we spent christmas in north carolina this year at papa jack’s house, and visited everyone in lillington too. here are some of the highlights:
collecting pecans in papa jack’s yard (check out brian up in the tree, shaking them out!), opening gifts (wow were we all spoiled), and relaxing a lot…
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catch-up #10: christmas 2008
Posted in Family on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
catch-up #9: christmas card
Posted in Family on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
thank goodness we have lorien to make us all look so pretty & handsome…
catch-up #7: thanksgiving at the lake
Posted in Family on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
we celebrated thanksgiving at lake gaston at “happy place” with mom & dad, brooke, papa jack, papa joe & nanny ruth, and mom’s co-worker/friend nikki and her family, hubby steve, son hayden, and sweet baby emma. we had a great time relaxing, boating, fishing, cooking, and brooke & i made a total of 7 pair [...]
catch up #2: halloween
Posted in Brian, Family, Jessica, cooper, kendall, kids on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
since i forgot to take pictures of the kids in their costumes (man, do i feel guilty), here are a couple from our annual pumpkin patch visit. grammy & popei were with us, but they must’ve been the photographers.
for the record, cooper was captain hook for halloween and kendall was an nc state cheerleader. sorry [...]
Catch Up #1: Fall at LKG
Posted in Brian, Family, Jessica, cooper, kendall, kids on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
it’s been months since i blogged, so i’m going to try to catch us up here. these pics are from october 2008, when we went to happy place (mom & dad’s lakehouse)…
see kendall’s pouting pose? ya, that’s fairly common. : )
how life has changed…
Posted in Family, Jessica, cooper, kendall, kids on July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
10 YEARS AGO: i was listening to Dave Matthews “CRASH” cd in my dorm room at Elon College, dressing for class (or a party… let’s get real here).
TODAY: my children are having a dance party to Dave Matthews “CRASH” cd in my living room in Lugoff, in their dressup clothes (princess & clown).
WOW! life has [...]
vermont 2008
Posted in Brian, Family, Jessica, cooper, kendall, kids, tagged joe's pond, vermont on July 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
we visited grammy & popei on joe’s pond, and had seven days of relaxation and fun…
daddy went kneeboarding for the first time in years…
… and he could still ride backwards!!! GO DADDY!!!!!!!!!!
we caught a few fish off the dock… but it’s nothing like reelin’ em in off cudjoe key…
the kids and daddy went for a [...]
let’s play catch-up
Posted in Family, cooper, kendall on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
have you noticed? it’s been more than two months since i’ve posted. i promise it’s not because nothing exciting has been happening here on trotter court… quite the opposite actually. and i have 116 pictures uploading from our camera right now to prove it. how about i share just this morning’s fun with you, along [...]
jones family reunion
Posted in Family on April 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
this past saturday morning we drove up to lakeview, south carolina (near florence) for my papa jack’s family reunion. papa jack’s mother’s siblings’ families were represented, and we were reacquainted with extended family from across the carolinas and virginia. after a delicious bbq luncheon, all us “youngins” played in the shade of a very old [...]
first boat ride of ‘08
Posted in Family on April 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
we had a fantastic weekend with aunt brookie. she met us at financial peace university friday night, we scrapbooked for ASP on saturday, and went on a boat ride after church on sunday. the weather was gorgeous, around 80*!!! we weren’t brave enough to swim, but enjoyed a relaxing [...]
