End of Summer

Kara's family came down for a day at the Children's Museum. The girl on the right is not related....just on the same train seat.

Justin ran a half marathon in August. He did great and got the time he wanted.


The girl were being "Handy Manny Girls," fixing stuff.

We had a great trip out west in August. The girls and I spent a week in Idaho and then Justin flew in and we drove up to Spokane for the big Lee reunion.

For the Lee Reunion we went camping at a boy scout camp Camp Baird. We were right on a lake, and with cousins galore we had a blast.

We got to spend an extra couple days with Brian, Michelle, and Carter before the reunion started. We had so much fun. We miss them!!

We spent on night in Spokane with our good friends the Hatches.

While we were in Idaho my grandparents and Aunts Liz and Mindy and my Uncle Rich all came up. It was so fun to spend time with them all.
A token 4th of July photo...wow, I am behind.

Lydia is 2!!

We can't believe Lydia turned 2 on Friday! She is such a joy to our family! She never ceases to amaze us. She decided she wanted to be potty trained a couple months ago, and has done really well. She expresses herself very well. The other day she wanted a dress on and then said, "Look, I'm a princess." She is such a sweet girl and often comes up and says, "I love you mommy, so much." She loves to imagine and play pretend with her big sister. They are such good little buddies. As soon as Lydia wakes up she says, "where's Liza,'' and Eliza always comes in and asks if Lydia is awake because she wants to play with her. We are so grateful for Lydia!

More Fun Times with Good Friends

Along with our neighbors the Ruckers two other families that were great friends finished dental school: the Millburns and Shermans. We spent a lot of fun times together the last three years and we miss them. They both had little girls Eliza's age and we miss playing with them. We got to take both Skye and Avery on separate trips with us to the children's museum, but I forgot my camera when we took Avery so here are some with the girls and Skye.

Great Friends

For the last three years we lived just two doors down from the Rucker Family. They were wonderful neighbors and fabulous friends. They finished school this last year and moved on to St. Louis for orthodontics. We miss them! Here are our last few play dates with Kylea.

Belle Isle

Justin's cousin Nick just finished law school at the University of Virginia. They moved out when we did so it was great having him and his wife Nadine and their family only an hour away the last 3 years. They come to Richmond one last time and we went down to Belle Isle. It was great. They have moved on to Dallas and we will miss them!