Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Spring Break: Assateague Island

Charis (Josh's sister and my freshman roommate) and Craig and their three adorable kids came to visit us for Spring Break: April 11-22, 2014.  It was a fabulous, wonderful, busy trip full of playing, site-seeing, and bike riding not to mention Easter and Lucy's birthday.  It was so fun to see all the little cousins together (7 kids under one roof for 11 days, phew!).  They all got along really well and other than poor little Charlie getting a cold there were no major hiccups.  Oh how I wish we lived closer!

We love going to Assateague Island on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.  It's about a three hour drive through beautiful country (and over the Chesapeake bay bridge) and makes for a rather long day but we love to do it whenever we have new visitors.  The day we went was a gorgeous day, not hot and not too cold, and it wasn't crowded. 


Elsa was not so sure about the sand.  She refused to walk in it for a long while after we got there.  Eventually she warmed to it.



Love those little sand covered toes!


Everyone into the COLD water.  Elsa did not approve.  The other kids it took a little bit of time but before long they were drenched.
 










Sisters
 

Charlie was fascinated with everyone's shoes.  And couldn't manage to keep the sand out of his eyes.

Elijah spent a majority of his time digging a massive hole in the sand.


By the time we left it was big enough for him to curl up in completely.






 
I think we brought half the beach home with us. 
 
And yes we did see wild horses (even a baby one) while we were on the island.  We just weren't crazy enough to get close to them for pictures.  Some people sure were!

We finished the trip off with a yummy dinner eating blue crab and broiled shrimp, both smothered with the Maryland famous Old Bay spice.  It's a rather disgusting process to have a table full of people chowing down on all you can eat crabs and shrimp with all the legs and body parts strewn across the table, but worth doing once in a while and is sure tastes good! 


Monday, August 25, 2014

Christmas Jammies

Winter Raccoon Jammies
 
I found the fabric for these at Joann's on black Friday and a friend of mine helped me sew them (of course I waited until a few days before Christmas, but we made it!) 
 
I think they turned out pretty well. 
Especially when you put them on the most adorable family that ever did exist!


 
Christmas Eve 2013



 







Saturday, October 26, 2013

Fall Stroll

It was a perfect day to be outside when we visited Charlottesville, Virginia.  After we found the chickens at Monroe's house we explored a little bit further in the fall sunshine.  I can claim to have the cutest little family!

 Elijah and Sam helping Ben over the cow grate.  Little Ben's feet were too small to walk over it by himself.
 Elsa loved her perch on daddy's shoulders, especially after being in the stroller a lot of the day.  She found out she could use daddy's ears as handles.


 We came across a cow while on our stroll. (you can kind of see him)
 Love Elsa's face.  She is such a Strong.
 And very please with herself.


I really am so blessed to have four beautiful, happy children and a wonderful, loving husband! 

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Grammie and Papa and the grandkids

Anna and Hyrum came for a quick visit this week before Grammie and Papa move back to Utah next week.  We [tried] to take a picture of them together with all their grandkids.  Not an easy task AT ALL.  Especially when one particularly cute six year old refuse to cooperate. 
 
Notice someone is missing?
 Here is what we I caught instead -STINKER:



 
And after all those faces, and the group was all broken up I caught this cute picture of Elijah and Sam.  Man, he is a handsome stinker!