Life on the Mason Dixon Line

September 2010 I had a month of "sabbatical" before I started my new job so visited Sydney in Cinci.

Sydney stayed home with me one day when I was there. This is Sue and Sydney's Excellent Adventure.

Sydney

Thanksgiving with Paul's extended family

Anna turns 9, December 2010

Tyler turns 7, December 2010

Settling in for a long winter's nap

Paul's extended family Christmas 2010, p.1

Paul's extended family Christmas 2010, p.2

Christmas hangover happens quickly with 2 birthdays 5 days before Christmas

2010 Christmas with Susan's extended family

Jan 2011 we went ice skating at the rink in downtown Greensboro with Paul's sister, Elizabeth

Jan 2011--kids first time at the climbing gym. We went so often Susan got her own climbing gear.

Anna, age 9

Tyler, age 7

Anna got Just Dance 2 for Christmas, but I think it was a little more of a gift for Susan and Paul.

Snow in NC!

Cats and dogs can be friends

Paul continued guitar lessons and is SO good.

Tyler's YMCA basketball season, p1

Tyler's YMCA basketball season, p2

Easter preparations

2011 Easter w Paul's extended family

March 2011--sad day when Katie died

TNT Favorites work day at Peacehaven Farm in honor of Susan J and James N's upcoming marriage.

Tyler's baseball season

Ups and downs of elementary school

Arts and crafts gone wrong

Anna started riding lessons this year and is LOVING it, p1

Anna started riding lessons this year and is LOVING it, p2

This was the first year Paul was able to participate in Take Your Pet to Work Day (since we are down from 4 to 1 dog). Maggie LOVED it.

Father's Day 2011

In May TNT Fav Susan J married James Neff in Bloomington, IN

2011 Mother's Day

Spring 2011

Susan's 37th birthday

Grayson Highlands is one of our favorite places to go backpacking, p1

Grayson Highlands is one of our favorite places to go backpacking, p2

We are definitely a family of cyclists

In June Sydney turned 2 and Anna and Tyler made the trip to Cinci to celebrate--their first roadtrip!

Chillin' in Cinci

Sydney meeting her cousins for the first time

Cincinnati Zoo

Sydney, June 2011

Crafts w Cousins

Sydney, June 2011

Yep, still Sydney. Such a cute subject!

July 2011 we spent the day at Lake Norman w Paul's extended family, p1

July 2011 we spent the day at Lake Norman w Paul's extended family, p2

Girl time w Anna and Susan

We took the kids to a blues concert at Grove Winery in July.

In August 2011 we spent a week at Myrtle Beach w Paul's extended family

Beach Week, cont'd

Beach Week, cont'd

Beach Week, cont'd

Beach Week, cont'd---Build a Bear

Beach Week, cont'd--more crafts gone wrong

Beach Week, cont'd

Beach Week, cont'd

Beach Week, cont'd--Paul HATES the beach, but here we have proof that he did smile at least once.

Beach Week, cont'd

Beach Week, cont'd

Beach Week, final

Tyler continued to race triathlon and mountain bike, racking up the hardware

Susan "raced" the Warrior Dash. Ouch.

Tyler's soccer season

Susan continued to coach triathletes for Team in Training. 8 athletes crossed their finish lines this season and Susan earned her Level 1 TNT Tri Coach certification, taught by Dave Scott (aka The Man)

In September we went back to the mountains to ride the BRP for our anniversary.

We visited the Blue Ridge Music Center when we were in the mountains

Our 3rd anniversary

2 cousins birthday part at the roller rink--SUPER FUN

In Sept/Oct Susan's mom and dad came to visit, p1

In Sept/Oct Susan's mom and dad came to visit, p2

Halloween, p1

Halloween, p.2--our lil Taylor Swift and lil Grim Reaper

Siblings--although its neat to see their individual personalities develop, we can't stop them from growing up