Ocean Isle Inn Great Family Fun
We are driving away from the wonderful Ocean Isle Inn. It really is bittersweet as we are heading towards Fort Lauderdale now, but it is like saying good bye to family. This was our third time back to the Inn, and I really do feel like we are all family.
We arrived at the Inn on Friday to a fun filled weekend with Miss Lori. The girls were so excited to spend time with their friends, The Tiger Boys of the beautiful Carolina Mama and the Princesses of the beautiful Real Life Sarah. Hubby and I were excited as well to spend time with great friends.
The evening started off with a Tweet-Up and a Twitter Party with several mom bloggers. It was so much fun to finally meet Chele and Heather. We all had a blast sitting there and tweeting each other and hanging out with Miss Lori.
Saturday, we started the morning out by the beach with some super fun relay games. Who knew I would win a hula-hooping contest? Fun times!
The adults did participate in a game of wives vs. husbands in tug o war. The girls were trying with all our might to win this and finally I fell and ate sand and you can guess who won that contest 
The kids were having just as much fun as the adults too with their own relay games. Thank you Ocean Isle Inn for coming up with such creative games that could be done right on the beach.
We all thought after that to go take a dive in the pool and then head over for some good ole ice cream. It was so delicious and I found some super stylish flip flops thanks to Carolina Mama and her awesome fashion advice.
We all headed back to get ready for the grand event of the weekend. Miss Lori Activate Summer Concert. All the kids had such a blast dancing and singing to all the unique songs. I totally seen all the adults rocking out to her songs as well .
We ended the night with a Dance Party. It was such a grand time to just hang out by the pool chatting with all the moms and the kids enjoying themselves in the pool with beach music playing in the background. I would have loved to just bottle up that specific moment. More fun times for sure!
Sunday was all about the Dads. Happy Father’s Day to my wonderful hubby. We were able to take the time and go have some delicious seafood with Carolina Mama’s family. We just adore their family and loved having this extra time before they were getting back on the road to head home.
We were there two more days, just having a blast with Ocean Isle Inn. I love we can stay there and never have to leave the premises. The girls just wanted to play in the pool and at the beach. I was totally fine with that as we all were having such fun times. Real Life Judd was having fun squirting us with water guns. It was just great to laugh and laugh and laugh and let the stresses melt away.
The Inn is such a family friendly place, that you cannot help to fall in love with the place. The last night was spent packing up to leave… the girls started crying because they just wanted to stay longer. They really have grown to love the Inn just as much as hubby and I are! Thank you Lee, Tracey, Melanie, Maria and all the staff there at the Inn for a wonderful 5 days. We created more summer memories that will last a lifetime. We cannot wait to get back.
Fun Friend Memories!
See our complete review of Ocean Isle inn over at Traveling Mamas.
No tags for this post.Ultimate Blog Party Time with 5 Minutes for Mom
Hey there Ultimate Blog Party Go-ers… It’s Jen from One Moms World coming to you live from the beautiful NC Blue Ridge Mountains. Come on out here and join me with my famous drink that I serve everyone that comes visit; Sweet Tea!
So girlfriends… I’m so glad you all came and stopped by. We have so much to chat about. Let me tell you a little about myself. I am Jen… just plain ole Jen who loves her family and life. Let me introduce you to my family:
I am married to a wonderful man of God, Scott and we have two beautiful daughters M and L.
We stay busy here in the High Country of NC.
I am currently a student and I work full-time. My husband is playing the Stay at Home Dad role for now since construction took a downward spiral. I am a Weight Watchers lover who is on a healthy journey to get her family healthy and fit. I recently started sharing our Weight Watchers meals and will continue to add more weekly.
I love to talk (people probably say I wish she would hush-up)
I don’t meet a stranger
I love to help others
I love to make people laugh
I love to travel
I love the outdoors
I love all things techy (no I absolutely don’t get up in middle of night to check my DROID… sure don’t haha)
I love my dog!
Now… I know… I could talk and talk and talk but this isn’t all about me. I would love to hear from you and be new BFF’s (Bloggy Friends Forever). Just leave me a comment below and let’s get this party started. Would you like more sweet tea? No problem 
P.S. I heard the super fantastic wonderful ladies over at 5 Minutes for Mom was giving away prizes. Oh I would like to put in the hat for my choices. Here are my top picks but I would be happy with any prize said with my sweetest southern girl charm!
8 – Buds to Bloom Photo Tile Necklace
39 – Be My Guest certificate ($250 value)
49 – Starbucks Gift Certificate
56 – 12″ x 24″ Custom, hand~painted gallery style canvas
USC 3 – Target Gift Card
Sisters Are Truly Best Friends
I could never be more blessed when the Good Lord up above gave me my two beautiful daughters. Of course they will have their fights and arguments with each other, but it is moments like this that always make the fighting episodes forgettable.
They are always looking out for each other for example: L’s teacher told me the other day that both L’s class and M’s class were out on the playground at the same time. M begins to yell at L. L immediately looks up and they both do the “I Love You” sign to each other. They truly are the best of friends and I know they always will be. Thank you Lord for two beautiful girls!
No tags for this post.Spring Break Through Visual Form
This past week, we were splitting from our normal routine and letting Spring Break Rule our lives. I would be pretty happy for Spring Break to take control of our lives more often … just saying!
On the first stop of the break was our very own cheese factory. That’s right, cheese is made right here. Bet you didn’t know that did you. Bet you didn’t know something else; According to a certain 4 year old that proudly announced at the cheese factory, she nows how they get the milk from the cows to make the cheese. Why the cows poop the milk out mom. Out of the mouth of cute little L. Duh mom… you should have known that all alone . (yes, I was trying to hard to hold back the laughter)
Spring break don’t stay still so we were off on another break trip to the super fab Grandfather Mountain. Now there are some days, you can go on this mountain and literally get blowed away. All the powers to be of Spring Break were super kind to us to bring out the sun and stop the winds.
Zooming on down that mountain, we ended up south at the Catawba Science Museum the next day. We did survive all the science experiements and the 20 foot snake that I would rather not see again. Who knew we could have so much fun with science though. We had a blast!
The round about sent us going east to the central part of the state of NC. The girls did super well on the drive (ok bribing them with chick-fil-a worked too) and we all had a blast meeting some fellow other mom bloggers. It was a fun mixer (Primrose – more about this super cool place soon) put on by the wonderful Maria Bailey
Those in attendance that I had the pleasure of meeting and mixing together as moms were Raleigh Girl, Carolina Mama, MyGoMom and of course again RealLifeSarah (so glad we are hometown buds)
Before I met up with these super fab women.. I got to stop at Starbucks and get a beloved Chai Tea and MEET another super cool mom blogger and twitter – MsFitUniverse
As you can see… Spring Break was on great rides each day. This is one ride that I wish kept going and going. I cannot wait till Summer Break now . I love being outside and getting out and about with everyone!
No Worries Jen Is Here
Thank you all so much for the emails, DM’s on twitter, comments on Facebook, phone calls and cards. It all meant so much to get through the last week. I knew when I surrounded myself with friends and God that the week would be much more manageable.
I am happy to report my dad is going to be OK. We found out today his Biopsy results. He does have an infection in his body that triggered all this to happen in the first place. It is called H. pylori infection. It is fixable, yes it might take a bit to get it under control but the main thing it is fixable! God is soooo good as evidence in all your prayers too.
It was a huge eye opener, that daddy could be taken away from me just like that. To see a 68 year old man who you love with all your heart crying in tears, yelling and grabbing both sides of the hospital bed…. it just broke my heart and the tears just poured. That is when we got the prayer chain started and as you can see from this report, Prayer Works!
During the week, I had two reunions with friends. One set of friends was from my Middle School Days which I haven’t seen these girls since about 14 years ago. We had a great time over lunch and just trying to take my mind off of things.
Then we had been planning for a few weeks a 10 year highschool reunion with a group of girls that we reconnected with by email and facebook. We laughed till we had tears in our eyes that night, but it was so much fun and we are going to make it a much needed girls night out monthly. We shared highschool memories that left me saying let’s not go there a couple of times haha . Fun times!
I declare this week no hospital stays or visits. Woot woot… ready to dive into the week and get back into blogging, facebook and good ole twitterville .
Ice Skating At Its Best
We had the most awesome night last night with my BFF and her family ice skating. What a sight we were. The whole night we were pretty much like this:
We were constantly laughing. You see it has been about 11 years since we both had been. We went together with my church youth group at the time and how neat it was that we went back together 11 years later. This time we got to share in the experience with our children. Let’s just say the children way outdid us. There were falls into the puddles (that would be muah and her daughter M), there was plowing into the sides of the ice skating rink, there were times we wouldn’t let go of the rails, there were times we skated around with the Kid’s bar haha… it was just some plain ole genuine fun. I only fell about 4 times, that’s not too bad is it? . Poor L was so sad when I would fall and she kept telling me to take the skates off. She was grinning ear to ear when I took the skates. M is the one that surprised me. We had got her the kid’s bar to help her around the ice skating rink.. half way through the session she ditched the bar and went cold turkey on the rink without holding onto anything. She was literally making laps around Cindy and I. TOO FUNNNNY! We kept telling her how proud we were of her!
Here is our night in picts… Enjoy
Ready to begin our adventure:
Still holding on to the railing:
Jen is getting brave and going out to the middle:
We ditched the coats since we were getting so warm skating:
See my fancy foot work here :
Here we go… we are having a blast:
So so so proud of M:
Jen getting along sooo good:
Then kaboom right flat onto my tale..
L so excited that mommy was finally done with the ice skating rink:
What a night, but I am ready to do it again. I figured I would wake up so sore this morning, but not a bit. This will definitely be a tradition of ours .
What Are The Best Wii Games
We revealed our family Valentine’s gift yesterday evening. The look on the girls face as we were walking out of the store was just priceless. M said “Mom, I dreamed that we would get a Wii… it is coming true.” So cute.
Yes… we finally have our own Wii after having so much fun with our great friends Wii. I would be lying if I told you I wasn’t excited too. I just love how this is such a family game and you actually move around and not sit still while playing.
What are some must have games that your family enjoys playing? We went ahead and bought the Wii play game set so we could have the extra remote.
How does everyone like the Wii Fit? Should we get it? Love to hear your thoughts
Happy 30th Birthday to My Best Bud
I so wish I could be there to do this in person. We were planning on it, but other things took place to prevent us from heading out to Missouri unfortunately. We will meet one day. Yes, that is right my friends. I have never met my best bud in person. We have known each other online since early 2003. That is almost 5.5 years that we have been best buds. Nell… I love you girlie. Here is the top 7 reasons I love you so much and a little tribute to you on your most wonderful 30th birthday!!
1) You were there for me when L was hospitalized both times. Always calling me and giving me encouraging words to know I’m not alone in this. Those words meant so much to me Nell and will stay with me forever.
2) Our late night IM’s even if it is at 2am in the morning, we can bring out the best each other. Yes it may mean we are laughing at our computer screens so hard our water is spouting out from our mouths but who cares… we are having so much fun with each other and forgetting about all the bad stuff around us.
3) Our children’s relationships with each other. I say Nell around the house and M pops up and says, that is my best friend Nicky’s mommy isn’t it? They see how much love and trust we have with each other, so its only natural our children have such a strong friendship with each other. Remember the videos Madisyn did for her best friend Nicky…. LOVE IT!
4) The phone calls back and forth.. where we say ok… lets hop on the phone for a quick conversation and then 2 hours later we are still chatting, laughing, crying, talking loud over the kids and just having a grand ole time. Those are the best.
5) Emails and Cards…. you send the best emails and cards when I am least expecting them. It’s like we have this special bond that we know the other needs a pick me up.
6) Finishing each other sentences or typing the same thing on IM at the same time. How on earth can we do this with each other? Oh girl you know that means we are soul sistas at heart… you got that right WOOT!
7) And…. the best reason of all. Your love and compassion you have for me over the past 5.5 years. Nell honestly, there have been some dark times that I don’t know how I would have got through if it wasn’t for you. You mean the world to me… and some may say its just weird we have this such deep friendship and have never met person to person, but NO its not weird. It’s REAL and HONEST. Oh what a glorious day that will be when I can give you a REAL HUG instead of a virtual HUG. I LOVE YOU GIRLIE and just know I will be celebrating with you before we know it. HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Have the best day ever. MUAAAAAAH
Love always,
Your Best Bud
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