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Hiking at Raven Rock State Park

Hello to all. Today we wanted to do something fun. We had thought about going to the mall, but the last few times we've gone there, Nehemiah has chosen not to play well with others, specifically mommy and daddy. So, today we decided to go over to Raven Rock State Park (http://www.stateparks.com/raven_rock.html) and hike down to the Cape Fear River. Being that it is outdoors and the weather was so nice, we took Kubota the Wonder Dog with us, as well. Below you can see some of the pictures we took.

This one is Nehemiah demonstrating his skills as a crazy jumping boy. Notice the technique.

This one is called "Daddy and Nehemiah Breaking Mommy of Fear." Of course, the fear is probably justified and possibly rational.

Daddy: "Nehemiah, do you know what that is called?"
Nehemiah: "Water."
Daddy: "No, I mean where the rocks are."
Nehemiah: "Oh, those are bubbles!"
Daddy: "Yes, that too, but they are called 'rapids'."
... continued in the next photo.

Nehemiah: "Look, Mommy! Rapids!"

This one is Nehemiah in the post-meltdown phase.

And this one is pre-meltdown. He could not understand why we wanted him to catch up, so I had to tell him the joke about the baby tomato who lagged behind whose daddy went back to get him but stomped on him instead and said, "Ketchup!"

He didn't get it either.

These are dogwood blossoms. We have a dogwood tree in our front yard, except this year it didn't seem to bloom as well as every other dogwood in the state.

Pictures for the G-Ma's

So, here are some pictures for the Grandmas and whoever else likes to keep in touch through blogger and doesn't use Facebook. This weekend was packed with all kinds of fun stuff, much of which was just Nehemiah and I, while Debra did stuff on her own. On Friday, NK and I went to the park in Wade, while Mommy went to the doctor and sat in a waiting room for some inordinate amount of time. Later that night, though, she got to go to the day spa for a massage and facial. Today, I went out to the drop zone to get a jump in while NK and Debra went to an Easter egg hunt, and then we all met up at the drop zone to watch parachutes. Then to end the day, NK and Debra colored Easter eggs, while I sat in the dining room praying that Nehemiah didn't spill egg dye.

Pictures for the G-Ma

The New Goats

So, as many of you have heard, we got some new goats this weekend. By "we", I mean Nehemiah and I. Debra was out of town with some friends, so Nehemiah and I went over to Trinity, NC, about two and a half hours away, and tried to pick out the best goats possible with our limited goat knowledge... Nehemiah was just happy to pick out goats that didn't try to climb on him. In the end we chose these two Alpine kids and have named them Ashley (after Ashley Thiebaud, Debra's sister) and Lucy (after Lucy Pevensie, from the Chronicles of Narnia). Ashley is the predominately black goat and Lucy is the one with more white in her markings. As you can see, Nehemiah has taken to them quickly and is even learning how to feed them, although, we are pretty sure that this won't happen when it is time to clean the pen.

The Faces of Nehemiah

The Buzz Lightyear Face

The Happy Dinosaur Face

The Happy Nehemiah Face

The Sad Nehemiah Face

SNOW DAY!!!!!