Showing posts with label photos. Show all posts
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Hilton Head Island 2011








We had another fantastic time at Hilton Head in July. As usual, our routine was breakfast, bike, beach, pool, lunch, rest, beach, pool, bike to dinner, crash.... rinse and repeat 3 or 4 times with only a little variation. This was the first summer that we've had 4 full fledged swimmers on our hands, so that made everything "way more fun". For the first time ever, we spent one morning playing putt-putt. Whew, that was exhausting! Another first was the girls actively trying to make friends with other kids we met on the beach and at the pool ... also great fun! They found lots of little girls and even several little boys that didn't mind being friends with a whole gaggle of sisters. Scott helped each of the girls take turns learning to ride on the boogie board. Ella became quite good at it, and after making a new friend one day tried to ride off into the sunset with her new friend on the board. That was a completely new nerve wracking experience for this mama who is used to having her girls hover very nearby at all times!

On this trip the girls became very eager to ride their own bikes... guess those carriers are getting a little bit cramped! So we told them that when they learned to ride without training wheels they could bring their bikes and not ride in the carriers anymore. Guess what? The minute we got home we removed them and within a week all four of our kiddos were riding their bikes sans training wheels!! Perhaps those should be the next pictures I post?!?


Wednesday, August 10, 2011

First Day of School x 4!!!!

Today is a BIG day in our house. Kate, Maggie, and Sarah have entered the world of Kindergarten. They are probably the youngest in their class since they won't actually be 5 until the end of this month, but they are ready. We couldn't hold them back any longer!
Silly Faces

Serious, study faces

Maggie

Sarah

Kate

Ella... first day of 1st grade, and she didn't even look up as she waved me off this morning. She's an old pro at this school stuff and has been eager to get back to "The Creek" since mid-July.



Now with a little bit of time on my hands I hope to develop a daily discipline for blogging to catch up on the thousands of photos and summer memories that are sitting idle in my head and on the computer. Stay tuned...

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Almost Wordless Wednesday: My Heart Explodes Soon

These three precious girls, who incidentally just started pre-k what feels like yesterday, will say goodbye to their beloved preschool tomorrow at graduation. We will miss their sweet, loving teacher and all their cohorts classmates. I can not believe how fast time flies!!







Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Weekend at the Beach






We spent a lovely weekend at the beach with Nanny, Mimi, Kari, and aunts and cousins. It was a great way to spend our time while waiting for Scott to return to the US. The countdown is on...



Sunday, April 24, 2011

Celebrations

This morning, in addition to the Resurrection, we celebrated a couple of baby dedications at church. This little bit was included, but she was fully clothed for the ceremony!! She is the sweetest niece ever, and totally adorable, too!!




After church we had a delicious lunch at Mimi and Pop's with family. Then Harper and her two grandmothers looked on...
... as all the "big" cousins began a fabulous Easter egg hunt.
They covered a lot of ground.


After we recovered from the sugar coma that this egg hunt induced we headed to Nanny C's for yet another family gathering. I'll continue tomorrow with those pictures, and then by Tuesday I'll have every basket, egg, and bunny carefully placed back up in the attic until next year. Whew, we've had some exhausting fun today and I can't wait for all the candy to "magically" disappear.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Wordless Wednesday: Us Girls






Monday, April 18, 2011

Sarah





Every time I turned around yesterday Sarah was striking a new pose for the camera. She was hilarious, and she definitely had the most fun of all of us.


Thursday, April 14, 2011

Pretty Spring Afternoons

Most pretty afternoons I can count on at least one hour of time during which all four of the girls will play outside on the trampoline together- happily!! I have never been more thankful for a single piece of play equipment... ever!

Yesterday I joined them after I had supper started to take a few photos of their silliness. They are simply adorable these days.... even if I do say so myself.

all together in front of the old red milk barn

Ella... doing a few tricks for the camera


Maggie with a pretend sad face.... and Sarah curious
Kate... too cool, and yes, we washed her stringy hair before bed