Feet

So Paige came up to me at the beach and put her feet together with mine and we took a picture. Paige was at the house last week for Daniel's birthday and we had matching flip flops, so she wanted a picture. The things a Yaya will do! Anything for that girl....and the rest of them too.

Beach Time

The birthday boy...the one with the balloon..he dug into the cupcake! It was wonderful to be with him on his big day!

Jockey's Ridge right before a storm. The sky was unbelievable and breeze even better. Great kite flying.

Bodie Island Lighthouse...Jacob was hoping I could capture the picture like he was holding the lighthouse....I obviously didn't!

The whole crew. The picture isn't my favorite but people sure are! Wow do I feel blessed!

Uncle Daniel with Claire.

The one year olds....they were a busy pair but I enjoyed watching them be together.

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse from the bottom and 248 steps later.

Papa in full "attire".

Loved spending time with these 2. I could eat them up. I saw a picture of Caleb/Bubba from the beach and proceeded to cry for the next 2 hours....I miss them.....

I want address being a slacker about blogging. I did want to share some pictures from our trip to the Outer Banks. We had everyone together for the first time in 4 years. We have added 4 new little ones since the last time. We have been together, just not every single person in the same place at the same time.

We went to Nags Head just before Hurricane Irene hit. Some places we visited will not be the same. We had a great time and I know it will be a while before we are all together again. I am glad I have pictures to savor the moment.

Yaya Week Part 1

She was dressed for success.
Daniel rang the bell!

He made it pretty far for having crocs on.


Bowling with little balls.
Making brownies.
Making suckers.

To say that I haven't blogged in awhile might be an understatement. I am grateful Katie blogs every week - or I would miss out!

Laura and Jason took a little trip a few weeks ago and I got to keep the big kids - they took Zoë. We had a great time (I did at least- they might say it was "boring" - who knew they would know that word so young?). Sisi went to a birthday party during a bad thunderstorm - and Jamison, Paige and I went to Old McDonald's for lunch. It rained the hardest going out of McDonald's and retrieving Sisi from her party. I was drenched (she had an umbrella). Monday we went to Funnigan's with some passes Laura had for us. The kids had a blast. Tuesday we went to Reynolda (I confess-I have never been) and walked around the trails and pond, saw turtles, played in the creek, had leaf races, saw underwear in a tree - what more can you ask for? Here are a few pictures.

My card was full so I didn't get pictures of our big "adventure".

Yaya week part 2 coming soon.

A few more pictures

I meant to find this one this summer after seeing the video of Claire in the pool. Claire is definitely her Daddy's child....and don't blame me.....blame Papa! Joseph was between 16 and 18 months here. He had no fear and even went off a high dive with his daddy.



Here are a few more when he was just a little older....not very much older.

My Squishy Face Boy

What do you think? Does he look like his Daddy?(I don't know how to get them side by side.)


Please notice the too tight paper shirt. They finally realized they
needed to get him a bigger shirt.
So I have been meaning to dig out some pictures of Joseph so we can compare "squishy faces". Here are a few.

My Super Men

We took a quick trip to St. Louis (Edwardsville, IL) to see Joseph, Katie, Claire and new baby Caleb. We stopped at a rest stop in Metropolis. Daniel came running out telling me to get my camera (couldn't imagine why). In the end Rick and Daniel took pictures of each other. They were cute....it was in the middle of the night, I think around 2am or something.

Recycled

I have tons of things I should blog about....lots of fun things from the summer, especially 2 new babies, Zoe and Caleb....but not today.

I had a long list of projects this summer and didn't get to most of them....but this week I was able to check one off the list. I needed a new bag for preschool to take our First Aid kit, etc. out to the playground.

I couldn't find a picture of the original apron - but I turned it into a bag. My class is the Busy Bees, and I had been wearing this apron at work, but it wasn't working for me. I left the cute pockets on, used the straps from the apron for the handles, put some different gingham to line it and put a pocket on the interior made from the bodice of the apron.

I was pleased...what do you think?