Memorial Day!

We just got back from Oak Island and as you can see from the pictures, the weather was fabulous and we spent all of our time at the beach!!!

Here are some pictures from the weekend

Backyard fun!

This week was the big play set build weekend! After weeks and weeks of checking out play sets, we decided to go with a company called Kids Korner to build our swing set. We did a TON of research and really wanted to support a local company. We are so happy with the results! The end result are the pictures below and the kids could not be happier! We also hosted the end of the season pizza party with Gwennie's soccer team and the girls (and their siblings) had a blast playing in the backyard and enjoying pizza under the picnic table! Here are some pictures from the weekend and a few of what is now growing in our garden.

Mother's Day and Noses

A bit delayed in sending this but we had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend with the kids. We had a nice sunny day and dinner with friends along with lots of swinging, the bounce house and mommy pampering time.

Tuesday Hudson decided he wanted to hide an tree seed up his nose so we took a trip over to the ER where as you can see from this picture, someone really enjoyed playing on the tables and flirting with the nurses. Here are a couple of pictures from the weekend.

A Royal Wedding Sleepover...

As we all know Friday was literally the biggest princess day EVER! In honor of the Royal Wedding, we had a sleepover with Jena, Ayla and Reese and donned our facilitators and had an early morning tea party! I think the mommies were more excited for the kids but it was a wonderful event and we all had a blast. All the boys slept in and had a "boys night" at the pizza place while we snacked on cucumber sandwiches, scones and crumpets. Here are a few other pictures from the morning.

Reester and Easter 2011

Big weekend here at the Meek household. Friday was a day off so we tried out Plaza Fiesta with some friends and then on Saturday we celebrated Reester! Miss Reese turned 2 and what better way to celebrate but with an Easter Egg Hunt! We then headed to SC to vist with family and have the annual Reunion in Northern Georgia. Overall a great weekend!

Pre Easter Fun!

This week the kid's school had their annual Easter Bonnet Parade along with a Spring Fling which was a blast as usual which included an Easter Egg Hunt and a Petting Zoo. Here are pictures from the weekend

Good Bye Swings...Hello New Raised Bed

You might notice that they area behind the kids is missing something....we took down the old swing set this weekend (or Corbin did while we watched) and turned it into a raised bed. Dirt was delivered this week and after a good rain storm we should be able to start planting. Monday we had a taste of the strawberries that we are growing and Gwennie said they are "delicious!"

Miss Peggy's Having a Baby!

This weekend I traveled up to Boston to celebrate the pending arrival of Peggy's new baby boy or girl! It was also a great chance to see all of my friends from years past and their new children. Everyone looks great and so do their children. Here are a bunch of pictures from the weekend.

Haircut day....

Well...it was a warm day on Saturday and the dogs were panting so we decided it was time to get the clippers out. I figured a side by side of the before/after was a good idea so you could see how much hair we removed from the girls. Here are a few pictures from the weekend. '

Warm Weekend!

This weekend we celebrated Ben's 3rd birthday on Saturday with fabulous weather and fireman fun! Sunday we grabbed our bicycles and headed to the park and then topped off the day with s'mores by the campfire. As you can see from the pictures the kids pretty much loved roasting marshmallows....almost as much as their fathers! Here are some pictures from the weekend.

Giddy Up Gwennie's 4!

This weekend Miss Gwennie turned 4 years old! We threw a joint birthday party with her friend from school Lexi and had a pony and petting zoo in the backyard! As you can see the pony was a big hit as well as the 3 week old goat, the pig, the rooster, the sheep and the bunny! Lots of friends and family celebrated with us and overall it was a great party!

Lordy, Lordy.....

Look who's 40! Yes....Corbin turned forty on Friday. I somewhat surprised him (until we got to the parking lot) with a bowling party with his friends and our cousins that came up to see him! It was a GREAT party and we all had a blast. Here are the pictures from the party and Gwennie/Hudson enjoying the chocolate covered strawberries that GeeGee and PopPop sent over!

First Haircut...and a New Cousin!

This weekend after about 20 people telling us Hudson needed a haircut we finally caved and headed over to our favorite place (Pigtails & Crewcuts) for his first trim. As you can see from the pictures he was a trooper and was making funny faces at us the entire time. Here is the after picture.

We also are very happy to welcome another cousin into the family. After 22 hours of labor, Lawson Miles finally arrived. We are so happy for Sara and Mike! Here are some pictures of the haircut as well.

The Greatest Show on Earth

This weekend we had the chance to go to the circus! It is interesting to see how much the circus has changed since we were kids. I remember tents and smelling the circus from miles away. Now it is more of a production but the kids LOVED it.

Here are pictures from the day.

4 Days of Snow and Ice, 7 Days of Sun!!!!

It has been a while since we have posted for good reason...we have been on vacation! As you can see from the pictures the family spent some time in Turks and Caicos at Beaches resort. Overall it was a wonderful vacation and we are happy to be back but missing the weather!

Here are pictures from the week!

Just Chillin....

It's been pretty quiet around here lately. We spent New Years with friends and decided to head home after ringing in the new year to play a little Dance Central on the Kinnect. As you can see, Michelle was not going to lose her concentration! This week checked out the new Monkey Joe's around the corner and today is a snow day for all of Charlotte so our buddies came over for some TV, snow and play time!

Holidazed....

Well the holidays have come and gone and we are finally getting back to normal again. Over the last two weeks we have had a lot going on. Gwennie had her Christmas pageant at school and then we headed down to the Webb Family Xmas extravaganza! We ended the weekend with a nice visit with Aunt Nina, Uncle Bob and Granny Gary.

Then on Thursday GeeGee and PopPop flew into town for Christmas followed by Nana on Friday so we had a full house on Christmas! We all had a great time and enjoyed having our family with us to open presents. Then as an extra treat it snowed Christmas night so we spent the next day playing in the front yard! Here are pictures from both weekends and a couple of videos.

Happy Birthday Ayla and Santa!

This weekend was busy with me at a church event and the rest of the family celebrating Ayla's 4th birthday! I wish I had pictures from the ice skating princess party but the camera was with me at church. Sunday we celebrated with Santa and friends, Porter, Gwennie and Ayla were overjoyed to talk to the Big Man! Hudson, Reese and Cameron wanted nothing to do with him (they all still are feeling a little odd sitting with a bearded man in a red suit.) but here's hoping next year we will get a few cute snapshots.

A little Clark Griswold in All of Us....

As you can see here. We decided to go all out with Christmas this year. Compared to our neighbor down the street (picture is below but blurry because their lights twinkle), we need to add about 20 more strings.

We officially started the holidaze complete with the annual visit to the Christmas Tree lot (same place that the pumpkin incident was) but this time the kids were contained into a fenced in area to prevent another trip to the ER. All went well and we think this years tree is the best one yet. I also found the kids "brushing their teeth" together on Saturday. I think it was more along the lines of playing with the toothpaste but they seemed to have fun. We also shot some video from the ride over of Gwennie practicing for her holiday skit. Please note....be good for Mr and Mrs Sykes....

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year we decided to stay home for Thanksgiving and have dinner with our close friends Michelle, Drew, Porter and Cameron who are also big fans of a parade! We started the morning off uptown to scope our parade spots (our group came prepared with chairs, strollers, and cones!!). It was a little chilly and rainy but everyone had a great time watching all of the bands and floats walk by. We then headed home to make dinner and watch a little football. Dinner was great and I think we have started a new tradition of parading and eating with friends!

Saturday we headed over to Granny Gary's for a nice visit. I forgot the camera in the car but the kids were having so much fun at her house that I am not sure if I could have stopped them long enough to snap any pictures.

Saturday night we stayed with Nina, Bob, Caroline and Megan (and their dogs Shiloh and Chloe) which might have been one of the best sleepovers ever. Caroline pulled out her old Barbie trunk (complete with 4 barbies, star rocker Ken and clothing to match) which might have topped Santa in the gift department this year. She LOVES the barbies and has carried her trunk around with her everywhere she goes. She also loves that Ken has stars on his head that change color. Hudson loved watching Elmo on their computer and telling Chloe "bang, bang!"as you can see from the video below.

Sunday our cousin Sara had her baby shower and it was great seeing all of the family together. I am pretty sure he's all set with Clemson gear for the next 18 years! Overall it was a wonderful weekend!