Happy Birthday Jacob

Today my baby turns 2! I can't believe how fast time goes by. Yesterday we had his party and boy did we have fun. The theme of course was Monster Trucks. We invited his friends from church and had lots of fun. He got lots of trucks, books, and cute clothes. Check out this cake!


This is Gravedigger! The tires are doughnuts and were held together by pretzel sticks. This was the coolest cake. My cake lady had only done one monster truck before. She is pretty good! I do go overboard with birthday cakes but whatever its fun and only once a year.


Here are some of the kiddos with the life of the party Uncle Beau!


The kiddos are ready for some cake.



Tucker was really excited.

Happy Birthday Jacob! Man I love this little guy.

Surprise, Surprise!

Take a look at Baby Hinely # 3. We are due September 21. I had my first Dr. appointment today and he said everything looks great!!

Let It Snow

We finally got our January snow! I guess it was two weeks ago we got about 2 inches of snow. It was the perfect snow for sledding and building snowmen. Tucker had so much fun playing with the kids in the neighborhood. Jacob on the other had didn't really like being out in the cold. I don't blame him it was really cold.




I don't think it helped Jacob when Johnny pushed him down the hill with Tucker.

Jacob was so mad he wouldn't even look at me to take his picture.

Tucker and his buddy Race heading down the hill.

I think we should just call it a day!

Monster Jam

Last Friday night we took the boys to the Monster Jam truck show down in D.C. They were both so excited! We watch these shows on TV so they were excited to see the trucks in person. I have to admit that I was kinda excited.


Jacob did not move all night.


Meet Madusa, a female driver. I wonder if I could learn to drive one of these trucks?

Gravedigger and Superman.

Of course Gravedigger wins.

Trip to the dentist

Tucker had his first dental appointment last week and did great. I noticed this dark spot on his front tooth and of course I thought the worst. I figured it was tooth decay or a cavity so we made him an appointment right away to get it checked out. The doc said it was caused by some kind of trauma. He must have hit it on something and it caused the dark spot. He got X-RAYS and his teeth cleaned. He did great and everything looked perfect.

Christmas in North Carolina

After our trip to the aquarium we headed to Maggie Valley, NC to celebrate Christmas with Papa John and Granny Lou. Tucker was so excited because Katie (Jane Lou's daughter) and her kids were there and Tucker loves being with Blaine and Kameryn. When he went and stayed with Papa John in FL last year Blaine and Kameryn were there with him and they had so much fun together. As soon we got to the cabin Tucker was so excited and played with them non stop.


Jacob, Kameryn, Blaine and Tucker.


This is Victoria Grace. Isn't she beautiful!! This is first time we have got to see her and I fell in love with her instantly. She was the sweetest baby.


Jacob is always ready to play with daddy.


No trip to Maggie Valley is complete without going to Tube World. We had the best time and yes that is Tucker going down the mountain by himself. I was so afraid that he wouldn't do it but got in and down he went.

Jacob even joined in on the fun.

Georgia Aquarium

After our wonderful trip to Alabama we headed to North Carolina to see Papa John and Granny Lou. On the way we decided to make a pit stop in Atlanta and take the boys to the Georgia Aquarium. We have been to a few different aquariums but this was the best one by far. We had a wonderful time and the boys just loved it.


Jacob was very excited to see the stingrays. We got to pet them and some baby sharks.


Tucker on the other hand was terrified of the stingrays. I can honestly say this is the first time he has ever been afraid of something. He had good reason, he misunderstood the announcer say if you pet them they will bite off your fingers. He really said when you pet them us your two fingers.

Good Times.

Inside the fish tunnel. I felt like I was in the scene from Jaws 3. If you have seen it you know what I mean.

The beluga whale exhibit. This was the boys favorite.