Christmas!!

Another great Christmas has come and gone. We have been VERY busy! We had an engagement party for my cousin Laura and her fiance Luke on the 23rd. On the 24th we went to church, exchanged gifts at the Daughtry's and went to Korey's parents. Christmas day was so fun. The twins got WAY too much!! They are very lucky to have so much family that loves them so much! Here are a few pics from Christmas Day.

Meeting Baby Blake

Yesterday Lauren and I traveled down to Wilmington to meet Prudence's new baby boy, Blake. He is soooo cute!! A very happy baby! We had a great visit. We don't get to see her much because she has moved to Pittsburgh so we were so happy she was down visiting her mom in Wilmington so we could catch up with her and meet Blake! Here are a few pictures from the trip. We also snuck in a little shopping.....me and Lauren shopping??? Shocking I know :)

4th Picture!

Leigh Anna tagged me...

Here are the rules:

1. choose the 4th picture folder on your computer

2. choose the 4th picture

3. explain the picture

4. tag at least 4 people to do the same

This was my 6th birthday party at Dairy Queen in Morehead City. It was a Cabbage Patch Theme. In the picture you cannot see me because I am turned around and I am hidden behind Lauren's (Daughtry) head. Also in the picture are my cousin Laura Windley, Natalie Moss, Carla Hales, Prudence Carver Evancic, Kristin Donaldson Wood, Jill Ballou and Hillary Hall. This was a mix of my friends from Beaufort and St. Egbert's.

I tag whoever wants to do it! It was fun :)

Top 25

I saw a top 25 movie characters list online today. I did not agree with it so I decided to make my own top 25 list.

First their list:

25. Yoda (Empire Strikes Back)24. Ash (Evil Dead)23. Harry Callahan (Dirty Harry)22. Red (The Shawshank Redemption)21. Michael Corleone (The Godfather series)20. Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump) 19. Jules Winnfield (Pulp Fiction) 18. Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)17. Hans Gruber (Die Hard)16. Neo (The Matrix trilogy)15. Ferris Bueller (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)14. The Terminator (The Terminator series)13. Gollum (The Lord of the Rings trilogy)12. John McClane (Die Hard series)11. James Bond (007 series)10. Vito Corleone (The Godfather I & II)9. Ellen Ripley (Alien quadrology)8. Captain Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy)7. The Dude (The Big Lebowski)6. Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones series)5. Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs)4. Han Solo (Star Wars trilogy)3. The Joker (The Dark Knight)2. Darth Vader (Star Wars series)1. Tyler Durden (Fight Club)

Now my list:

25. Rocky Balboa

24. Ferris Bueller

23. Cher (Clueless)

22. Danielle (Ever After)

21. Vivian Ward (Pretty Woman)

20. Rudy Ruettiger (Rudy)

19.Kevin McAllister (Home Alone)

18. Benjamin Martin (The Patriot)

17.Scottie Ferguson (Vertigo)

16. Rose Dewitt Bukater (Titanic)

15. Mary Poppins

14. Marty McFly (Back to the Future)

13. Forrest Gump

12. Sandy Olsson (Grease)

11. Jeremy Gray (Wedding Crashers)

10. George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)

9. Lloyd Christmas & Harry Dunne (Dumb & Dumber)

8. Allie Nelson (The Notebook)

7. Annie

6. Scarlett O'Hara (Gone with the Wind)

5. Napoleon Dynamite

4. Maria (Sound of Music)

3. Dorothy Gale ( Wizard of OZ)

2. Willy Wonka

1. Clark Griswold (Vacation)

What would yours be???

Thanksgiving and Pirates!

Thanksgiving Day we ate at my mom's for lunch and then had birthday cake and dessert at my Pop's house and then had dinner at Korey's parents house! It was a busy and fun day.

On Friday we went to the ECU game. The Pirates won! We had a great time and enjoyed the game and tailgate!

The Big 3-0

Yes, tomorrow is my 30th birthday! Not good :) I was thinking today about how blessed I am and that the past 30 years certainly have been an adventure.


Tomorrow is also Alyson's birthday! We were born on the same day in the same hospital 5 minutes apart. I was born first, which until now seemed good but that just means I turn 30 first. This has always been a special part of our friendship. We not only have the same name, we have the same birthday as well. Growing up, I always heard about the other Alyson from Harkers Island that was born the same day as I was. We became friends in about 5th grade when I took Gymnastics at her mom's dance studio. When we started high school at East we were in the same homeroom and most of the same classes so of course we became the best of friends.


These are pictures from our 4 years in High School. She is probably going to kill me for posting these, but at least our senior one is good. :)


9th grade. I think I weighed all of 90 lbs here. Those were the days. This was taken on spring break in Emerald Isle.

10th Grade. This was taken Nov. 27, 1994 at my house. Our 16th birthday party!

11th grade. We had these taken because someone gave Mrs. Susan a free portrait session from Olin Mills so we took it! All good friends at some point have their pictures taken together....Lauren and I had some beautiful ones taken in 5th grade by the photographer at Roses. They were all lovely. We had a good time anyway. :)

12th grade Prom. We had a blast. Those are days that should always be cherished. I think back now and miss those days at East Carteret.

Happy Birthday Aly. I love you!

39 Things

39 Things You Can't Possibly Know About Me


1) What is in the back seat of your car right now? Car seats, DVD players, DVD's, toys and probably some sticky candy.
2) Name 3 people who you talked to today?Aly, Lauren, Caroline
3) What were you doing at 8 am this morning? Getting the twins dressed for school.
4) What were you doing 30 minutes ago?working!
5) What is your favorite board game? Trivial Pursuit
6) Have you ever been to a strip club? No
7) What is the best ice cream flavor? Mint Chocolate Chip
8) What are you wearing right now?Blue Shirt, Brown Pants
9) What was the last thing you ate? cake
10) Have you bought any new clothing items this week? no
11) What's the last sporting event you watched? Duke Basketball w/Korey
12) If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? London
13) Who is the last person you sent a message to on Myspace? Rose
14) Ever go camping?yes, I'm not a good camper
15) Have you ever lost anything down a toilet?Jewelry
16) Do you use smiley faces on the computer a lot? yes
17) Are you someone's best friend?yes
18) What are you doing today?working
19) Where is your mom right now? Home or Shopping
20) Look to your left, what do you see? Files
21) What color is your watch? Silver
22) What do you think of when you think of Australia? Koala Bears
23) Do you have a dog? Yes Luke
24) Do you love someone right now? yes
25) Have you met anyone famous? Yes, George Bush and John Glenn
26) Any plans tomorrow? Work
27) Are you happy? Very
28) Where are you right now? Desk
29) Favorite pair of shoes? my Rainbows
30) Are you jealous of anyone? People with no debt
31) Is anyone jealous of you? of course :)...who doesn't want TWO four year olds
32) What time is it? 4:30
33) Do any of your friends have children? Yes!! Lots of them do.
34) What do you usually do during the day?work.
35) Do you hate anyone right now? hate is so strong...
36) Do you use the word 'hello' daily? yes...and I use it like Alicia Silverstone does in Clueless.
37) How many kids do you want to have? I always said 3 but now I am thinking 2 is a nice number!!
38) How old will you be turning on your next birthday?30!!!!... not good
39) How did you get one of your scars? Fell from my backporch onto an A/C Unit

Halloween

I am too exhausted to post due to a very busy weekend, but I did want to show off my adorable penguin and unicorn. They had a great Halloween and we have LOTS of candy at our house!!!

I

I...

I....stole this from Leigh Anna's blog

I am... a mom

I am Glad... it is Fall

I think... I need more sleep

I know...that I am messy

I want... to be more organized

I have... so much to be thankful for :)

I wish ... my grandmother was still alive

I hate... dishonesty

I feel... that I am very blessed

I hear... cars passing by

I smell... nothing....totally stuffed up

I wonder...what my kids are doing at Grammy's

I regret... dating a couple of my old boyfriends :)

I love... when my kids smile with their eyes squinted

I Hope... Korey and I are always as happy as we are today

I always... worry about things I cannot do anything about

I am not ... laid back

I believe... everything happens for a reason

I don't always... want to get up in the morning

I win... at Trivial Pursuit

I lose... my keys often

I never... seem to have enough time

I listen... to showtunes

I am scared of... frogs

I read... US Weekly

I am happy that ....the twins are going to be a penguin and unicorn for Halloween

I love these faces.....

Cutter's 1st Birthday!

Sunday afternoon we went to our nephew Cutter's 1st birthday! The twins had so much fun playing games, going on a hayride and helping Cutter open his presents! I cannot believe he is already 1. Time flies!! This week we have a busy week...soccer games, dance, Halloween parties and Halloween!! I will post pics Friday!!