Thursday, August 11, 2011

Catch-Up Post

Summer has been flying by with no good time to update our blog, so here is a smattering of how we've spent the summer thus far:

In July Sarah and the kids spent the greater part of a week in the Albany area while Joe went to Chicago for his boards. The highlights of our trip were spending time with Bobby and Amanda at their new house, spending a day with Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Engle, going to a pool party at Aunt Barb and Lynn's house, and spending time with Aunt Teresa, Uncle Andrew, Emmett, Nana, and Pop-Pop at camp. Joe and Sarah even got to go for a jet-ski ride at camp!

Uncle Bobby with Siena:



When Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Engle came to visit us in Albany, they brought along an entire birthday party for Siena. Here she is engrossed in a sticker book that they gave her:



Baby Blue Eyes!


One of my favorite parts of the week was seeing Siena and Emmett play together. They had so much fun that we wanted to bring Emmett back to Maine with us, but Aunt Teresa would have none of that. Instead we can just live with several wonderful little videos and look forward to seeing him again as soon as we can!

Beauties.


Here Joe's parents were visiting for the week. We spent one day on the boat tubing, swimming, and wakeboarding. Joey eventually conked out on Grandmama's shoulder. Other highlights of that week were hiking to a beach, going across the lake for breakfast twice, and Siena finally becoming an independent swimmer while wearing her boat coat.

Joe and his mom on his 33rd birthday, resting after we decimated the pinata Grandpa and Siena made. (It took over an hour of solid swinging. That thing was like a tank!)



Other random moments: Siena was ready for action on a rainy day.


Finishing up a tower before bed
Joey - "Hey, I found this wonderful thing."

"...what does it do?"
"Of course!"

Siena playing Princess - dress and tiara courtesy of Aunt Teresa and Uncle Andrew.

Joey after swimming today.
And Siena laying out on her towel

This is the first picture I've captured of Joey's "fake" smile.

1 comment:

  1. What a wonderful post, I'm so sorry I didn't see it before today! Love you all!

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