Last week the girls and I plus Grandma took a five day visit to North Carolina to visit Kelly and the boys. We drove down on Grandma's birthday and celebrated that evening with burgers, hot dogs, and a red velvet cake. Jon joined us for the celebration, but he left the next evening for his annual family golf tournament in New Hampshire. Kelly was glad to have us there to help with Carter and Henry in Jon's absence. We kept it mostly low key, the kids played together and swam in the pool, etc. One morning we went mini golfing and drove go carts at Frankie's. All in all, it was a nice few days away visiting with family. Here are photos from the trip.
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| Making peanut butter cookies with red sprinkles for Grandma's birthday |
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| Decorating the birthday cake with sprinkles |
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| Both girls enjoyed this pool toy that has a little propeller motor |
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| Carter was enamored with the YouTube songs and videos the girls showed him |
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| Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64? |
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| Carter made the license plate attached to the back of his tricycle |
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| A Sophie illustration |
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| A trip with Henry to the park |
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| Slides, swings, and other fun |
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| My girls |
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| The girls helped chop veggies for dinner one evening |
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| Mmm... fresh tomatoes, basil, and mozzarella with a drizzle of olive oil |
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| Not sure that's how you're supposed to wear this particular device |
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| Our youngest golfer |
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| All of the cousins |
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| Cooling off while playing skeeball |
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| The rookie track, Hannah was not excited |
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| Sophie won by a sizable margin |
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| On the larger track, Kelly and Carter ... |
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| ... and Grandma and Sophie |
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| A better shot of the cousins (Photo by Kelly) |
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| Sweeping off the pool deck while wearing her apron |
