Steve's 1/2 Marathon

Last weekend we took a short trip up to Bird in Hand, PA for Steve's 1/2 marathon and a tour of Amish country. We had a great time. We toured the Amish Village where the girls went in the old school house and had fun playing "school."

We were also happy Grandma and Papa could come with us on the trip. We saw a lot of these black buggys in the area since this is one of the modes of transportation for the Amish.

Here we all are waiting for our athlete to run through the finish.

Yeah! There he is- not the one in pink. Official time: 1:56:02

We are so proud of you Steve! Great job on the race.

Trick or Treat

We had a witch, an angel and two hula dancers ready for trick or treating.

Lilly and Baily are becoming quite independent and wanted to walk the neighborhood just like their big sisters.

Pumpkin Time

We all had a great time on a beautiful fall day at the pumpkin patch to collect some pumpkins before Halloween.

Hay ride

Bailey

At the pumpkin patch we also got to visit all sorts of farm animals like horses, sheep, and goats. The girls loved it.

October happenings

I've been a little behind in updating our blog.

Here are a few things that have been happening.

General Conference looked like this for lunch and President Monson's talk

then it looked like this:

Yes- we're working on reverence.

Alison working on homework and Lauren coloring

We had a great visit with Steve's mom- Grandma Muriel and Omar. Thanks for your delicious apple pie!

Labor Day Weekend

This weekend we went to D.C for a museum day. We had lunch at the sculpture garden and enjoyed the fountains.

National Gallery of Art (my favorite).

We also went to the American History Museum. We loved seeing Julia Child's kitchen and all her pots and pans.

The Ruby Slippers from the Wizard of Oz- the girls were very excited.

We also ran the annual Potomac Street mile race. Alison and Lauren ran it together coming in under 10 minutes. Steve ran it in 6:47 (not bad for someone who is recovered from recent knee surgery) and Tracy 6:55. We all had a great time.

Alison and Lauren coming into the finish.

last of the MV pictures

Steve and Lilly on our sail boat ride.

Bailey and Lilly loved helping the cars get all clean again.

Our love for walking down the lane is two fold: 1. Find blueberries 2. Find huckleberries
Charlotte and the twins had fun hanging out this summer.

More MV

For my birthday we had dinner at the beach- it was great. My sister Trisha was there for a good week with us.

Uncle Stuart with the cabbage patch kids in sand.

My dad, me, Aubs, Stuart and Leon ran the Chilmark Road Race. Leon came in first in his age category!

Aubrey and cute Charlotte at the Edgartown lighthouse.

Me and the all our girls.

Summer on MV

Lilly all decked out for the beach.

Papa took all the big kids down to the South beach one night to catch some crabs.

We were so happy Amy and her boys were able to stay for awhile. All the cousins had a great time.

Flying Horses

The Plumbers- Steve and Stuart did many summer projects this year. One of which was installing a new hot water heater.

Beach Days

We're on Martha's Vineyard for our annual summer fun with family and beach days. Here are some of our pictures so far.

Our kids are all loving the tree house.

Cousin Charlotte and Lilly

Stormy day at the South beach. We had to book it back home before a huge storm came by. We made it back in the nick of time.

more later...

Alison's Lemonade Birthday Party

For Alison's 7th Birthday this year we went with a lemonade themed party. I got this idea from a great party blog here. I made homemade lemonade, and a pink lemonade cake- yum! The girls loved drinking out of mason jars with fabric swatches tied around them. I had a lot of fun putting this together.

The girls all painted a craft during the party.

A little game of horse-shoes.

Happy Birthday sweet girl! We love you.