Aunt Kim Comes to Visit

Aunt Kim came home for a quick trip over the weekend.  We enjoyed a nice picnic at Gibson Pond and Caroline was able to kayak for the first time.

 

 

Caroline is trying to exit the kayak way too soon!

A fish jumped into the kayak with Granddougie, so he thought he’d toss is in Kim’s kayak to scare her!

 

Aunt Kim thought it would be fun to chase the ducks!

 

 

 

Aunt Kim brought Caroline a lion costume so she could play dress up.

 

She’s learning how to prowl.

Posing!

 

 

 

Growl…

 

She’s a performing lion.

 

Here’s a pic of the finished fort minus the swing beam!

 

Zoo with the Twins

Today we made a trip to the zoo with the twins, Ella Grace & Huiet Ann.  They are Caroline’s best friends.  She talks about them ALL the time!

Her daddy would be so proud to see her lovin’ on the tiger!  :)

I can’t wait for their daddy to see them so affectionate with this fine creature instead of that dirty old Gamecock!  :)

Huiet Ann needed a new diaper, so I thought I’d distract Caroline and Ella Grace by taking them to feed the birds.  Obviously it didn’t go so well.  They both screamed the entire time I held the bird.

Watching the alligator…yikes!

This bear totally posed for me!

Botanical gardens

The three of them would NOT sit on the bench together for anything!

At least Caroline and Huiet Ann would sit!

 

 

  

Wiped out after a long morning!

20 Months

I must admit that I’m a little depressed today.  School starts here today, and the sound of the school bus made me think about in no time at all it will be Caroline getting on that bus…well, maybe not that EXACT one since it was the short bus, but you get the idea.  I am so thankful for the time God has blessed me with to be here with my sweet Caroline.  She is such a joy…always curious about everything!!!  She is constantly cracking us up.  The other day in Target she saw a black man and started screaming “Dickson, Dickson (the African college student that stayed with my parents over the summer)!”  She was so disappointed when it wasn’t him.  Over the weekend we went to TN for a family reunion.  We stayed with Chris’ cousins.  While in the bathroom Caroline found a headband on the floor and stuck it up to her forehead and said, “Gunga’s (Grandma) hat (ha, ha), Silly Goose.”  She always sees my mom wear a visor since her hair has been coming back in from the chemo, so she thought she’d pretend to put on “Gunga’s hat.”  She’s such a nut.  Please keep our family in your prayers as Mom and Dad return to Duke next week.

TN-NC Trip

We traveled to TN for the Edwards Family Reunion.  There was some whining in the car, so I pulled over to a scenic overlook and made everyone hike up a mountain.  On the way down we saw a nasty black snake that had just eaten!        

I love this barn next to Chris’ cousin’s house.  It has such character!

                                   

Playing Cornhole at the reunion!

This is the covered bridge in Elizabethton.

Chris wanted a pic of the “linear path” sign on the bridge! 

This poor bird was living amongst the trash in the bridge!

Here are all the grandkids with Nana & Papaw!                                                                     

These are the great grands!                                                                                                                        

These are the kids with Nana and Papaw.                                                                                        

Caroline enjoying a snack with Papaw Floyd.

We stopped on the way home to visit my grandparents in Asheville.

Caroline is shoveling in Grandma Evelyn’s yummy banana pudding with two spoons!