Month: September 2014

To my other half,

You make me a better person, you make me laugh, and you always care for me. I am so proud of you. Happy Birthday!

Love you always,

Sharell

A scenic drive took us to our next adventure location!The Roanoke River Trail

Color galore!

Through the forest, under a bridge, to the…power plant…? we go!

We ended up at Niagara Hydro Power plant. If you hear sirens, you have exactly 2 minutes to head to high ground in order to avoid the dangerously high water level rise coming. No wonder there were sandals and t shirts left behind.

The little one had fun splashing in the pools and soaking in the dead crayfish water. Yum.         At least we wore her out before the thunderstorm

Look what was waiting for me when I came downstairs this morning. How did I get so lucky?!   At least he didn’t put the cup back in the cabinet.

Anyway, back to work.

Let’s all give a round of applause to Penny for finally going BOTH potties on her porch potty! Sorry for the TMI, but we are too excited and proud of her not to share

We went and visited the Roanoke Star, which sits atop a mountain near our house. It is the largest man-made star in the world and lights up every night until midnight. Built in 1949, it is 88.5 feet tall and the star itself is 10,000 pounds, while the entire steel structure is 60,000!

This is Penny’s “ah I feel so much better” face. Little goob set a new PR and went potty FOUR times on our trip to the star. Note to self: bring twice as many baggies next time.

We also checked out the Blue Ridge Parkway, a scenic drive that meanders for hundreds of miles, part of which goes through Roanoke.Penny was loving it-I think she needs some doggles though.
I also watched Kassi over the weekend, she’s such a pretty girl!

We put more Tyvek on the basement ceiling to cover the insulation.And we put together my dresser, which I promptly started to decorate.

Breakfast for dinner and more Scandal watching was a must.

Thunder storms were forecasted but all we saw were blue skies. Penny appreciated her fetch session near Casey’s school.