2010

How else do you bring in the new year then a plate of black eye peas, greens, rice, and a good game of bowling? The girls had a great time I was even winning for a few but not for long. Let the good times roll in 2010!

New Years & Birthday

To some people New Years is the night you remember the old and bring in the new. Well, 13 years ago I brought in the new with 2 beautiful, little girls. It is so hard to believe that they are now teenagers. Ok, I made it the past 13 yrs I guess I can make it thru the teenage years...I'm already turning gray! The twins got their ears re pieced and we had pizza & cupcakes at the Bears and Ho's. Then we went to see what was going on around downtown and headed to Jonathan's to bring in the new year. Sam fell a sleep and we all played smart ass a few times. I can remember all the twins birthday parties and this yr was nice and quiet hopefully 2010 will be quiet also...wait a minute I forget there is no quiet time on the funny farm.

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.