Here, there and everywhere

Here's some more random:

This picture (which I love) was taken at Leah's house in Maryland last September.  Here is Joshua, mimicking the doggies.  

Riley got wheels!!!  She'd been struggling to ride a bike for 2 years now.  After a lot of research, Davi came across this.  

It's a buddy bike.  And Miss Riley can do it, all by herself.  Which makes her so happy!  

Some family roller skating.  

David and Hannah.  This was the birthday party of one of Hannah's dance team members.  Therefore, she didn't so much skating with dad, much to his dismay.  

Riley and Joshua.  These two: nothing but love or nothing but anger.  

Joshua got a big guy haircut.  And I became a little saddened at my last baby not so much a baby anymore.  

Riley and Joshua at dance.  She's such a goof ball.  

Thanksgiving dinner, provided to the Fayetteville Police Department.  

A blood cell experiment.  

Finally, Riley in her Christmas parade with her preschool class.  

Just a day

     I logged on this morning to look at an old post about one time Hannah had a high fever.  That's because Riley is going on day 5 of 105 fever.  It's been a good run without high fevers, we really haven't had one since Joshua has been born.  Of course we ended up in the ER, because that's our life as parents.  She was crying and complaining about pain exactly where your appendix would be.  However, they couldn't find any reason for the pain last night.  She still complained about being in pain after we got home, she woke up crying saying it hurt.  And she's still running a high fever.  We'll just see how today goes.

    While I'm here, I thought I throw some photo's up, to show what the kids have been up to.

Hannah had her first dance competition on March 18th.  

Riley and Joshua together.  

Riley, making herself comfortable at a football game last fall.  

Riley and Joshua.  They're either laughing and screaming or yelling and screaming.  Loudly.  There's not much in between.  

Painting in the backyard.

I was in a play at Christmas.  It was time consuming and exhausting.  And fun.  It was a lot of fun.  

It was called Christmas in Mayberry.

Riley received an Anna doll from Santa.

These guys came over Christmas.  It was magical.  

Joshua's favorite truck.  

Anna also wears Riley's clothes.  Here's she's just sporting Riley's shoes.  

Riley and I made cookies for preschool.  

Hannah received a guitar for Valentines day.  

Hannah's art work, shown in dance pose. 

Girls.  

Joshua does not need diapers.  Now if I could just get him to realize that.  

More from Hannah's first competition.  

I took 10 minutes to go over Hannah's grammar work, and these two painted the carpet and doors and themselves.  

David and I ran a marathon together.  It was a tough course.  Very hilly.  We both had moments of grumpiness with each other.  David hurt his knee.  But we did it together! 

Riley Moon 

Croatan Lodge, Fort Bragg NC

Over the MLK holiday, we went exploring!  Our friends, Bill and Amy, had been telling us about this old Rockefeller mansion that had been abandoned on army base.  From the minute he told us about it, David and I were interested.  And that is where we ventured off to.  

The front of the Croatan Lodge.  

The property is extensive.  When it became abandoned the army bought it, and now uses is for training purposes.  

When it was built, it was designed as  golf course and hunting lodge.  There are many buildings spread all over the place to explore.  

This is part of a golf area.  

Attached to this building was an indoor pool, which can still be seen.  

My best pictures are the panoramic shots I took, but I don't know how to get them onto the blog in their original format.  

A few of the buildings could not be explored because of asbestos.  Like this one below.  

This building was in relatively good shape, as can be seen by the hardwood floors that are still in tact and in decent condition.  

I don't have more to write because it was haphazard exploring.  We were just walking around, and stumbling upon stuff.  My next visit, I plan on having a game plan, and being more informed about where I am, what building I'm walking into and such.  

You can read more about the Croatan Lodge here: Percy Rockefeller Lodge