Happy Birthday Geology Museum

Today Clemson's Geology Museum had a 10th anniversary birthday party, with lots of fun activities for kids. (Cake! Yum!) Ellie especially enjoyed singing "Happy Biiiiirthday, dear Museeeeum..."

I love rocks!

Check out Sadie's "Geology Rocks" onesie (thanks Deb!)

Oooo... magnets!

Everybody say "crystals!"

Today's Moment of Bliss

Sweet Babies

Our latest news

Sadie has started to play with toys.

And Ellie has transformed into a glitter fairy.

End of Summer - random photos

Ellie loves doing crafts of any kind, but she especially loves to paint:

Sweet baby

Ellie is a fantastic big sister. Here she is reading to Sadie: (note the tights, it was in the mid-90s this day!)
And looking after Sadie:

The weather has been so perfect, we love hanging out at our neighborhood pool.
Ellie has become a good little swimmer. With no fear whatsoever!!
Here's Ellie with her friend Genevieve... and Sadie with her friend Nicholas!

Aunt Martha's visit

The beginning of fall is always a busy season, this one has been especially so. Wes has had a couple long weekends away, so for one of them Martha came to visit and keep us company.

Fruit Picking! Yum!

Recently we spent a day at a local orchard picking apples, grapes and pears. They were delicious!

Here Wes and Ellie are sampling the grapes.

Ellie loved the grapes!

So many apples. We're going to have to make another orchard trip soon. It looks like apple pie baking season!

Vineyard Trip - Part II

Of course while we were on the Vineyard we spent a lot of time on the beach. Ellie loved Long Point and still talks about it.

Sadie enjoyed the beach, even though she's too little to play in the sand. Most of the time she looked like this:

Or this:

We saw many beautiful sunsets.

Ellie saw me taking photos of the sunset so she offered to pose for me. "Take a picture of me like this."

"And now like this."

"And now take a picture like this!"

Here we are at the teeny bopper dance at the beach club. (That's Sadie strapped to my front, even she was getting in on the action!)

It was a great trip. Thank you everyone!

Vineyard Trip - Part I

Oh goodness. It has been a while since I've had the time to download photos, sort them and then update this blog. We've had a fun summer and it is hard to believe it is over. Here in the south, the weather is getting cooler (phew!) and we're spending a lot of time outside enjoying the perfect days.

So first things first: In August we had a great trip up north to the Vineyard. The girls loved every minute, from the boat ride over ...

... to hanging out with cousins ...

... and of course spending time with Go Go.

An awake photo!

Whenever the baby is awake I have her in my arms, and no room for a camera. For that reason, awake pics are a little harder to get. But finally here is one!

Snuggly Bug