Trick or Treat!!!!

Here are some pics from Halloween night. Casey was a Cheetah, Lacy was a cryptic old lady, Curtis was a start trooper, Samie was a vampire, Anthony was that weird looking face thingy, and the other three kids with us were friends of Renisas and they were a football player, a barbie fairy, and the black spiderman. We had lots of fun trick or treating and the kids got lots of candy. More than they needed. But the evening was nice, it was cool, but not too cool. I hope everyone had a safe Halloween.

Shayna's Baby Shower

Last weekend I went to SC for my cousin Shayna's babyshower. Here a just a few pictures that I took while I was there. The shower was lots of fun and Shayna's friends did a great job with the food. After the shower, Debbie, Cindy, Shayna , Casey, and me went shopping at AC Moore, Carolina Pottery, and Hobby Lobby. That was my first trip to a Hobby Lobby and I loved it. I could spend hours in there. :) Any way, I had a good time with the family last weekend and my next trip down there will be when Andrew is born. I took more pics than I have posted here. I have them posted on my myspace page. And I have already gave Shayna a copy so she may put some on her myspace page also.

Trunk or Treat

On last Wednesday night we did the trunk or treat at our church. The kids had a lot of fun. And it was fun for me too. The only thing that I didn't enjoy was the rain. But it stopped long enough for the kids to get some treats. The top picture is the trunk that won 1st place, then the one that won 2nd. Then you have mine. With and Without the lights. I won 3rd!!! I am already trying to figure out how to decorate for next year.

Charlie is 12 weeks old now.

Here are the most recent pics of Charlie. She is now 12 wks old. I took these today. Ain't she just rotten already? :)

Casey's Last Game

This past Sunday was Casey's last game to cheer for this season. This was for the regional championship. At the beginning of the game the ghostriders(motorcycle group who sponsors the team) Rode on back of the field with the team flag on the back of their motorcycles. I did not get a picture of this for I was leaving to get my camera. I forgot to take it to church with me so I would have it at the game. So while I was gone, the girls released black helium filled balloons. So it was a nice way to start out the game and get the players spirits up. The top pic is Casey doing part of the half-time dance. The superman part. Our team won the championship and I took pics of the entire team with the cheerleaders and then some of just the cheerleaders. These boys did a wonderful job at playing we were undefeated this season. And these girls cheered their little hearts out. And so did some of us parents. My voice was just about gone after this game. :) This was also Lorrie (the cheerleading coach) last year to coach the girls. So I have a pic of Sam giving her a hug. Sam cheered for Lorrie for a couple of years before middle school. Congrats to our team and I look forward to next year.

More Catching Up

This will be my last post for tonight. I am playing catch up. :) Casey is doing splits on a regular basis at the football games, so I figured that I would post a picture of her doing her split. Now she is not doing her normal split in this picture, cause her legs are usually straighter than they are in the pic. Now I also wanted to post a pic of how Casey dressed for hat day. First off, the weather has been a little chilly in the mornings but warming up in the afternoon. The school had hat day last week, in a way to get the kids involved in homecoming week. So Casey looked everywhere for her pink Atlanta hat. Since she couldn't find it she decided on the two she is wearing in the pic. Now she also had on a pair of shorts with a shirt to match, the sweatshirt jacket, a scarf, and she was wearing flip flops on her feet. She just loves her flip flops. She will even wear them with a sweat outfit. I took a pic of her with this get up because I was thinking she was dressing more for Diva Day than for hat day.

Now I also want to give some updates on my aunt Nunu. She is now out of the hospital and has been for a couple of weeks. She has completed her antibiotics, and the doc said that her blood work looked good, except her potassium was low. She is going to have to start a new Chemo drug this Thursday, and this is to keep the cancer from spreading. This new one is suppose to kill the blood supply or the cells to the cancer, or something like that. Nunu has been feeling this week so far. She went out to eat with us on Sunday and went shopping at the local Wally World. We were all glad to see her get out. She needed a little bit of fresh air.
Norma has been an inspiration to all of us. She has been fighting the cancer now for 3 years, and no matter how sick she has gotten from the treatments or from the food, her spirits have been up. She just keeps on fighting. She hasn't lost her faith, and the Lord has blessed her with this strength and this courage. We all are inspired by her. I can not say that if I were to go through what she has and still is that I would have made it this long. I pray everyday that she keeps this strength and that the Lord just continues to touch her body in a way that only he can. Only he can keep her strength and her courage as strong as she needs to have it. I know that he has his arms around her and is with her every step of the way.
This weekend is the Women's Conference at our church. It is the 10th annual conference. And this makes my 7th year going and this makes my 6th year anniversary for me being saved. Every year I have been going I get a blessing. We have a wonderful group of ladies come from Ohio to sing and preach, and it is just wonderful. This year Nunu is going to try and go and actually just sit so she can hear the Norths sing. This will be the first year that Nunu hasn't been busy with the working part of the conference. So I am praying that she feels well enough to go and that she gets the blessing that she needs. Keep her and Sheryl in your prayers. Sheryl is staying at home with Nunu to keep her company, take care of her needs, and to spend some quality time with her. So Sheryl needs your prayers too.
Thanks! God Bless.

Pittsburgh

Last week I went to Pittsburgh with a co-worker, for Pacs at the hospital that we work at. We had a good time and we learned alot of things. On Thursday night we ate at the Grande Concourse, which is the top two pics. It is one of the largest restaurants in Pittsburgh. Anyway, I was mostly just wanting to show the pics I took of the city at night. It was so beautiful with the water and the lights.

Happy Late Birthday Samie!!!

By all means we did not forget Samie's birthday. I just haven't had much time to post on the blog. I have been extremely busy with everything here. Not only is this a belated birthday for Sam but it is my 100th post. So yeah me. For Sam's birthday she had a friend spend the night. Erika and Sam are pictured above. Now this was on Samie's birthday. That weekend we had the family over for hotdogs, cake, and ice cream. My uncle Larry and aunt Dawn, my aunt Debbie were also over to celebrate. This birthday was the big 13 for Samie. Now we have 2 teenagers in the house. I feel really old now. :)

Our New Kitty, Charlie!!

About 5 weeks ago, we added a new addition to our family. I got a kitten from a friend I work with's sister. She is 11 weeks old tomorrow, but in the pics above she is 6 and 7 weeks. This is Charlie. She loves feet and socks, she likes to attack them as she passes them by or they pass her by. Hopefully I will be able to get more pics of her as she grows to show you.

Family Reunion 2007

We had our family reunion back in August the weekend that We came back from the obx. I told you I was behind on posting pics. Anyway here are some pics of the family at the reunion. I think that Shayna has actually gotten bigger since that picture of her playing football was taken. :)

More OBX Pics

I am so far behind at posting pics from our vacation. Here are the ones that we took right before we left the cottage that we were staying in. We did alot on our vacation at the obx. We went to Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Bodie Lighthouse, Elizbethan Gardens, Aquarium, and of course we visited the local Wal-Mart. :) It just isn't vacation if you don't visit the local Wally World. I have posted some other pics from the obx on my myspace page.

Sunday Sight Seeing

On Sunday we went to the Wright Brothers Museum and Memorial. The cottage that we stayed in was right across the street from the memorial and I tried to post the pic showing you the roof but it seemed to have problems loading. After we left there we went to Jockey's Ridge which is one of the largest sand dunes. Cody was the only one that did not walk to the top of the dune. For he was having difficulty walking. He had stubbed his toe on Samie's heel. From what the travel guide said the sand dune is half the height of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. And it was like walking in the desert with all of the sand. At the top you could see the ocean and the sound side of the peninsula. And the breeze was really nice. They say anyone could fly a kite on the dune because of the winds. We didn't have a kite or we would have done that too. We did go to Kitty Hawk Kites after though. I will post pics from Monday tomorrow.