Mountain Weekend

We went up to the Boone/Blowing Rock area a
few weekends ago...and saw snow! The first weekend
of October! We were excited to start our fall off
with a mountain weekend but had no idea we would
see snow.

Here we are at a great little park in Blowing Rock.

Then on to Linville Caverns to escape the rain.
You would never know from these pictures it was raining
about 10 minutes before, and snowing before that!

Back at the cabin.
We had such a fun little adventure
just being somewhere different together.

Doodle-bug

Our little Evan has become quite the doodler.
Here he is with a picture of our family.

While I was cooking dinner he exclaims,
"Mom! I wrote Cat!"
I was amazed...we've not talked about writing much
before! That is just like Evan, just does things on
his own... always has!

And his newest specialty...
A race car!

Still here...

Yes, we're still here. Just enjoying the fall!

3.5

Here's our other sweetie at 3.5.
We see lots of this around here...

Thinking...can't seem to stand still for a picture...

Just. so. hard. to stand still...

"Evan, play peek a boo with Sam"

Woah! Surprise!

"Talking" his dinosaurs.

Bear Grylls eat your heart out.

Such a neat guy.

20 months

This is the face of our 20 month old Sam.
Hello charmer.

Alright, I'll give you whatever you want.

Take it all Sam! Whatever you want is yours.

Okay, now you're getting a little cocky.

I love this little guy.

Fishing

One of the highlights of this years trip was fishing.
The men and oldest boy went fishing early in the morning
right in front of our condo. Sam and I came and joined in
the fun a bit later in the morning.

Evan was into the "sea creatures"
Here he is studying a fish with the vigor and
tenacity of interested Evan.

Surf fishing with Daddy

Sam after his picnic breakfast.
Nice Sam!

Investigating a sting ray with Grandpa.
Glad I missed that one!

Evan with one of the catches of the morning.
He was not shy at all about grabbing those fish.
No hesitation...at all.

The scene:

Beach Trip 2011

We just returned from a wonderful week at the beach!

I was delighted to find that we have two
little fish on our hands. Upon arrival, we went
straight to see the ocean, and Evan ran straight in,
sat down in the waves and exclaimed, "I'm swimming!"

Sam did not waste a minute to get his little bum
down to the water and tried to crawl straight into
the waves! I had to hold him back from going
further and further into the ocean.
It was a blast.
Here's just a few moments of our time...