Sisters....

Love love each other...:)

Downtown

We went on a carriage ride on Friday afternoon. Aleeza loved seeing all the horses and Brandon and I enjoyed seeing the town. We had never been on a guided tour. That was really fun and very interesing. We learned a lot. What a beautiful town!!

The beach....

As you can tell Aleeza had fun on the beach.. she loved her new glasses, loved buring daddy in the sand.. and loved just running around and playing in the sand...

Our place...

Daddy cooking breakfast... auughh.. such the life..:)

We stayed at the Wild Dunes Resort.. here are a few pictures of the inside...

Oh Charleston...

Wow.. we had a fabulous weekend.. many thanks go out to Nana and Papa for keeping Livvy so we could go enjoy our selves and have some great mommy and daddy time with Aleeza... when we arrived in Charleston we had no idea what kind of place we would be staying in. Places always look nice on the internet but you are never for sure. We stayed at the Wild Dunes Resort. It was really really nice.. :) The resort is huge. We usually stay at the Seaside inn on the Isle of Palms but this place was like 10 bucks cheaper and it was a one bedroom villa. It was just like a mini house right on the beach, own pool that we shared with about 10 other villas. It was fully equipped with everything we needed. The first night we spent some time at the beach just walking around. Aleeza was in awe with the water and sand. She had a blast. We spent the next few days touring Charleston and relaxing.. more pictures to come. :) I will post them soon. We are truly blessed to be able to take trips like this and to just relax!!!

We all love each other...

Cousin Adri and Livvy....:)

Swimming at Uncle Jared and Aunt Selena's pool...

Park with Nana

Nana day at the park

Aleeza always looks forward to Nana Day.. last week we hit the park for a while... it has been so warm out side but it was fairly nice last week...

Kyla's birthday

Last night we went to Kid's Planet to celebrate Kyla's birthday. It was fun. Aleeza absolutely loves hanging out with all her cousins... she had a blast. Thiswas Adri's first birthday party.. we broke her in easy!!!:)
check out the two cousins with the birthday hats on.. I mean these girls are related for sure!!!!! :) they are total cuties!!!!

So much....

So much has been going on the past few weeks... it seems like we have no time to just sit down and relax... :) we did get a little time this past weekend. We went down to the downtown park and ate at this nice resturant that overlooks the falls, then walked around a while. That night we went out with Jared and Selena and Adri, who by the way we are thrilled they are here and so close, to Outback.. our favorite!! We took all the girls and they did quite well. We have been busy sorting out all the company stuff for Jared and Rob to take over and buy Abbott Framing..:) Yeah!!! Brandon has 5 houses going right now and we are thinking and praying about starting some duplexes. It would be a large undertaking that would take quite a few years to develop but something that Brandon is thrilled to be thinking and praying about. We have geared up for this month. It is very busy. Actually the next few months are.. Brandon was selected along with my dad and Uncle Claude and Uncle Malcolm for three hunting trips... so those will be taking place in the next few months. Along with Thanksgiving, a trip to Charleston, working on the house at church that he is heading up, Christmas and everything else that falls in there..:) Well here are some much needed pictures of the girls. They are getting so big.. Aleeza is saying her whole alphabet, counting to 20, going potty, in her big potty, Olivia is starting to eat some cereal, and starting to laugh a lot and loves her big sister. Her eyes just light up. Very cute!!

Getting big....

Olivia is getting so big!! She has even started eating cereal now... and loves it! She is laughing, and cooing so much back to you it is so cute!! She has been sleeping from 8-7 for the past month.. finally back to normal life!!

Nana days...

Every Thursday we get together with Nana and do something special. Last week we went to Monkey Joes an indoor jumping place and we went to the zoo, but my battery was dead in my camera...:( We have so much fun when we go out!!

Yes I know....

Yes I know.. for all you faithful blog watchers it has been a while.. we have been busy.. promise.. We got back from NY and my good friend Bonnie came for about a week to visit her "neices"... while she was here she taught Aleeza how to apply makeup correctly, do your hair and totally dress up like a princess... Aleeza loves her auntie bonnie.. but here is why she needs to move down here.. Aleeza need more lessons in lipstick application.:) We had a great time together. Thanks for coming to visit Bonnie.. We love you and miss you!!!

Yes this is all Aleeza's doing.. secretly while mommy was trying to do something productive I am sure!!

New York Trip...

We left on a Thursday and came back on Monday and drove...:) IT was a very short trip but long one. We went up for the wedding of Brandon's friend Jesse and his wife Jen.. congrats again! WE were able to spend a very short amount of time with the family but they were able to watch the girls all day on Saturday. We had a good time but were glad to be back!

Cousins:

All the grand daughters...oldest to youngest.. sporting their dresses bought by their "aunt" Vicki!! Thank you!!

The very proud grandparents.. and rightly so.. look at these gorgeous girls!!!!