great weekend

we had a really nice weekend. friday night we got dinner at subway and then headed to the gulls baseball game. as luck would have it zaven's friend spencer was there with his grandfather so he was excited to have a friend there. we stayed for the whole game which might have been too long. nell was sobbing for the mascot, gully. she was positively despondent and exhausted.

saturday, i got up and played tennis at 8. it was a great way to start the day. when i got home we headed up to 3rd beach. it was a hot day and a nice day at the beach. we caught a hermit crab, played in the water, did the skim board, made drip castles etc...

today, we had church and then a quiet afternoon, then we motivated and went on a bike ride. it was a good day.

a nice night

tonight we had gazpacho and cheese toast for dinner, then we went for walk at 3rd beach.
the weather was really nice after a couple of days of rain.

chris got some great photos.




a funny little story I forgot to post the other day. nell has really taken a shine to the dogs. she loves to play with them. the other day i looked in and Nell was talking to the dogs and holding a piece of paper. I asked her what she was doing and Nell said "I am talking to the dogs about their schedule". It was very cute.

back on the blog

so, i have decided to come back to the blog.
i realized that i really enjoy doing it and even more than doing it, i like to look back and remember. this blog is probably the closet thing to a scrap book that I have. And the kids are always doing fun things that I certainly have plenty of fodder for it.

so here we are in the middle of July- how did that happen! Zaven had his 7th birthday, a filed day party that was a fun time. Both kids finished up at school June 15 and then they went to FL with Grammy, Papa and Ella and had a great time. Lots of swimming and playing and general fun.

Chris and I went to England for the Lygon family reunion and then on the Scotland with Milla and Poppy. It was a great trip. At the end of that Brice brought the kids home and stayed for a visit.


Now we are all home and getting back into the swing of things.
We have a summer sitter again and that is going great, her name is Caitlin. The kids seem to be enjoying her and they are hitting their stride.

Zaven has started Karate.


He is very excited and I hope it will be a good thing for him. Nell is going to do a ballet camp next week and she is very excited.



Zaven taught Nell how to spell her name- here is a silly video of them demonstrating her new skill.



Well I hope to be a frequent updater. We'll see

Easter 2010

A great day!

Egg Hunt at Whetstone and egg dying

Vermont

I am realizing that I have not posted in forever.
We recently went to Vermont with some friends from Church.
We had a great time. We went skiing and sledding and on a sleigh ride.
it was a blast.
Here are some photos.

it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

we started the week with a wonderful package form brice and christie with the awesome playmobile nativity scene. the kids have loved playing with that.


then we forgot to go to nell's lantern walk at school, so we had our own at home with the lantern that Nell had made.


then yesterday we went and picked a tree, had a picnic in front of the fire then decorated he Christmas tree. A nice night.







Today we went to church, then off to the Elms to see Santa, as it turns out, Santa was at the Marble House, so we went there instead. We got there early and did not have to wait. Nell decided not to sit with Santa, but she talked to him from my hip.



We had a nice time.
I am headed down to help in the kitchen at the church for the Victorian Tea.