Ice Storm in the South?!?!?!?

After our non-snow event, it was followed right up with an ice storm, causing school to be cancelled AGAIN... and this time for days! They actually got our forecast right this time...

You know it's a bad ice storm when you can actually skate in the street!!!!

Who knew this ice skater would have the opportunity to enjoy the ice right outside her front door?!?!?!

Winter Fun

Abby had a long winter break, and didn't have to go back to school until mid-January, so we found some fun things to do together... including a day out of eating and shopping in our mini "Paris" village we found near home! It wasn't as big as we thought, but it made a fun memory!

It's hard to say goodbye moving back into the dorm after a month at home...

Emily's desire to learn some Texas Hold 'Em made for some fun poker nights with friends!

I started the new year with some subbing in first grade, and got to be in Bryce's class again!

One of my favorite things about the younger classes is the beautiful artwork and appreciation I get from them! 

Abby came back to celebrate her birthday weekend with her good friend Ellie, whose birthday was just one week later, so we enjoyed celebrating them together...

Abby & Ellie stayed a bit longer than they had planned because we were due for a record snowstorm, and school was cancelled ahead of the event...

However, something weird happened, and the Raleigh area barely got a dusting while the rest of the state got dumped on! It made for some good memes though!

Even Ozzy was ready to get out and play in it :(

We did finally get a little dusting, but it was definitely no record-breaking storm!

Happy New Year!

Ringing in the New Year with our good friends was a lot smaller this year since everyone seems to be sick, but we had a great time as always, and are looking forward to what 2026 brings together!

We do know that the year has started off strong with hangouts, games & fun! I hope it's filled with many other fun times ahead!

Christmas with the Cousins

Despite the flu arriving for Emily and a little quarantining, we still had family come for the holiday... 

We enjoyed our gift exchange with each other, and Grandpa was thrilled to try on his new Wolfpack shirt that Abby picked out!

Madelyn finally got her well- wrapped present... it took her quite a while the get through it all, but we think she liked it! 

Unfortunately, right after our gift exchange, Abby was the next to take the fall to the flu, and headed up to the quarantine zone. It was a bummer since Madelyn couldn't wait to spend time with the girls, but they still hung out on Facetime together when the girls felt well enough...

We even dialed them in for some family time...

There was a lot of handwashing, disinfecting, medicating & temperature taking...

With our group dwindling, we decided to take advantage of the beautiful 70 degree day outside and get out of the germmy house. We explored a beautiful park in Cary, and loved the fresh air in December!

When the girls started feeling better, their meal request was good old Bojangles, so Liam and I headed out for a convertible ride to pick it up!

The adults also got out to enjoy some drinks & apps...

Brian even made it up until after 8pm several nights!

For their Christmas gift, we got Nannie & Grandpa an afternoon of fun, food & golf at Top Golf... Even though the group kept getting smaller, they still had a great time!

There may not have been any big family pictures this year, but we made many new memories, and are looking forward to the next time we're all together! Merry Christmas!