Swinging

Like two silly monkeys!

Everglades hostel

And we're back! Grace just had to try out the natural pond again. It was quite chilly!

Up up and a lighthouse

What a view!

Ocean inn and suites

We are SO grateful to this hotel!!!

St Simon's Island

Playing against the tide

Soaking up the rays - finally!

Yea for Fred-we miss you!

BAL Harbor

Thanks Kathy for getting us out downtown!

Bed of nails

Its all about weight distribution !

Science center in BAL

Good times discovering with Stephen

Thnx for visiting Jesse !

We loved sharing Christmas Eve with you;)

Profile

They look scarily alike!!

Family looking on

And enjoying the excitement

Dollhouse furniture

Now she can take it all to go in Santa's portable dollhouse

Opening presents

Mammy!

Gracie loving up on Christmas morning

Checking out the iPhone

With Uncle John - grace loves the Tom the Cat App

Family visits

Uncle Oscar gives squeezey hugs

Christmas starts:)

Thanks out to Grace's Godparents for a lovely night with memorable food and friends

Happy Birthday!

Mike loved receiving Parcheese

Cruizn with Carter

These two kiddos always get along!

Ella!

We miss you lil cutie!

Fulton visit

Ryan and Gracie snuggling. So cute

Soap soap soap

Yea for home made soap. We had so much fun and learned a lot of soap making.

Train ride

It's so funny to see a six year old riding these toddler trains!

Tree topper time

It's tradition! Mike is holding Gracie to put the angel on but I don't know how many more years he'll be able to.

Oh Christmas tree:)

It was an adventure finding trees this year. They're all so large we had to find the smaller ones.

Ellie's birthday!

And so winter begins in Garrett County

Entertainment extravaganza

So we can now watch movies and play games thanks to Mike and Anthony for hooking up electric and wires, etc.

Thanksgiving ...

Thanks to friends we had a lovely evening gobbling up that 35lb organically grown "Big Tom".

Grace & Midnight

She just loves her kitty:)

Shades of Saige

Saige gifted these and we thought they looked best on Grace!

BD celebration

Even though Gracie was sick she sang to her Momma. Thnx Mikey and Gracie:)

Up on the mtn

Grace wants this to be her home...

Happy 100th BD Nanny!

Halloween pumpkins

Thanks to friends we had another yr of carving and fun times!

Hugging goodbyes

The sweetest is how girls treat each other throughout life

The Birthday Girl - Ella!

What a fabulous day at the park to celebrate and what fabulous outfits!

Still going

I think the girls burned 1000 calories and Carter finally tuckered out:)

Dancing to Dora

Carter HAD to get in on the fun dancing and laughing with the girls.

Riding the boats

And ringing the bell was a fave with the kids

Play ball!

Grace liked sharing play time and rides with her cousin

Over the bridge

And thru the park is where we check out the fish

Knoebels

Walking in for a day trip of rides and crafts...

Family time!

Lil Gus is such a cutie!!!!

Monkey Bars

Grace is getting back into the swing of it again!

The Peanut Shop

In Port Clinton we stopped and I was surprised with a memorable store from when I shopped there at Gracie's age!

Hangin at Hershey

We enjoyed a couple hours checking out the chocolate factory and store

On the drive to school

Ella likes to hear Grace read stories.

Look Ma- no hands!

The smiles were endless on a sunny Sunday afternoon at the park:)

Riding without training wheels

Grace's fine motor skills helped her obtain bike freedom!

Last pool visit

Thanks to Pop-Pops we got in one more dip and a pleasant visit:)

Apple pressing

Sept came fast but Grace was ready for apples and visiting horses, turkeys and pigs