Turkey Time!

15 little turkeys sitting on the plate...

I made these little guys tonight for the boys class, just a little Turkey Time treat. :-)

Wow, what a morning!

Well, this morning on the way to school I was sitting in traffic on Old Orangeburg Road when a lady lost control of her car and hit the school bus right behind me. I was on the phone with my cousin and thought the woman was going to hit me, but missed me by about five feet and hit the bus. I was the first person there, the lady driving was pretty banged up, but luckily the four year old and 20 month old that she was the nanny for that were in her back seat were. The bus was a bus load of DMS students and 6 were transported to SMC to be checked out along with the bus driver, car driver and two toddlers. Most of the kids were just pretty shook up and worried about the lady, their driver and the two little boys. I was so proud of how well the kids were and how great all of the staff at DMS worked together to call all of the parents of the students that were on the bus. After spending most of my day between SMC, taking phone calls, making phone calls and doing paperwork I am mentally exhausted and just SO glad that everyone was ok. Here's hoping for a less eventful Friday.

Bus accident sends 6 students, 2 drivers to hospital
Published Thursday, October 21, 2010 12:08 PM
By Stefan Rogenmoser
Six DuBose Middle School students were almost at school when a motorist crashed into their bus, sending six students, the bus driver and motorist to Summerville Medical Center Thursday morning, according to Dorchester District 2 Public Information Officer Pat Raynor.Raynor said about 30 other students on the bus went to school and are being monitored by the nurse for any aches or pains.The accident that occurred just before 8 a.m. on Old Orangeburg Road near Pinewood Preparatory School. DD2 middle schools start class at 8:20 a.m., Raynor said.The bus was stopped in westbound traffic on Old Orangeburg Road when a Suzuki four-door sedan in the eastbound lane dropped its right side wheels to the shoulder of the road, attempted to recover back onto the roadway, lost control and struck the bus on the front left wheel and fender area, according to S.C. Highway Patrol Cpl. Paul Brouthers.As of 11:15 a.m. Thursday, there was no word on the conditions of any of the occupants, according to Brouthers.The Suzuki driver, Karolayne Nascimento, 23, of Goose Creek was charged with driving too fast for conditions, according to Brouthers.The driver of the bus, Crystal Brown, 28, of Summerville, was not charged or found to have contributed to the collision, Brouthers said.

hanging out with friends and family

This is what the boys love to do when they are at Grandpa and Nana's house...they run from the den to the kitchen, dinning room and back to the den, all jumping when they come to the den.
Bryce, Cullen and Hayden all sporting their new Steelers shirts that
Grandpa and Nana brought them back from Pittsburg

Bryce helping Bruce get up

Hayden, Bryce and Bruce having fun at Bruce's first birthday party in Charlotte

Devin and Kameron with the boys when we went to visit in York

Grammy

A week ago our family lost a truly wonderful woman. Our Grammy, Marjorie Cobun passed away at 100 years and 4 months old. She lived a wonderful and full life. If I can only live a portion of the life that she lived, I will be blessed. Her funeral was a celebration of her life with music she loved and Jennifer and Alex delivering wonderful eulogies. Even though we knew the end was near, it is never easy to lose a loved one. I have been blessed to have Grammy in my life and will miss her every day.

we're back!

After a very busy summer and an even busier start to the school year, I finally have a minute to update our blog. Let's see...this summer we went to Myrtle Beach for a day, went to Myrtle Beach Aquarium, Made a new friend at Build A Bear, went to the Charleston Aquarium, hung out on the boat, went to the river, went to the pool a few times, put our house up for sale and then went back to school. Whew! You would think we're busy or something. :-)

Now with us being back in school, the boys have transitioned to the toddler room and love it. They love it so much that they even scream because they don't want to go home in the afternoons. We have gone to a few Summerville football games, quite a few DuBose football games, a few volleyball games and are now getting ready for Halloween. We got our Halloween costumes today and the boys are going to be Batman and Superman. Believe it or not, but they LOVE their costumes and had a great time flying around the house when grandpa came to visit and play with them today.

Well, let's hope my next post won't take as long to put up as this one did. We're having lots of fun chasing the boys around and I can't even remember what my life was like before we had them. :-)

Hayden and Bryce love the boat so much you have to make sure you hold on tight to them.
Hayden thinks he's the captain.

They LOVE the fish at the aquarium!Hayden cheering on the Green Wave on a Friday night.

Bryce aka Superman

Hayden aka Batman

The Super Twins are ready for Halloween!

Outing with Aunt Sibby and Cousin Megan

On Friday, April 9th we decided to spend our last weekday of spring break with our cousin Megan and Aunt Sibby. We started off by going to MUSC to see Megan at work and the boys loved meeting all the new people. Then we were off for a yummy lunch at Fleet Landing. What a gorgeous view and such yummy food they have there, and we ended our excursion with shopping for some new outfits for Mommy and Megan at Steinmart. We love all the time we get to spend with Aunt Sibby and Megan and are so glad that they live so close to us. Too bad our other Aunt Donna doesn't live here too because we know she would have LOVED going out with all of us too. :-) Hayden, Megan, Bryce and Gia at MUSC

First Haircut 3-11-2010

Hayden getting rid of the baby mullet

Hayden was very patient for Ms. Angel
Bryce was in a trance for his haircut

Bryce not sure about what was about to happen

We went to Simmons Barber Shop today for Hayden and Bryce's first hair cuts...bye bye baby mullets! They both did so good for Angel when she cut their hair. We got certificates for their first haircut and of course the locks of hair to go in their baby books.

A year in review...

11 1/2 months old we LOVED to eat!

11 months old we got to see snow for the first time

10 months old we met our cousin, Oliver

We have the best Santa ever!

9 months old we're ready for Christmas!

8 months old...we're the wonder twins!

7 months old

6 months old at our first UGA game

Five months old and ready to go to church for the first time since our baptism

Four Months old at Cousin Carrie's wedding in N.C.

Three months old showing off our wash board chests ;-)

Two Months old

One month old...Happy Easter!

Our first visit with the Easter Bunny March 28, 2009

3 days old

Hayden and Bryce less than 2 hours old

Mommy is SO ready to meet her babies right now...

Hayden with about a month until his debute

Vacation

Bryce exhausted from his vacation

Hayden and daddy looking at the sharks

Shamu!
Daddy and the boys ready to take on the day at Busch Gardens

Hayden and Mommy on the carousel at Busch Gardens

Bryce checking out the elephants with Daddy at Busch Gardens

The O'Rear and Young Families

L to R: Hayden, Bryce, Christie, Brad, Cade, Melinda, Ritchey, Chase

Checking out the fish in the aquarium at Sea World

Us at Sea World...end of the day

I had a few furlough days coming to me and Brad had a week of vacation, so what did we do? We decided to take the boys on vacation for their birthday week. So, we headed to sunny Florida on Saturday to visit Brad's cousin, Ritchey and his family in Tampa. Sunday we went to Busch Gardens, Monday hung out in Tampa and Tuesday went to Sea World. Wednesday we were at home resting with Brad sick and Thursday we got our first haircut. The boys LOVED the animals at Busch Gardens and Sea World. They especially loved it when Shamu was jumping out of the water. So...a few more days of vacation here at home, ending with their birthday Friday and birthday party on Saturday.

A Day of Mixed Emotions

Well, this afternoon has been a rough one. I have been contemplating for sometime getting rid of my dog, River. Ever since the boys were born poor River has been sort of tossed to the side, he was an only child and suddenly he had two brothers. River is a super sweet dog, but needs a lot of time and attention...more than we are able to give him. So...River has gone to live in St. George with Karen and Tim on their farm. I know he will be happy there and it will ease my life of a lot of stress, but it was sad to see him go. Even now I still find myself crying, but I know he will be ok and we can go visit him whenever we want. We'll miss you River dog!

working hard

Sometimes I get the distinct honor to go to other schools to serve on committees. Here is a picture of one of those times. I was invited to Knightsville Elementary by my friend and colleague, Wally Baird to serve on the teacher of the year committee. What a wonderful panel of teachers we interviewed and how nice to keep in touch with the elementary schools still.

Wally Baird, Jennifer Sauer (BHES), Jay Byars, Me

11 months old now!

River loved running in the snow
Feb. 13, we woke up to a winterwonderland in Summerville...6 inches of snow at our house!

Bryce and Hayden were not too sure about the snow...guess they are truly southern boys

However, Bryce did like walking in it.

Bryce makes dinner time an adventure

Hayden loves mac and cheese and black eyed peas!

Bryce loves to dance to the music on the sit and spin

Hayden getting into things again

Hayden and Bryce

Lots going on in our lives these days...the boys love feeding themselves, drink from a sippy cup only, they dance, clap their hands, make indian noises with their hand on their mouth, wave hi and bye, open cabinet doors, Hayden chatters "dada" all the time, Bryce says "hi!", they can crawl up the stairs, dance, pat their head when you say where's your head, wrestle with each other, still love to snuggle when they get sleepy and Hayden started walking Feb. 2, but Bryce thinks crawling gets you there quicker still. The boys went to their first college basketball game to see Ms. Julie's lady Bucs play Liberty. We even had our first snow on Feb. 12/13!

And...we'll be celebrating our first birthday in less than a month!