Thursday, November 19, 2009
Our Lil' Purple-Faced Baby!
Thankfully the gentian violet seems to be kicking the thrush in the butt! :-)
Saturday, November 14, 2009
We Got to be Part of Pop-Culture History :-)
Back in October, there were rumblings 'round town that there was this "guy" who was putting together a Flash Mob for anyone & everyone who wanted to, to participate in...
So first of all, if you're not familiar with what a "Flash Mob" is... here's a quick lesson:
>Read THIS.
>Watch THIS, THIS, and THIS. :-)
Now back to our tale...
I found this Facebook Fan Page: Flash Mob Birkdale 2009 and got a chance to read up on the "guy." His name is Terry Vaughan and he lives here! He is a motivational speaker & a teambuilding expert... (you can read more about him HERE...) who was inspired by seeing the Oprah Flash Mob, to do something like it locally to bring the community together for some fun. And FUN it was! We heard it was the FIRST Flash Mob Dance in North Carolina... so we were pumped to be a part of history in the making!
The weather was GORGEOUS! Sunny & in the 70's!
The crowd was HUGE... estimates were that there were 2,000 dancers.
Then... we DANCED! :-)
Friday, November 13, 2009
Ellie's New Toy!
Ellie tries out her ExerSaucer for the first time... She was instantly enamored with the mirror! Her ExerSaucer was a gift from Danny's Aunt Susan & Uncle Bill. :-)
UPDATE: Video added @ 10:02 pm
Halloween was a BLAST!
Ecto - 1 (2009 Edition) :-) Sammi, bein' all ghostly!
Ellie, the friendly ghost! :-)
(Her little hat said "Boo!" It was too cute...) Who ya gonna call???
The blacklights, the Ghostbusters Soundtrack, and lotsa candy made our "trunk" a big hit!
Monday, November 02, 2009
Wow... November...
Pictures here ---> SWARINGEN/BLACK REHEARSAL
Then on the 16th... we all had a wonderful time on the BIG day! Sammi & her cousin Katie were the Flower Girls... Lawrie was the Ring Bearer...
I was the Matron of Honor... and Danny was on "kid wrangling" duty! LOL
But it was a wonderful wedding and we all had a great time! You can see ALL (and I mean all 800+) of the pictures here ---> SWARINGEN/BLACK WEDDING & RECEPTION
Lawrie with "Miss" Elizabeth
And of course, I posted more pictures on Facebook! Click here ---> Lawrie's EOY Program
~~~June, 2009~~~
For the month of June, our MAJOR event was that Lawrie made it to his FOURTH BIRTHDAY! LOL!
We had a great time by the pool with the rest of the fam & Lawrie's BIG gift this year was a brand new, big-boy bike since he'd mastered riding without training wheels!
I posted pictures on Facebook here ---> Lawrie's 4th BirthdayAnd Shell posted some on her Facebook too! ---> Lawrie's 4th Birthday - Shell's Shots
~~~July, 2009~~~
It was truly a perfect way for Sammi & Lawrie to spend time with us, Pawpaw, Grammaw & Nikkie before the baby made its debut.
And there's, like, a TON of pictures here ---> Summer '09 in VA
Then there was the Fourth of July...
We celebrated with supper at Five Guys then headed to Daddy's downtown Lowe's store... which has a parking deck on the roof... to watch the Charlotte fireworks!
Also in July, we visited the Ballpark with a group from our church to cheer on the Charlotte Knights!
And lastly... July means Sammi & Poppy's BIRTHDAYS!
She turned the be 0-7 this year & Poppy turned the big 6-5! :-) Sammi's big gift this year was something she's been asking for for a while... a REAL-sized stroller for her baby doll! (She'd outgrown all the "toy" baby strollers....)
ALL of our busy, busy July is summed up in photos here ---> JULY '09
~~~August, 2009~~~
If July was our BUSIEST month of all, then August was our BIGGEST month! As we waited for our new arrival, Sammi got to sing in church for the very first time...
Sammi & her friend Avery performed "I Am a Friend of God" for our special "Blessing of the Backpacks" Sunday...
Then... all of lives were changed in an instant... at 1:12 a.m. on Wednesday, August 19th... when Miss Melinda "Ellie" Kay Barth joined our family and made us a "Party of 5!!!!!"
I blogged about her amazing birth here ---> ELLIE'S BIRTH STORY in case you missed it.
There are PLENTY of pictures from the lil' booger's birth & first few weeks at home here on Facebook ---> MELINDA KAY BARTH
~~~
Sheesh... THAT was exhausting! (Mainly because Blogger's formatting is just NOT friendly, in my opinion...) Believe it or not, it's taken me a WEEK to finish this post! Ugh... I just cannot let myself get THAT behind again... LOL!
I think pretty much everything else is documented... more about Ellie... the kids' first day homeschooling for this year... so fortunately I am officially caught up! Trouble is, I can't slow down for one second in this family... or I'll be left in the dust!!! ;-)





