Family Time

I have a reason for not posting about our trip yet - there's a new baby in our family!  My niece, Lauren, had a baby girl last month.  I was finally able to make a trip to Fresno to meet her and I'm so in love!  Olive Jae is just a darling little bundle.

 

 

We had a mini reunion on Tuesday night.  My brother, Rick, is a fabulous great uncle!

 

 

My sister, "Mimi" Kim.  If you look closely you will see braces on both her arms.  Kim took a tumble a few weeks ago and broke her right wrist, broke her right elbow, and sprained her left wrist!  I drove her to her followup appointment on Wednesday.  X-rays show that she is healing, it's just going to take time. 

 

 

The other star of the show, of course, is Olive's big brother Bo.  He will be in four in February and he kept us entertained all evening.

 

 

I brought several gifts, my favorite is this book - "A is for Adobo."  With his blonde hair and blue eyes you wouldn't guess that Bo is one fourth Filipino, but he is.  This is an alphabet book with Filipino words and it is adorable!

 

 

He loves Olive and is so sweet with her!

 

 

"Moose on the Loose" shirt that we bought in Canada.

 

 I found this darling handmade duck at a produce stand in Cookeville.

 

Bo had one request at the end of the evening - a little dance party, with head gear required!

 

 

After Kim's appointment on Wednesday, we got a little more time with Lauren and Olive while Bo was at preschool.  I think I just held her and stared in awe for about an hour!!

 

 

 

Bo came home just before I left.  He and Mimi had a drawing party.  It was so fun to see how creative he is!

 

I'm so thankful for my family!!

Pigs on the Porch and Other Tennessee Sites

 

I miss blogging!  Our year has been so busy, but I still miss sitting down and writing about our latest adventures.  We've spent a lot of time in Tennessee this year and we know it's where we need to be.  So far I've run in heat and high humidity, along with frigid temperatures (twice last month it was in the low 30s.)

 

A little frost on the grass

We were there for three weeks last month and the leaves changed before our eyes!

 

 

In spite of the weather, I have been getting out and running.  The hills are endless, but I'm pushing through.  I've seen quite a few cows, but the highlight was two pigs on a porch!  This is not a one time occurrence, I've seen them there quite regularly. 

 

We went on a little vacation in September - my good friend, Lori Long, retired this year so we took a cruise (with our husbands, of course) to celebrate!  I'll try to blog about that soon.