Quilts of Valor and more..

Mom helped quilt 100 quilts to be donate to servicemembers for the Quilts of Valor program. We went to see all of the quilts on display before they were shipped off!

Took some pics of Zoe at an amusement park near Teri's house, and at the Arts Fest in State College.

We went to Pittsburgh for a short visit to the zoo...Zoe and Pierce enjoyed the rides almost more than the animals!

Zoe's becoming quite a ham -- she loves to make "funny faces"!

Zoe still loves her puppy...she latched on to him at just 6 months of age. The two are inseperable.

We went to visit Renee and Jenna at their farm camp this summer. Zoe loved all of the animals!

A long overdue post!

It's hard to believe it's been so since my last post. Where does the time go? Life has been very busy, and finding time to write posts and upload pics just never seems to be easy. However, I finally have a free moment, so will start with where I left off...and will post lots of pics! This summer Zoe had a blast with her cousins, and hung out a lot with Pierce, her littlest cousin. We took a road trip to State College, stopping in Doylestown on the way. Zoe and Pierce had fun playing in Teri's backyard, they would sit in rubber tubes and relax enjoying the lazy days of summer. I'm attaching pics of Zoe and her curls (finally, she has hair!), swinging at a pinata, playing in the woods with Pierce, and walking on the dock.

Aah, vacation....

Well, June 8th was my official graduation date for my master's program. I am SO thankful to be finished with my degree, just in time to enjoy the summer. We arrived back to the OBX mid-June, and Zoe and I are enjoying our time with gramma. Zoe has been in the pool non-stop, and we even got her out tubing. At first, I asked Jeff to make sure the boat went very slow - but as Zoe, Jenna and I laid on the tube, it was Zoe that begged to go faster! Before we knew it, we were bouncing and sliding all over the place, and the only screaming was coming from me. :-)
Zoe has started calling me "Auntie Carlen" just like her cousins, and continues to keep us all smiling with the new and funny things she says and does.
Some big news the summer is that Zoe is now potty trained. I was prepared for days of being house-bound with a naked child, taking her to the bathroom every half hour, and cleaning up messes that I was sure she was going to leave around the house. However, it was Zoe who told me she wanted to wear panties like a big girl, and the idea of using lots of different toilets was exciting to her. So, gramma, Zoe, and I headed out to Virginia Beach for a day of shopping. Zoe used the bathroom in every store, and by the time we got back at the end of the day, she was sold on the idea of never wearing diapers again. Yeah!
Pictures from the past few weeks of our fun in the sun will come soon....