Our haunted front yard

The bamboo forest

We went to our favorite orchard and got some Fuji apples and Asian pears. He has an amazing bamboo forest that he uses to prop up his fruit trees with.

Emily racing the boys

Taylorsville Apple Festival

The pool is 70 degrees

To be a kid again and like that....

Kitty cat!

Oktoberfest is fun!

Emily is having fun!

Hickory Oktoberfest

We are at Oktoberfest today!

A trip to the Discovery Place

The renovations are finished and it was a great day trip for Em.

Ghostbusters in NC!

It's breakfast for dinner time!

Emily helped me make pancakes tonight so she got the special plate.

Emily's Sunflower!

It's as tall as her.

Dog Show Pic

Then they got to meet the animals and take pictures with them.

The amazing dog show

There was a show that competed on animal planet with their amazing dogs. Emily is the one on the far left and you can see the dog leaping over her and her friend next to her.

The kids having fun

On their unlimited rides pass. They got to ride all the rides.

A day at the fair

We went to the Catawba County Fair this afternoon with Em's friends.

Another look

Ahhh giant slugs!

On the side of my house.

First Day of Kindergarten

The first day of school, Emily is all grown up....

Ready for school!

Where's Waldo (Dozer)

Dozer found his favorite spot in his new backyard.

The girls chilling by the pool

We went to a Patio Clearance sale this morning and decorated the deck amazingly cheap. I'll post a few more pics of what we got.

The Pool is done!

Well it's never really finished but the major construction phase is done. It turned out even better than we imagined. Time to enjoy it.

Beck's new office toy

She needed something to spice up that new office.

The Pool at night

Concrete!

They poured on Thursday and hopefully be back to put in score lines today. Fence installed on Monday and we are finished!

Notice the temp

The pool is 92 degrees

Quite the hot spell down here. Need to get the water feature in to cool the pool off at night.

What are these birds?

And why do they think my house is now their home?

Our first Swim!

Who needs concrete....spent last two days brushing and vacuuming the pool, start up chemicals are installed. Hope to get concrete in by end of week and get the salt system started once the pool is balanced.

Miss Poofy Hair

Emily got her braids taken out tonight.

Our new retaining wall

The guy did an amazing job.

Our new steps

Are we home in NC?

Look what Harris Teeter carries now.

Can't get these in the states.

Hup Holland

World Cup fever here in Aruba as the Dutch are playing Spain today in the final. If Holland wins it will be a crazy night of partying here in Aruba.

Bumper Boats!

Sunset at Dinner

We had our anniversary dinner at a great Italian restaurant at the tip of the island and got this great sunset.

Dancing at Salsa night

We went to the other resort that Beck's parents are staying and enjoyed a home cooked spaghetti dinner and some salsa dancing.

Ahhh Parrots

Island Girl

Emily got her hair braided this morning!

Feeding the fish

This is just outside the resort. We feed the fish our leftovers.

I love this sign!

This is on the side of a building in downtown Oranjestad.

Hello from Aruba

Out to lunch!

We have wifi in the lobby so I can update the blog regularly. Emily and I going out to lunch.

Aruba!

Just got back from a great breakfast. Off to swim in the pools.