Happy Halloween!

Hey guys, the candy is over here!

Yay! This is fun!

"Bobbing" for donuts, always a hoot!

This is one scary bear!!

Our little Alice in Wonderland!

Catching up

Fun in Pictures

Ethan loves to walk/run all over the place, and just giggles as he does. His little cheeks bounce when he runs, so funny!

Beautiful day sightseeing!

Ethan was ready to dive on in the water and play. But he was also so happy to rock climb.

I just love the panoramic shot of Audrey & myself. So peaceful.

Our new favorite & perfect lunch spot! Amazing seafood and amazing view!

It was a perfect hopscotch day, Audrey had a blast showing Ethan the ropes.

Ethan giving it his best. It was so darn cute watching him bob up and down across the driveway.

Ethan's famous "cheese"!

Playing with a huge magnifying lens that we have for playing detective outside. However, the kids like it best to their heads and then giggling all around the house!

YIKES!

Summer

With summer comes so many fun and exciting things...cookouts, vacations, family visits, staying up late and sleeping in. Well, not really the sleeping in part, our guys are up by 7:30 each morning and ready to go! The first of June we took our annual vacation to St. Simons Island with Len's family, this time adding in a few days in Savannah with my parents. As always we had a blast. Ethan loved the ocean and the sand. Audrey loved being with her cousins and having lots of girl time. Savannah was full of charm and history, sadly though it was close to 100 degrees everyday! YIKES! Our town fourth of July festivities were amazing once again, filled with a family visit, endless carnival rides, fireworks, good times with friends and my first road race!

June 2009

June 2010 - They grow so fast!

Summertime Audrey

Ethan running around outside the carnival, this kid really is a crack-up!

Audrey's first day of sport's camp, showing off her new "kicks"

Ethan loves to "drive" his car around town(the driveway)!

sunshine

It always happens this time of year, my blogging falls by the wayside. But for a good cause, we are all outside soaking up the sunshine, splashing in the pool, grilling out and most of all just relaxing. The kids are just growing up too fast. Audrey graduates preschool this week, another chapter closed only to open up to the wonderful world of kindergarten! She is so excited and just cannot wait to ride the school bus, meet her teachers and see who all is on her class. Each day she just amazes us at how independent she is becoming and how grown up she is. And our little Ethan, is just into EVERYTHING!! He is very head strong but so darn sweet I cannot stand it. Out of the blue he likes to gives hugs and kisses. And when he wants to cuddle he comes over to me, lays his head in my lap, sucks his thumb and motions his hands for me to sing twinkle-twinkle-little-star. Ahh, such a sweetie, I know that these days will soon pass. He loves anything with wheels and that goes "vroom" and is expressing his ever-growing independence daily! Such a little explorer!

Photography

We have been blessed with an amazing local photographer who captures Audrey and Ethan beautifully! Here are a few pics by Alana Hawker. These are the only three pics I have seen from last weekends session, I cannot wait to see the rest!!!

Audrey turns 5!!!

WOW! Where does the time go? Audrey turned five years old today, so hard to believe. She has gone from a shy quiet little princess to an outgoing super chatty big girl! We could not be more proud of our little girl. Audrey still loves to read books, play with her dolls and play dress up but now she has added some "extreme sports" to her favorite activities: ice skating, roller skating and riding her bike. And yes, these are extreme sports for our little girl!!! Her laughter and smiles are contagious to us all. I just love to see what she'll think of next.

Practicing her skating!

The birthday party group.

Not just sliding but jumping up into the air to slide!

Our little figure skater!

Happy Birthday sweet girl!!