School Photos

Yes, I am a photographer. But yes, I'm still going to be a sucker for school photos! Grace had her spring portaits taken last month and we got her CD of images back this week.

Just thought I'd share with you her three proofs:





My favorite of the three:


And a class photo with her teachers and friends...



(All Photos by: Crawford Photography Services, Inc.)

Boy is she growing up fast! She's currently napping, and I'm hoping napping some of her sickness away. She woke up yesterday morning around 4am with a tucky cough and a fever that landed us in the peds office before noon. After a negative flu and RSV test it was determined she has the croup and was put on steroids for three days. Thankfully last night her fever broke arond 11:30pm and she woke up this morning feeling much better. She was sad that she couldn't go to school, but she gets to spend the day with me instead! :)

Top 50 Award

Last month Scott was awarded with a Top 50 Entrepreneurs of 2012 award through Triangle Business Leader.

You can read a little about it here.

Congrats Scott!

She {hearts} Candy Cottages

Today is my first post over at She {Heart} It!

And its a giveaway! You can enter to win a Candy Cottage.

Go check it out the She {Hearts} It website and enter to win!

Good times!

One afternoon I opened up a package and there was a sheet of bubble wrap. Grace loves bubble wrap. She carried it to her trampoline and began jumping on it. It was so funny!

Wine and Design at Pocosin Arts

Wine and Design seems to be a big hit that is sweeping across atleast NC. Our local arts program, Pocosin Arts, hosted a Wine and Design but instead of painting on canvas like the one I've done before, we painted a silk scarf. So much fun!

My almost final project:

I did fill in the rest of the white area with navy blue. :)

Practice run

Grace got to try on her ballet costume for her upcoming recital in May during class week before last. I'd say I've have one of the cutest ballerinas. Ever. :)

NYC Day 3

Our last day in NYC started off with something I've always wanted to do! A carriage ride in Central Park! :)

It was early and it was Sunday so there weren't any stores open once we got off our carriage ride. We decided to head to Rockefeller Center. On our way there, walking down Madison Ave., we passed St. Patrick's Cathedral. The church first opened in 1879 and is open for visitors, so we went in during mass. I'd have to say its probably the most beautiful church I've ever seen. When we were there it was the 39th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision granting abortion on demand in our society, so that seemed to be the focus of their preachings.

We then went to Rockefeller Center where we spent some time in a gift shop and discussed the idea of going ice skating. We were beginning to get limited on our time so we decided not to but did go and check out out ice rink.

Also in Rockefeller center we went to the NBC Studios. We were going to take a tour of the studio, but the wait was too long and the tour was too long for what time we had left. We decided to go back near our Hotel and check out Madame Tussauds Wax Museum.

We stopped to take a photo at one of the cheesy touristy photo ops in the museum:

There are wax museums in other parts of the World and from what I could gather the molds rotate between all of the museums. In the wax museum you will find A-list celebrities, sports legends, political heavyweights and historical icons, reliving times, events and moments that made the world talk about them. Supposedly each wax figure is of true size to its person.

John Wayne:

Jackie Kennedy Onassis

The Beatles

George Clooney

A glimpse into the future? ;)

I think this one was Scott's favorite. Donald Trump, and he could pretend to ring the stock market bell.

We concluded our trip by visiting the Casino/Racetrack in Queens! So much fun! And as Grace loves to say, "Where we go next?"