Over the weekend, the lid kids and I loaded up and rode to Raleigh to meet max. As expected, he was cute and tiny and wrinkly and very much a brand new baby. He liked his quilt: Sarah’s parents stopped in to see us all and met Anna for the first time. We strolled down […]
tales of vacations and travels
pre-thanksgiving family R&R
just got back from spending a week in banner elk, nc. it was lazy. and restful. and fun. here are the pics on picasa. click on any of them to go see all 89 pictures. blue ridge village
di$ney world!!
it goes like this… isaac has never had a big cool birthday party. but, this year, having had to share his life with a baby sister, we thought maybe we’d spring for a bit bigger of a bash and have some friends. maybe at the bouncing place. it was going to be a lot of […]
the schiavones…
as previously mentioned, we went to florida last week, to spend a bit of time with my dad’s side of the family. the schiavones… a couple of months ago, my gramps passed away. the family wanted to wait until everyone could be there to have his service, so it was put off until after the […]
strong museum pics
as promised, here is the link to the picasa album with all the pics from the strong museum of play that we visited whilst in western new york… strong museum pics
Batavia NY Autumn Trip – Baths
the night before we left, i determined that both lid kids were in desperate need of a good bathing. my parents only have a (very small) shower at their house, so i loaded them up, one at a time, in the sink. isaac is not new to the grandma’s sink bath… but, i do think […]
Batavia NY Autumn Trip – Strong Museum of Play
last year, isaac and my mom and i went to the strong museum of play in rochester. we didn’t allow enough time for all of the stuff and we left with so much unseen. i couldn’t wait to go back with isaac (and anna, but she didn’t care much) and derek. this post only has […]
Batavia NY Autumn Trip – The Travels
on october the first, derek and i packed up the little rav4 full of babies, grownups and a whole lot of clothes, toys, electronics and baby equipment. here are some pics i snapped during the road trips. happy girl: the gift shop at the rest stop in new york. it makes me laugh because we […]
blue ridge village, round 4.
last friday, we headed out for our annual trip to banner elk, north carolina, for a little downtime in the mountains. it was a lot different this time, thanks to a little 13.5 lb addition. we didn’t get out adventuring too much and it got a little boring more quickly than i had anticipated. we […]