Saturday, August 29, 2009

River Trail Fungus Hike

A nice morning hike.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Huge Moth Showed up Friday Morning

This guy was about as big as my hand and showed up Friday morning,
attracted to the light in my office after I got out of bed early.

August in the Black Eyed Susans

August playing around with the flowers before a family bike ride.

1000 piece Lego Castle

Aeden finishes his B-Day Lego Castle

Monday, August 17, 2009

Aeden's Sixth Birthday Party - 2

Aeden's Sixth Birthday Party

Really nice party that seemed to be much enjoyed by all.

Nana's Pool

Aeden, August, Willow and Mia at Nana's pool

Friday, August 07, 2009

Backyard Bear

Random visitor showed up today. It appears he had been investigating the
neighbor's trash (or at least that's my best guess given the way it was
strewn across the road).

Trip to Outer Banks

We spent 3 days (Sunday - Tuesday) on the Outerbanks in a house at Avon with a friend and family. The kids loved having the additional folk to interact with and it was great having the company. The house was really nice, the weather somewhat cooperative, and mosquitos were gracious hosts - rushing to greet us with every arrival and depature ;-).

Tuesday turned out to be the nicest day weatherwise and we went paddling at Haulover point in the morning and spent a fair bit of time on the beach. Aeden loved tackling the waves, but the surf was a bit daunting for August. Aeden even got to catch a wave and ride in on the bodyboard.

We did a couple site seeing trips, one to the Hatteras light house, which Aeden and I climbed and one to the the Elizabeth II and a demonstration colony (which Mark and Linda came along as well). I really liked the colony - suits of armour, lots of demonstration of crafts and Aeden even got to see how a penny nail was made.

The trek home was better than expected. The kids behaved, especially considering the 9 hour ride in the car. Overall a great trip and we're really glad things worked out to make it down there. The get away was much needed.


Paddling in the sound.

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Visit to the Elizabeth II and Roanoke Colony

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Regards,

Jeff