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More photos from the beach…

We took our Annual New Year’s day trip down to the beach. We had great weather again this year – it was about 65 degrees and Sunny most of the day.

We had a great Christmas this year. Nana and Gung Gung sold their house, but Nana had a chance to come back and stay with us for the big day. Gung Gung was over in England enjoying Christmas with his family. We did get a chance to wish Aunt Emma in England a Merry Christmas. Mom, Nana, Alex and Sam all got up on Dec 26th and drove to Virginia to celebrate with Aunt Becky and the rest of the family.

The boys and Rod took a quick trip up to Waynesboro to help with some tech issues in the new house. We took this photo on the mountain rest stop.

Alex had originally not decided to go trick or treating this year, but changed his mind at the last minute when he saw the Bart Simpson costume.

Alex got quite a bit more playing time this year and has improved quite a bit. One of the photos above shows Alex standing over a much taller boy after he slid for the ball and tackled him – he actually got a penalty for that one! The team came in 3rd place again this year, losing in the first round to the same team that they lost to last year. That team won State last year, but came in 2nd this year. The games were once again in Conway, NC – about 4 hours from Greenville. Alex rode the bus out with the team but Mom and Sam had to drive this year by themselves (last year they all rode the bus home). Both boys will be playing Soccer in the spring with Pitt County Recreation.

Sam’s latest work, watercolor on construction paper. Sam’s interpretation of a Blue Marlin jumping out of the water.

The ship in the middle is Sam’s own creation…