Spring is Here!

I have done a terrible job of updating this blog this year! My sincere apologies, it has been a crazy few weeks! Since my last post I have had a few events to help welcome the Spring season. Thank goodness, because it has been one cold winter! I am welcoming Spring with open arms! 

We had a fun family trip to the farm for Easter and I got to play hard with my nephew and take these fun pictures of my niece in the crimson clover.

We had another Pirate Wedding! My ECU friends Chris and Leanne tied the knot in Durham, NC with the reception overlooking one of the best views in the area! Since Chris and I went to high school and college together, I was able to see a lot of old friends that I haven't seen in awhile. What a fun day to celebrate with the bride and groom! Of course they joined us at Chapel Hill's Top of the Hill after the wedding to watch the semi-final game of the NCAA tournament. True North Carolinians ;)

Last weekend I made a trip to our nation's capitol with Monica and Taylor to chaperone some of our students in the National Cherry Blossom Parade. The weather was absolutely beautiful and the cherry blossoms were showing off their perfect blooms. The trip to Washington DC was just the escape from everyday life that I needed. 

My calendar is quickly filling up of other springtime events. Stay tuned for more exciting stories and pictures of what I'm up to!

Christmas on the Farm

Another Christmas has come and gone. My absolute favorite time of the year has passed in the blink of an eye, just like it does every year! We spent another family Christmas at the farm near Statesboro, Georgia. Every year people ask me what Christmas is like at the farm. It is almost too difficult to explain in words, you almost need pictures. Pictures are worth 1,000 words, right? Since I'm still learning new tricks and how to do things on my new Macbook Pro, I decided to play around with iMovie. I made this quick video of what Christmas is like on the farm. The video includes pictures from the past and the present. I hope you enjoy this quick glimpse of what Christmas is like in Georgia! 

Snapshot Sunday!

One of my favorite things about this time of year is Christmas morning at Grandma's house!

Snapshot Sunday

The Spring of the year is always my favorite at the farm. Trees and Crimson Clover as far as the eye can see.

Christmas on the Farm 2011

Christmas has come and gone. We had another wonderful family Christmas at the Belcher Farm and the Lanier Farm. The Christmas tradition continued of gathering at my mother's family home near Statesboro, Georgia. By "near" I mean the family home is 10 miles away from the nearest gas station and in the middle of the country. There is hardly any cell phone service and we don't have internet. All we have is each other, deer hunting and fishing to keep us entertained. Nineteen of us all stay at my grandparents' 100 year old farm house with two bathrooms. This means Santa comes to visit nineteen people Christmas morning. The Christmas tree is always full of Christmas presents, especially when you have nineteen people giving and receiving. The first glimpse of the Christmas tree on Christmas morning is one of my favorite moments of Christmas.

This Christmas, Rundle (my nephew) is 15 months old. He loved getting to play with all of his cousins. One of his cousins, Connor, taught him a trick that turned into his new favorite toy! His new favorite toy was playing with a red Solo cup. He has become very good at balancing the cup on his head and loves handing the cup to others to put on their heads.

The day after Christmas we gathered for our traditional family Christmas with the Lanier family in Metter, Georgia. My grandparents’ house is nestled in the middle of two hundred acres of pecan trees. We are very blessed to gather with 36 family members. Seventeen of these are the third generation. Even though I am a part of the second generation, I'm still allowed to be in all of the "kid" pictures. Below is a picture of all the "children" in the Lanier family.

Of course, Rundle really enjoyed this trip to the farm. He loves doing "boy" things. He enjoyed getting dirty in the middle of the dirt road.
He especially loved getting to ride the tractor with his dad and his Daddy Ray!

This Christmas was full of wonderful memories and I can't wait to be back together again at the two farms that have instilled the importance of love and family tradition in each of our lives.