Sadie

Here's the newest member of our family. Sadie is a chocolate lab that we adopted from a lab rescue agency and we are all completely in love with her. She is the most mellow and easy-going puppy ever, so far anyway!!

What's in there?

She LOVES to lay on our shoes, especially Brian's boots :)

Happy Birthday Caroline

Happy First Birthday Sweet Caroline!! We had a wonderful day celebrating with friends and family and you enjoyed every minute of it. Grandma Kathy made you an adorable birthday tutu and you looked so cute. You dove right into your cupcake and would have eaten the whole plate if we would have let you! We are so proud of all that you have done in your first year and cannot wait to see what you become as you grow up. You are the sweetest, happiest little girl and we love you so much :)

Back to School

We have all been looking forward to this day all summer! Moving across the ocean makes for a very long summer :) I think she was a little nervous but after meeting her teacher at Open House, she was more than ready.

Open House

She was so excited to put on her nametag and carry her special new bag. All ready for the first day! The dropoff at the preschool involves the 2 directors and 2 parent helpers opening the car doors and welcoming the students. They then walk the children in and the mom drives away...yikes! I was a little nervous that Ella would not want to get out of the car. Not so much :) She jumped out and ran right in!

very excited about getting to sit in the front seat while we waited for her door to be opened :)

A very good day!!

Washington D.C.

I have been wanting to see Washington DC for a long time, and now that we have wonderful friends who live right outside the city, we headed up to see both. Ella was very excited to see the President's house and I am not sure why but I couldn't wait to see the Lincoln Memorial. It was just as amazing as I thought it would be. I think that I could have stood in front of it all day.

Beach Trip

We have made many, many trips to various beaches since moving here, but never seem to remember the camera! So, for our last trip to one of our favorite local beaches I made sure to bring the camera to get some photos of the girls enjoying the sun and sand. Ella loves her new boogie board and loves to splash in the water. Caroline loves to eat seashells and sand!

She is up and at 'em!

Watch out world, Caroline is a mover!!

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!