The Caruthers Family

Aug 15, 2011

Aug 5, 2011

Ella, our little fishy :)

Ella was in swim classes the entire time we lived in England, but has learned more in the last 4 weeks of swim lessons here. She doesn't really have good form, but she can survive!

Jul 28, 2011

Although I don't have very many pictures to show for it, we have had a wonderful summer! We tried to make the most of our last weeks in England and visit all of our favorite places. The flowers were in bloom so we took lots of pictures and got out on all of the sunny days that there were. And, of course, made lots of trips to The Black Swan :)

We spent the month of June in Texas with our family, and for being such a good girl on the 10-hour plane ride, Ella got her big-girl bike and hasn't stopped since she started.

After 24 hours in the car for Brian and Ella and 4 hours in the air for Anne and Caroline we all arrived in Virginia. We have already fallen in love (despite the outrageous humidity)! We think that we will only be here for 1 year, so we went to Yorktown for the big July 4th Celebration. Ella loved the parade, but it was so hot we could have rung out our clothes :)

We are loving our new house, we don't know what to do with all of the closet space!! We go to the beach as much as we can and have lots of trips planned already. Ella can't wait to start school and we are ready for guests!

May 1, 2011

Family Photos

We wanted to have some family pictures taken in our favorite park to remember our time here so a good friend took some fabulous picures for us. Thank you Andrea!!

Apr 22, 2011

Dublin

We tried to visit Ireland last year but the volcanic ash had other plans for us :) We knew we couldn't leave here without making the trip, so we loaded up the girls and took the ferry for a quick trip. Both girls were such good travelers and went from pub to pub with mommy and daddy so they could taste the delicious Guiness! We had planned to drive through the countryside and visit Cork as well, but a 4 year old with a stomachache had other plans (which included washing lots of bedding at 4 am). Oh, well...someday :)

It tastes so much better in Dublin :)

Christ Church Cathedral

The Oldest Pub in Ireland

Apr 12, 2011

Our Last Spring

You may start seeing a trend in the posts, most of them starting out with 'Our Last..." We will be moving back to the states in the summer and have started checking things off of our 'things to do before we leave' list.

Spring may be the best season in England: flowers, lambs and sunshine. We took the girls up to The Stray to get some pictures in the crocus flowers. Caroline was not too impressed with laying in the flowers. Ella was somewhat compliant, but wanted to be running around like a crazy person. Here is what we came out with :)

Apr 3, 2011

Ella's 4th Birthday, a little late :)

Where did March go??? I cannot believe that our little Ella is 4 years old! She decided to have a Princess party at the bowling alley on the base, which was just fine with me--less work :) All of her best friends came out to celebrate with her and she had a fabulous time.

Let's get this party started!