Memorial Day Picnic, 2012

Hello everyone! This past Monday was Memorial Day, meaning that our church hosted it's annual Memorial Day Picnic! We had a blast! This was by far the best year ever, and there were also the most people. Over 2,000 people showed up! The goal for the picnic is, "To bring the community together to honor veterans who have served our country and to give glory to God for His providential acts in our history."Here are some pictures from the event. 

Luke posing for me.

Sam and Pip in "The Deuce" 

The MacIntire Brothers from Soldering Through History

The first ever Children's Parade!

Olivia and Laura in the Children's Parade.

WWII Veteran Bill Brown in the parade. 

Brooke and Brianna watching the Children's Parade

~Lenyer

The Search For the Dead Relatives (And the Supposedly Alive Edna)

 A couple of weeks ago, Mom, Olivia, and I went on a search with our NanNan. We were searching for the graves of some of our deceased relatives and to see some old houses, landmarks, etc. The first place that we went to was Bayboro, NC. We didn't stay there very long, but I was able to get a few pictures!

               

We then attempted to find NanNan's mother's step-sister's house, the search for Edna. It turned out to be quite interesting, we think that we found her house, but she wasn't home. Anyway, after that we got turned around and ended up in the wrong town and had to ask for directions from the postal lady. 

Once we got back in the right direction, we moved on to Oriental, NC where several family members were born and/or lived. NanNan remembered going here as a little girl with her family. While there, we had a delightful lunch at a little café and walked around the town a little. 

This is an old theater that my NanNan remembers walking to when she was little. 

We also visited a cemetery outside of town where we saw my great great grandparents graves. 

We then moved on to the town of Hobucken where there is hardly anything. We visited a cemetery there, and after finding the right graves, we began noticing the amount of mosquitoes. We all ran back to the car so that we could apply the bug spray that we had brought with us. When we pulled the lid off the bug spray, there was no sprayer. Yikes! In the end, we had to rub the actual liquid on us. It was a mess and thankfully we were all wearing jeans (except my mom, oh well). 

From there we move to Lowland. Let me tell you, Lowland is the lowest of the lands. There is NOTHING there, except some houses, most of which are on cinderblock stilts because they were destroyed during hurricane Irene. We looked for a fire station, because that is where we were supposed to find our last cemetery. The fire station turned out to be a warehouse looking building with a path going to the back of it. When we got back there, we waited a second in the car, and then the mosquitoes came! 

I can not begin to describe the number of mosquitoes that swarmed our car. Hundreds of mosquitoes began hitting our windows, it was scary! Mosquitoes love mom and Olivia wasn't wearing long sleeves, so they sent NanNan and I out to find the grave of Henry Homer (my great great great great grandfather) and take a picture. So, dressed in my black hoodie (with the hood up and strings tied) and liquid bug spray, I jumped out of the car with NanNan and began the search. Luckily, it was a small cemetery. In the end, I ran around like a mad person, flaying my arms and never standing still. NanNan acted normal and didn't get one bite! We never found the grave, so when we got back in the car, we took a picture of the cemetery. 

We then moved on to the town of Aurora where we stopped at a fossil museum so that we could use the restroom and find a ferry schedule. We planned to look around but ended up staying about 10 minutes because we had to leave to catch the ferry. I did manage to take a picture of NanNan and mom in the giant shark before we left. 

We had a great time riding the ferry.

We arrived in the town of Bath where we looked around. We visited the oldest church in NC, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, as well as look at all of the historical signs. 

We then left and went back to our grandparents house. We had a great time and really enjoyed being together. 

~Lenyer

Juni, Our Beloved Cat

Hello to all.

I bear the sad tale that has happened this very day. Our beloved cat, Juni at seven years of age has died. On April 1 he went missing, we put out flyers, went to the pound, did everything. Saturday April 14 We found him. Under dad's boat, dead. Here is our favorite pictures of him.

I hope you have a great day! 

~ Olivia

New Favorites

Here are a few pictures that I have taken recently that are my new favorites. For a lot of these, I used the Pioneer Woman's Seventies action. This is my all time favorite action! I also used the Coffee Shop's Buttercream Vintage action, which I also really like. Check them out if you can. 

The last one is my absolute new favorite! Have a great weekend. 

~Lenyer

Azalea Flowers

Here are those azalea pictures that I promised. Today is really cold and I am not sure if the flowers are going to make it. Hopefully, they will be fine. I will post some of my new favorite pictures tomorrow.  Have a wonderful Good Friday! 

~Lenyer

Pollen and Other Things of Spring

Well, it is that time of year. The pollen is out! The past two weeks was the worst of it. Thankfully, we have had some rainy days that wash away the pollen build up. 

This is a picture that Olivia took. We absolutely despise the pollen. I am allergic, but even non-allergic people are somewhat bothered by it! 

 Emma Jean has been the biggest mess! 

Of course, spring comes with the flowers. We have never had so many different kinds bloom at the same time. It is magical in our yard. I will post some pictures of our Azaleas soon. 

Have a great weekend! 

~Lenyer

Vintage Style Photos

Hey everyone! I hope y'alls week is going well! Over at Ramblings and Photos, Ashley along with Sarah are doing this really sweet thing called Tutorial Tuesday where they post a tutorial (On Tuesday;) and then we all have a week to post some pictures where we followed the tutorial! This is so cool! To all the non-photoshop people out there, sorry! It is one of my passions!:) Also, I am using PSE, so some of the steps are slightly different. Without further ado,  here are my pictures!

 That picture was taken at Colonial Williamsburg this past October. Williamsburg is one of my favorite places to go and there are so many things to take pictures of!

 I love this picture. It was taken at the Elizabethean Gardens, Manteo, NC. I also have a black and white version that I really like, but the vintage gives it a whole new look.

 These pictures were taken in the small coastal town of Avon, NC. It was a really bad day to take pictures, overcast and windy, but I managed to make some work.

 And this beauty is my favorite. I really wanted to go into this Barnes and Noble! We were on our Civil War Tour and I couldn't leave the group (This is at Baltimore, MD). Maybe one day I can go back!

So there you have it! Let me know what you think and come back soon!

~Lenyer