to hit and we had nothing. I got on the computer and checked the weather and the BCS site and the storm was coming and the schools were already cancelled. So, I talked to Jonathan & Ho and went back to bed for a few. I took the girls around 8:30 to the Bear's and headed to work. Without a problem I got to work. All day long it keep snowing and snowing. Called to everyone and was finally told to come home. So I headed home...the long way, it took me 45 minutes to get to a 10 minute usually drive. It keep coming down, I was at the Bear's and was talking to Jonathan and he was stuck on the interstate..it looked like a parking lot, After 2 1/2 hrs he was stir crazy. He finally found out that they would not be able to clean up the rd until the morning and he called Ho to come get him. Dad had asked if I needed anything he could bring home for me and that was the most important thing I could think of. So, HO drove to get him and they got home around 8. We had dinner and then a big slumber party. We all sleep at the Bear's bed & bagel inn. We got up and played in the snow & hung out all weekend. We have a few tubing trails, a beautiful snowman outside and a fire inside. I give it 4 stars ****, if you are in the area you need to stop by!