Olde Surber Station aka My Favorite Vacation

This past Thanksgiving our whole family decided to get together and my Mom booked us at Olde Surber Station. It is a house built in the 1800s and recently restored as a vacation rental. It is located in the mountains in Oriskany, VA.







It was an absolutely awesome vacation. The house features original wood floors, a slipper tub in the bathroom, and the kitchen(my fav room) is equipped with an old fully functioning wood stove. It was like slipping back in time for a week.













We were able to go hiking, canoeing, have campfires and cook our Thanksgiving dinner on the wood stove!
Brendan and Talitha had a blast just playing all day long outside in nature. Brendan says that it was his favorite vacation!

4th of July!

We went to Swansboro for the 4th this year...love the downtown, it is soooo cute with tons of awesome little shops.

























Hannah, Patrick L, Josiah and Patrick Warren met us there and we all spent the fourth together. Brendan and Tali loved the fireworks!

A normal day for us...:)

Today has been kind of un-eventful, we went outside for most of the morning and then came in to do "Cool" which is Brendans way of saying "School" too cute.....Brendan absolutly loves learning, so I have been trying to do some school with him every morning. Uncle Siah bought them the outfits they are wearing in these pictures:)

Tali loves standing....she concentrates soooo hard on keeping her balance, it is so cute! She will be 6 months tomorrow. It is crazy how fast time goes. Brendan and Tali play so well together now, Brendan is definitely protective of her and loves showing her the "right way" to do everything. Tali just loves her big brother and he tells me constantly "I lug Tali all the time!" So sweet!









Brendan will be 3 years old on July 29th...he was sooo excited picking out a theme and I let him look online to give us ideas for a gift.

I hope everyones day is as blessed as mine!

The Breckner Family

Welcome to the Breckner Family Blog!
First I will share a little about us and our life...Alex and I have been married for almost six years.
Alex is currently a United States Marine and is about to re-enlist for another four years. I(Naomi) am a stay at home Mommy of our two wonderful children. I love it! it has its moments but overall I feel very blessed that I am able to be here. Brendan Joseph was born July 29, 2006 and he is an amazing little boy...very inquisitive and serious and always ready to have fun. Talitha Marie was born on December 27, 2008 and is my happy, goofy, little chubby ball of fun:)
We currently live in Midway Park, NC which is about two minutes from Camp Lejeune. We own our home on an acre and a half and are constantly making updates to it:)
I love my life and everything in it:)
Enjoy!