Monday, November 5, 2012

Nashville!!

In August we met up for a long weekend with some of our good friends from Cincinnati while they were on a family vacation in Nashville. We always have fun when we get together with Steve and Laura and their girls. Plus, we love Laura's family so we were happy to be able to meet up with them.

While the boys went golfing, Laura and I took the girls to a Science museum where they had lots of fun! We also had fun celebrating Laura's birthday, exploring the Opryland Hotel and hanging out!



 Reagan playing with the dominos!
 Ady giving the dominos a try!
 Ella exploring the house!
 Reagan made her way to the top of the house!
 Not sure you want to have Reagan build your house!
 Ella was a little more successful at building a house!
 Ady trying out the tops!
 Reagan was more interested in the timer than the tops!
 Reagan had fun racing the car!
 Reagan figured out that she could reach it if she started at the end of the track!
 Laura and Ella fishing!
 Ady perfecting her fishing skills!
 Reagan tried her hand at fishing too!
 Reagan loved seeing how these fans blew the beach balls up in the air!
 All the girls inside the ambulance!
 Cleaning the teeth!
 Reagan and Ella riding the bus!
 Building fun!

We headed over to the mall one night and found a carousel to ride!
 Yes, Steve is never serious in any picture!

Before we left town we found a really neat park to explore!

 We found a really, really big train car!
 Almost impossible to get Reagan to look at the camera when you want her to!
 Reagan loves airplanes and was so excited to see this airplane in the park!
We found a really fun playground too, which Reagan wasn't real happy about leaving!

We had so much fun in Nashville. We are glad that we are only a few hours away and plan to make a trip back in the near future!

Friends Come to Visit!

Some of our favorite friends from Cincinnati came to visit us back in August. We miss living so close to them, but try to make the most of our time when we do get together. We had a lot of fun when they came and of course the time went way too fast! 
One of the first things we did was go to the Children's Discovery Museum in Chattanooga and I think both the girls had a lot of fun! We ended up with a lot of pictures of the girls and a few of the adults, but none of all of us! I guess I better make sure we get some of those next time!
 Reagan and Hazel had fun playing in the water!
 Kirk and Reagan tried to squirt us with the water!
 Oh No! Reagan is in the doghouse!
 Hazel playing with her Daddy!
 Checking out the moon sand!
 Hazel is ready to slide!
 Reagan and her hand print on the window!
 Making sure the baby gets fed!
 Hazel was creating a masterpiece!
 Building together!
 Hazel and Daddy!
 Reagan enjoyed playing with the rainstick!
 Piano Duet!
 Reagan found a hole just her size!


We even found time while they were here to get the bounce house out so the girls could play in it!

 Bouncing!
 Hazel taking a break!
 I think Reagan is attempting to "help" Hazel up!

We also found some time to go to the playground just down the street from our house!

 Hazel checking on the wagon!
 Reagan attempting to swing on her belly!
 Wwwwwhhhhhhheeeeeeee!
 Climbing up!
 Hazel on the move!
 Ready to ride back home!
Waving bye bye to us!

We sure do miss our friends and don't get to see them nearly as often as we would like to. We do cherish the time we do get to spend together. We look forward to many more times together and memories made with our girls!

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Petting Zoo

In August we were able to go a petting zoo with some friends. Reagan wasn't so sure about feeding the animals for quite awhile. It was a lot of fun to see all the different animals they had there and Reagan had fun going with friends. By the time we were ready to leave Reagan had gone from throwing the food at the animals to actually trying to get them to eat out of her hand. Such progress for my little girl!
 Kaylee feeding the goat!
 I really love alpacas!
 The camel!
 Throwing the food! This was as close as Reagan would get till the very end!
 The first time I have ever seen a Zdonkey!
 Just watching!
 Throwing more food!
 The Zebra!
 Getting pretty close and feeding the deer!
 Watching Kaylee feed the goats!
 Getting braver and feeding the goats too!
 I think her hand might have actually touched the goat!
 Panning for pretty rocks!
 Admiring her treasures!
 Pony ride! Always a fun time for Reagan!
 Both girls looking in the same direction!
They are such good friends!

Even though it took Reagan a bit to warm up to feeding the animals, I think she had a good time and we are looking forward to visiting again!