Monday, September 23, 2013

Weekend in Erie

We headed to Erie this past weekend to visit Grandma Linda and Papa Eric.  We were excited that we even got to see Uncle Curt, Aunt Tina, Sydney and Curtis!  It was a fantastic weekend that of course went by too fast!  We are planning on going back for Thanksgiving weekend so it won't be very long before we get to visit again.

Even though it rained almost all day Saturday we made it to the zoo in the afternoon.  Since it was cool and rainy we had the zoo almost to ourselves :).  It was lots of fun even though some of the animals were already put away for the evening.

On Sunday Grandma gave Annabelle another hair cut.  It looks so cute, she cut the end of the baby hair that was over 1/2 way down her back so now it's all even.  We were not sure if we cut it if the curls would still be there and they are!

We got back yesterday and spent some time cutting up a big bag of pears from PaPa's tree for the crockpot.  We also have two bags of apples he picked for us, need to make those tomorrow.  We will have lots of applesauce and pear sauce to get us through the winter!

Opening presents

 Loves her new Minnie Mouse jacket

Fits perfect and it's 2T :)  Getting big!

Sitting with PaPa

Fun at the Erie Zoo



 Watching the alligator


 Our little penguin

Part of the Simpson family

Brian stood in for Homer


Watching videos with grandma and giving her hugs and kisses


Grandma teaching Annabelle how to play piano early

Best smile was a blurry pic





Grandma giving Annabelle a haircut


Curls are still there 

big stairs compared to home!

Daddy helping her go up

Clyde was happy when Annabelle was downstairs with him

Ready to go home
 Cute little smile

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Trip to Maryland

Last Saturday we packed up the car with Annabelle, Clyde, Apollo, Brian and me and headed to Maryland to visit Brian's parents.  It's amazing how much luggage a 2 year old requires, pack n play, high chair, stroller, clothes, diapers, toys, etc.  Thankfully we have the car top carrier so the dogs can come with us in the back of the Tucson.

We had a wonderful visit and even got out on the boat two days.  We headed home on Thursday so Annabelle could get back to school Friday.  Such a great time & got some great pics.


On our way!  Thanks to a friend, Annabelle had a DVD player to watch movies for the 8 hour ride.

Took a walk down to the marina


Silly girl as the dogs watch on


Out on the boat 

 Loved her float that PopPop got her for our 2nd day out


 Morning smiles

Daddy crashed with the dogs for a short nap

Annabelle and her sidekick Clyde

Playing and watching Disney Jr

Cuddles with Clyde

She was laying on his paws, he doesn't mind

Rides on PopPop's golf cart




Ready to go :)

 Heading to the barn


Sat on the tractor in the barn 



So big

Relaxing on the hammock

Kitchen sink bath, might be the last year we can do this.

Caught in the act - feeding Apollo from the table

Playing with PopPop

loves the boat

Perfect day :) 



Snack on the water 


Playing with daddy

Using Clyde to practice standing 

He's the best dog!

Playing with PopPop while I took the dogs out in the morning 

Cutest bathroom ever at rest area, "mommy & me" with a built in seat to hold her and tiny potty

Picnic lunch at the rest stop on our way home