A Little Visit with Granny

These are pictures of Ian and I with my Granny Yost(my Mom's Grandmom). I
love how these pictures turned out. I have many fond memories from my childhood of drawing her pictures to keep on her refrigerator and her giving me too much apple juice...and ALWAYS having red licorice in the house. I smile every time I think of her.

Cuties

This picture is a favorite of mine...simply because all three of them are looking at the camera and SMILING at the same time! It is hard work getting three young children to all sit down and smile long enough to get a good picture. The other two kiddos are Ian's second cousins Bobby(age 4) and Abby(age 2).

Over the River and Through the Woods...

This is my dear Great- Grandmother.(and Ian's Great-Great Grandmother!) Ian and were fortunate enough to have a
little visit with her. It was Ian's first time to meet her and he warmed up quite nicely.

What a Difference One Year Makes!!!

Both of these photos were taken in my Grandparent's BEAUTIFUL flower bed. The top one was taken last summer when Ian was only 8 months old and the lower one was taken just a couple of weeks ago. Its amazing all the changes that have happened in only one year! He has gone from a baby to a walking,talking toddler.(He will always be my baby though) Ian loves God's beautiful outdoor creations...especially flowers. We can't walk by any flowers without stopping to smell them...I think we could all try to remember that more often!

Fun at the Zoo!

My Aunt Julie and I took the kids to the zoo while we were up in Pennsylvania. She has two
young kids,Bobby and Abby.They are really cute kids and even better,Ian LOVED them. He wanted to do everything Bobby did(I hope it didn't drive him too crazy!)and he thought Abby was "pretty". Anyway here are a few of my favorites from the zoo trip. Oh yeah,it was Ian's first time to visit the zoo and he just couldn't enough of it. I don't think I knew what it meant to be REALLY exhausted until I experienced chasing a toddler around the zoo for five hours. But it was well worth it and I would love to do it again!!!







This elephant was NOT camera shy!

Ian looking at a tiger(there is glass separating them)
Ian the Leopard!!!(I love the face!)
A close up...the artist was wonderful!
Bobby the Crocodile,Abby the Piggy and Ian the Leopard

Summer is flying by!!!

During the first week of August Ian and I took a (long!)airplane ride up to visit my family in Pennsylvania. And boy did we have fun!!!!By the end of the week I had uploaded close to 500 pictures that had captured many smiles and memories. I will refrain from putting them ALL up here:)It would take too long anyway!! The picture of Ian was taken out on my Grandmom's swing. Isn't he a goofball? The other was also taken on the front porch. I believe my Grandpop actually planted those plants in an old pair of his workboots. I love it! More pics of the trip coming soon.

No we haven't disappeared!!!!

Okay okay, so I haven't gotten on here to do updates in a VERY LONG time. Sorry Pop-Pop!!! Here are some pictures of what we have been up to this summer. I am going to try and do better about getting on here more. Fun times at the Moody Gardens Aquarium. Ian is pointing at starfish.

Ian listening to the new "headsones" mommy got him.
He decided to break dance!!!
Future Hip Hop Dancer???