The Zoo

Last weekend we went to the Asheboro Zoo. The morning started off with the temperature of 78 degrees at 9am...we were in for a hot day.

Oh but it was so much fun!

Pa, Nana, Hubert, Frankie, Paula and Trevor (grandparents, great aunts and uncles, and cousins) All packed up from Boone, met us down here and we all went to the zoo for a day of adventure. It was certainly that!

We saw all the animals, ranging from Polar Bears (my favorite) to Zebras (LG's favorite) to Giraffes (Pey's favorite) to monkeys (Daddy's favorite) and everything in between. The weather, although hot, was beautiful with plenty of shady spots to rest in. We had a magnificent time, and the girls can't wait to go again!

The added benefit of an animal assorted carousel and a 4D movie about Dora and Diego were just like whipped cream and a cherry for the girls.

Anybody up for doing it with us another time?

(the price wasn't that bad either!)

Ms. Amy

I want to be just like Ms. Amy.
I want to be patient, and kind. I want a happy, bubbly personality that is infectious. I want to have a more positive outlook on life. I want to play games and create activities with and for my kids. I want to get up in the morning, even if I don't have to, to get my day started and do good things for my body and mind. I want to be more dedicated to learning about the Bible, and not feel so stretched thin that I feel like I don't have time to spend with friends. I want to work hard, and love what I do.
Every day I come in contact with Ms. Amy, my day is better, my life is happier. My children are happy, and peaceful and protected. They eat well, and like what they eat- because it's a nice home cooked meal. I feel SO blessed, because God put Amy in my life just when I needed it...to listen when I need it, to be a friend when I feel lost and without them, and to love and care for my most valuable 'possessions' in life.
Ms. Amy is my babysitter.

Let's go fly a hight...

Up to the highest heights, lets go fly a flight and send it soaring. ~ Mary Poppins

We tried yesterday to fly our kite. We went to a big open field where we've seen kites being flown so many times...evidently the wind is better for their kites, or they just know how to fly a kite and we don't. All to say, our kite didn't fly. Maybe that's because we are from the mountains, and kites just get stuck in trees there!

Lilly Grace also got to go see her 'new school'. We are hoping to put her in a 3 day a week program, the same place the babysitters daughter goes. It was much more intense than the last one she was in- but I think I'm looking forward to it.

Honestly, I feel so unsettled and irritated and achy inside. Of course every one's question is PMS? Ha Ha! No...just this awful feeling, and my family- well, Randall especially, is paying for it. I just want to be happy, but feel myself spiraling into something else.

Work continues to be good- overwhelming though. Definitely not a daily routine...more it's like something new every moment of the day. The apartment remains the same, not really a place I can find 'home' at- I guess because I know it's temporary. The space is not so bad...it's just a sense of not being able to settle there.

Maybe Internet will be fixed this week...I keep crossing my fingers, and praying- I think we found out the next step. THEN I can write more- on one subject and maybe happy messages!