we're moving!!!

matt accepted a job offer today!! he will be working for Pioneer (seed company), at their plant in laurinburg. we don't know when exactly, but we will be moving to that area. right now we are looking at the southern pines / pinehurst area. it is bittersweet, but we feel it is what God's plan is for us right now. we are truly excited about the adventure and what the Lord is going to teach us through all of this, but we are sad to move a little farther from both of our families, and leave our church, church family and neighbors that we love. thankfully it's not too far away, and we'll be able to visit! ;) and southern pine / pinehurst looks like a fun place to visit...and we LOVE company!!! :)

christmas card photo shoot...

...the ones NOT used! :) some for obvious reasons!

things started out looking good!

these two love to watch a show, and i knew it was the only way...

...i could get claire to sit still long enough for me to get her hair as close to the way i wanted it as possible!


then, the "fun" began...

it did start out fun anyway!

it just didn't last!

then a little more fun!

then finally, a decent pic of the two together!! yay!


here is wyatt's best "blooper" and his best photo!

and claire's best "blooper" (she didn't have any pouty single shots) and her best photo!

Congrats Jimmy and Stephanie!

left to right/back row: ben and carmen thomas, kelli and bobby billingsley, bryan and courtney (in front of bryan) johnson, and of course cute matthew.
front row: chris and jamie murray, beautiful bride stephanie and handsome groom jimmy baughan, and then me!

the only thing that could make this picture better, would be if dan and laura were in it!
(dan had a test he had to take that day. bummer!)

this weekend we attended jimmy and stephanie's wedding. this was the final wedding of matt's college buddies!! it was a blessing to see these too become husband and wife and be together with great friends.

this was from the night before at jimmy and stephanie's rehearsal dinner. i thought it was such a great picture, that i needed to share it! look at that cool cake!! :)

cute bubs!

just a great photo of our lil bubs! :)

safety first

even office work can be dangerous...be prepared!

sweet sleeper

just thought that claire looked so cute with her leg propped up on the bumper! :)

reading time

Super Halloween!

Wonder Red and Super Why!!!
(aka: claire and wyatt :) )

if you haven't heard of Super Why, especially if you have little ones, and you do have PBS (we don't anymore :( ), it's a wonderful, educational and fun show! wyatt has learned so much from it and he and claire both love the characters. so, that is who they were for halloween...Super Why and Wonder Red! :)

we've gone to the fall festival at our neighbor's church the past 3 years and it has been so fun that we were so excited to go again this year! in fact, the first 4 houses in our neighborhood were there! these are wyatt and claire's neighbor friends (notice how many boys!!!)!
(from left to right, back row: audrey, lily, hannah, mackenzie, rachel, madelyn and hayden.
front row: wyatt and claire)

home after the fun. wyatt has been eating something and claire looks a little tired!

full view of the cutest little Super Why you'll find!! ;)
(would have one of claire, but i couldn't get her to stand still long enough!!)

photo by wyatt

wyatt's picture taking skills are getting better! here is the most recent: a super cute picture of grandma with his mini-excavator. :)

chocolate animal crackers

it's amazing how messy a couple chocolate animal crackers can be!!

...some messier than others ;)

Eakright Family Annual Camping Trip

wyatt, claire and eli standing by our site number sign. this is the picture that has to be taken whenever we go camping. we started it with wyatt when he stood by the site sign on the first camping trip! this was claire and eli's first camping experience!

we had such a great time camping!! the weather was PERFECT and the kiddos did great! all 3 of them just LOVED being outside so much...i think that we all did! we didn't go hiking like we did the last time, but we did get to go canoeing! unfortunately the canoeing didn't last long since it was close to nap time...meltdowns were starting to set in. enjoy some of the memories of our weekend! :)

jason cooking breakfast our first morning.

matt cooking bacon.

vati/grandpa and the kids playing and picking up acorns. the acorns will be one of the things that we will remember about this trip...our site was full of chestnut oak trees and they were dropping all around us the entire weekend. it made things funny, exciting and a little scary. matt got hit on the head, mutti on the leg, and vati and mutti's car and our car each received a dent. (there may have been other casualties, but those are the only ones i can remember.) if there was ever a slight breeze everyone would take cover! thankfully they didn't fall too to much at night because they were loud when they hit the tents!! :)

claire collecting acorns!

a view of our site at breakfast time...every one's hungry!

wyatt loves finding big sticks. he probably loved it even more that lucy (our sweet and funny black lab) wasn't around to steal them from him like she does at home.

"look mama, more acorns!"

surprise, surprise!

mutti/grandma and eli resting comfortably in the wonderful shade of the acorn dropping chestnut trees!

claire napping. does she look comfortable or what! :)

peeking through the tent window at the sleeping beauty!

wyatt looks pretty comfortable too! i wish i would have taken a nap!

when claire and wyatt weren't collecting acorns, they were peeling the bark off of the pine trees!

cooking breakfast the second morning. it was pretty chilly, but it warmed up fairly quickly.

my sis, my mutti and me! :)

the gwinns! :)

the eakrights! :)

awww!!

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the renfrows!!! :)

new bike and trailer!!

first time in the trailer!!

the kids and i carpooled with my sis and eli to their house for the rest of the week. we are excited to get to spend some time with them at their house and explore the state park that they live in with my new bike and bike trailer!! it's my birthday present that i have finally...barely...had time to purchase–that's a whole other story!!

eli, claire and wyatt watching a "show".

we started today playing inside and watching a "show". we wanted to wait until jason got home from work before we went on our bike excursion in the park. we also went to a couple of stores because i still had to get wyatt a helmet.

ready to load up!!

every one's excited!!
(well, except eli...he's been on quite a few bike rides, so he knows what to expect!)

here we go!! :)

we had a fun ride, and my legs were burning when we got back!!! there are some hills in that park and i was pulling my weight plus about 60 more. if i can get into some sort of routine with this, maybe i can get into shape...we'll see!! the kids were a bit squished in the trailer. we had to come back sooner than we wanted because they started pushing and bonking heads a bit. so i may be getting a seat for the bike as well. it was really fun aside from that! ;) looking forward to riding again tomorrow!!!