Nora's Birthday

Nora turned 11 on May 29th. She is having a small birthday party at Frankies this weekend. Nora also had her annual eye appointment this week and was fitted for contact lenses. The picture in this post is from this morning when she left the doctor's office wearing her new contacts.

Memorial Day 2008

This year Kristi's sister Emily came out to visit for the holiday weekend. We went to dinner with our neighbor's one evening with all the kids. The next day we went to the dog park in the morning so Magnus could get some exercise in then we spent the afternoon at the pool. Monday, we packed up the van with all our kids and headed to Wilmington to spend the day at the beach. The weather was perfect and the surf was very refreshing. We closed out the day by taking a tour via boat of downtown Wilmington's waterfront.

Potter's Parody Phour

Nora played Fred Weasley in her second play at the Durant Road Musical Theatre. She did an outstanding job and really enjoys acting.

Our Neighbor Turned 40!

Our neighbor Kimberly McGhiey turned 40 and her husband Mark rented a stretch Hummer limo for the occasion. Our other neighbor Jenn set up everyone with a babysitter and the adults hit the town. We had a great time and all were home by 12:15 a.m.

Mudcats

My neighbor Brad had extra tickets for the Mudcats game and invited my neighbors Vince and Mark along with me to the game. The Mudcats are owned by the Florida Marlins and play in the AA league. The Mudcats were down late in the game and due to some special heckling from Brad, were motivated and rallied to win 9-7.

Father & Daughter Dance

I was honored to be Nora & Hanna's date for the Father & Daughter Dance at their school. There were numerous fathers there who had the same look on their face as I did - "prom is coming too soon"!

Frankies

To celebrate the end of Girl Scouts this year, Hanna and her troop went to Frankies. I brought Sam with to drop off Hanna and once he saw the video games he lost his mind and ran around to each machine and climbed on to it so he could play.