Holiday Season

Celebrating Christmas lasted from Sunday in Georgia to the day after Christmas in North Carolina. Travis and I were able to spend time with both families; celebrating with his before Christmas and mine after Christmas. I took some pictures from the Georgia Christmas, but realized after everyone had left that I never took a picture of the NC time. Every time I went to get my camera, there were already 2 cameras and one video going. So, you'll have to wait for the Gribble's to update their page to see Christmas with the cutest kid!
It was great to see everyone though. My family from California came into town for the celebration after Christmas at Kathryn and Jim's house. As always, we had a blast together! Looks like I'll have to plan another trip out there soon...maybe for my 30th b-day this summer?!
For now, enjoy these pictures of Christmas! Hope everyone had a great one!


The best news at Christmas was...
COMING SOON: A New Baby Gribble in July!!!!!!!!!!
Sawyer is going to be a big brother!

Flowers

Travis surprised me with this last week!
Merry Christmas!

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was spent back home again this year. Unfortunately many of the family did not get to come into town this year. However, we had a great time with the family that was around! Of course, most of the focus (who am I kidding? All the focus!) was spent around Sawyer! Here are a few pictures from "making" breakfast with GiGi while daddy and mommy were still sleeping:




And here he is "reading" to us before bath time...I think he's a genius!!!

Young's Greenscapes!

Travis already has business cards for his company. Just last week he finally received his LARGE magnets for his truck! Check them out! Tell your friends!

Tailgating

The second weekend in November we spent cheering on Clemson as they played (or crushed, whatever way you look at it!) Wake Forest. Even though Carolina is my number one team and Wake would probably be my number two choice, I couldn't pull for them while I was down at Death Valley!
Tyler, Travis' cousin, and his girlfriend invited us to the game. Her family has season tickets. We were four rows back from the field!!!! Amazing tickets! We had breakfast burritos then enjoyed ribs post game. Go Tigers!

November

Since moving the beginning of October, the first weekend in November was the first time we did not have visitors or we did not have to travel. So, we celebrated it all and having Trooper back again by doing what we love...hiking! We headed into the Pisgah for a Sunday afternoon hike.
This could be embarrassing to say, but I learned that there is such a plant called a Christmas Fern. It gets its name from it's "boot-like leaf". (If someone previously taught me this, I apologize now for not remembering!)

Faster than a speeding bullet...

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's...
Super Trooper!!!
Well, since neither of us dressed up for Halloween, someone had to!!! I found this in my dress up box at school (I'm thinking it might have belonged to John Williard?! Maybe I got it when I was going to State?) and brought it home Wednesday night. We dressed Trooper up and Travis took him for his evening walk!!!
Never fear, Super Troop is here!!!

Pumpkin Carving

The third week in October appeared and with it come another visitor. CC, Travis' sister, started Fall Break from high school on Thursday. So, Travis and I drove halfway Wednesday night to pick her up. The new furniture arrived just in time to let CC have a place to sleep! She did some relaxing Thursday while Travis and I worked. We had dinner Thursday night and rested up for our big day Friday. CC came to school with me on Friday! The kids were very interested in her; even some boys began "showing" off for her on the playground! It was cute.
After arriving home Friday night after dinner, we discovered the power was off! Apparently the neighborhood has been asking for some branches to be cut. Needless to say it finally got done after they began to catch fire! So, we three decided to carve the pumpkin. The sun was actually starting to "cook" the pumpkin, so we needed to do something with it quick! Travis finished carving the pumpkin as we two held flashlights. All in all, I think it turned out pretty neat!Here it is all lit up! We are becoming expert pumpkin carvers!!!

BIG Birthdays!

October 9th was Travis' mom's 50th birthday. October 10th was his niece's 1st birthday! It was a big celebration week!!! Travis brother, sister-in-law, and niece came up for a few days. They arrived on Zion's 1st birthday. So, Travis and I had dinner and a cake just for the birthday girl! We all headed down to Augusta on Friday in preparation for the 1st b-day celebration on Saturday. Sunday, we brought Trooper home!!! It has been a great few weeks in the house! I'll have to take some pictures of the new place soon.
We are getting ready for Travis' sister to come stay for a few days. It's her Fall break. So, she will be spending Thurs-Sunday with us. Like I said, reservations are filling up fast!!!! :)

Shop Til You Drop!!!

The first weekend we moved into our new place, Travis went to Chicago and mom came up to keep me company. I think she was just really interested in seeing where her daughter was now living! Either way, I enjoyed the company. We started out by 9:00 at the stores after showering and finishing breakfast. It was a day full of buying and returning until the perfect needed items were found for the house. It's almost all complete!
In between shopping, we took a small break to see Looking Glass Falls in the Pisgah National Forest. Which, by the way, is only a few minutes from my house now!!! It was a great, but too short weekend.

September

September has been full of trips! Labor Day weekend I spent in Cary/Apex visiting friends. Of course I forgot my camera...all memories are in my mind!
The next two weekends were spent traveling to Georgia for 1st birthday parties! Cameron, Travis cousins' baby, turned 1 on September 12th. So, we headed down to Augusta the previous weekend. The party was filled with lots of kids, a mini water slide for the older kids, LOTS of presents, a yummy cake, and football watching until midnight! Sawyer is of course the most beautiful boy, however, Cameron is a close 2nd!
The following weekend, we traveled down to Athens for our friends Chris and Brandy's baby's 1st birthday! She turned one on September 13th. So, we were able to make the party the weekend after her birthday. I did not have my camera ready when she finally dived into the cake (or maybe it was she had cake smeared on her face?!) She was also too busy to look at the camera, so I got a nice side shot!

Nags Head

August 11th, I set out with my parents for Nags Head. My mom's side of the family got together for a week at the beach. We haven't been together at the beach in over 15 years! Growing up we used to take a yearly beach trip together. All 20+ of us couldn't be at the beach the same days, but we shared a week of great memories!
Aunt Kathryn took great pictures which I figured out Monday morning. So, my pictures start Sunday and end Sunday! Sunday was Sawyer's 2nd birthday; so we celebrated in style! We had such a great week! I can't put it all into words, so I'm just going to include some pictures. Hopefully I can get my hands on Kathryn's pictures soon and can share those!







Is Sawyer drinking a "cocktail" too?! Looks like he takes after his GG....but, don't let PaPa fool you with that bottle of water!

July Beach Trip

July 15th, we headed to the beach to meet up with our friends Chris and Brandy. We saw Yonder Mountain String Band play Sunday night at Myrtle Beach and Monday night at Isle of Palms. It was awesome! They played at the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach. The venue at Isle Of Palms was much smaller and filled with many more people!!!

On Wednesday of that week, we headed down to Hilton Head to spend the rest of the week with Travis' family. His parents and sister had already been there since Saturday. We joined them on Wednesday; and his aunt, 2 cousins, and 1 baby joined us all on Thursday. Cameron, Anna and Graeme's baby, is 11 months old now. So, of course, the days and nights were spent watching his every move!!! Fun, fun!

Coming soon: August beach trip with the Petty's (my mom's side of the family)!

Pictures from July 4th week...finally!

Aunt "Hey" and Sawyer


Yummy homemade ice cream MaMa!

Dad or PaPa

Mom or GiGi and Sawyer

Sawyer and Daddy

July 4th week

**Okay, I have had this post typed and ready to post for 2 weeks now. I have tried 4 times to get pictures uploaded, and for some reason they won't. So, this time, I am posting without pictures. I'll try again later to upload them!!!

I headed home for the week, leaving on Saturday the 30th and returning Saturday the 7th. Phillip, Jammie, and Sawyer came down for a wedding and a visit! It was a wonderful week of playing with Sawyer, exercising, visiting with MeMe and Grandma Gribble, going to the movies, and playing the Wii with family. I think I only took pictures on the 4th and maybe on the 6th...I was having too much fun the other days to stop and take pictures I guess!

Uncle Kyle, Uncle Dave, Uncle Jim, Aunt Kathryn, Phillip, Jammie, and I enjoyed two nights of playing the Wii. We were all getting into the games; some more so than others!!! Even though we had a whole week to be together, I feel like there was so much for us to do! Sawyer, of course, was the highlight of the entertainment. I won't tell too much since his site might have more! We did go to Gen's for the July 4th cook-out! It was even complete with fireworks!!!

Saturday was a hard day for us all. However, lucky us that all the Pettys will be meeting in 5 weeks at the beach!!!

Jammin' June

Well, the second week of June was filled with happenings!

First, it was the last week of school....hooray!

Second, it was coming up on my birthday weekend...hooray! Third, we were saying goodbye to our good friend Dana...boo hoo!

To celebrate the last day of school; Dana, Mandi, and I invited people over to the place for a cocktail hour honoring the last day of school and to say goodbye to Dana. We spent the evening sharing stories of the past year and hearing about Dana's new adventure. She and her husband left the next day (my birthday) for Colorado where she will be teaching.

So, my birthday started out with tears! After saying goodbye to Dana; Travis suggested we head down to the pool for a relaxing mid-morning/afternoon. We spent my birthday weekend eating at my favorite place: Flat Rock Grille, going to the movies, and relaxing. My kind of way to celebrate; now that I'm getting older!

Another weekend, Travis and I headed down to Iva, SC to see his dad's side of the family. After lunch, we headed to the lake. We enjoyed a relaxing couple of hours fishing and playing with Zion (Travis' neice). She is just starting to crawl, and as you can see from the picture...loved the water!!! The guys all did some fishing, and were able to catch a few. I was even able to drive the boat...just a short distance though! The first time I tried, the boat went in a complete cirle!!! Not sure what happened that time!

The rest of June has been spent either reading for class or being in class. I am currently in a week long, all day class that will end tomorrow!!! As of July 2nd, I will be finished taking summer classes, and will only have 2 more classes to go!!!

If you get a chance, click on the link and check out my web page I created this past semester. (I might have already sent this to you, so just ignore this if I have!)

This is my attempt to be as computer smart as the rest of my family!

Be sure to click on all the links and pictures...you'll never know what you might find!

http://paws.wcu.edu/bg17602/frames.html