Braves Game!

 Before the kids started school, and as a special outing especially before Bailey started kindergarten, we got a babysitter for Nora and surprised the kids with a trip to the Braves game followed by the Friday night fireworks.  Though it was a late night and the Braves lost, we had a really fun time!

 

 

Kelsey's 1st Trip to Atlanta

Kim, Kelsey and Rusty stopped in for a visit on their way to Florida and were able to stay a couple of days. We enjoyed trips to the Zoo (of course!) and also to the Atlanta Children's Museum (another favorite.) And yes, these pictures have been on the Willhoite blog for quite sometime now... about 6 months to be exact, but we are getting there!

Trying to get a picture in front of the panda statue.

The kiddie table! (;

Kelsey was a big fan of the watermelon.

3 out of the 4 waiting to go into the Atl Children's Museum

Moms and babies!

Day After the Wedding in NY

Here are a couple of shots the day after the wedding before we left for ATL.

Nora and Grandpa are hanging out... Not sure what is going on, but they are both having LOTS of fun!

We couldn't fly all the way to NY and not see my cousin Rod. He lives in NYC within walking distance of the USS Intrepid battleship.

JoAnna and Shawn's Wedding - Long Island, NY

We had a wonderful trip to Long Island, NY for the 4th of July weekend to celebrate the marriage of cousin JoAnna Newburn to Shawn Greene. We were also fortunate to see Grandma and Grandpa Ahrens who flew in from California.

Ken with cousin JoAnna before the garden ceremony.

Mommy and Daddy all dressed up!

Ahrens picture

Nora was excited to have us to herself all weekend. We appreciated the parent/child ratio.

Nora enjoying some time with Grandma before the wedding.

Carmel with two of her sisters: Aunt Diane, and Aunt Norma (Mother of the Bride)

Grandma and Grandpa

Congrats Mr. and Mrs. Greene!!!

Bailey and Edward spent the 4th of July in Albany while Ken, Nora and I attended a family wedding in New York. When I drove the big kids down to Rai Rai's we were able to have a visit with Nani too.

Nani with three of her great-grands

Nani and Nora

Sisters!

January Babies

This is Ken with his friend Joe, who currently lives in southern California. Joe is holding his son, Vincent, born a couple of weeks after Nora.

Another trip to Zoo Atlanta

Probably the best money we spent this year was on passes to Zoo Atlanta... We were able to go several times over the summer with different friends and it was lots of fun! These pictures were from when we went with our neighbors.

Bailey, Edward, Josh and Emily

Emily and Edward (They are in the PreK 4 class together this year.)

Random Shots

Here are a few random shots, mostly to see Nora's progress, but cute.

The kids wanted to dress Nora like a fireman...

She liked it! :)

Sitting in the Bumbo chair and playing with the ball popper which is still one of her favorite toys!

Nora in the jumper... due to her size (ahem, height), this one was short lived, but still lots of fun and entertaining for spectators! I tried to document a video and Bailey and Edward ran in front of it so many times that I gave up.

Hangin' with her big brother!

Congratulations Whitney and Chris!

Whitney is one of our favorite babysitters... she also happens to be the sister of my good friend, Darbie. We had a great time celebrating with the new Mr. and Mrs. Delaney!

Bride Whit and Curi

Darbie, Curi, Christina, Emily

Cake shots - pardon the blurring, that was my user error!

Fun Day at Zoo Atlanta

Bailey, Luke and Aidan all finished up Pre-K at Transfiguration and we spent a fun day at Zoo Atlanta to kick off the summer!

Bailey and Luke on the Carousel

Edward and Bailey on the Gorilla Statue

One of the Giant Pandas

Group shot: (L-R) Anna, Bailey, Aidan, Edward, Marian, Luke
(Anna and Luke are siblings, Aidan and Marian are siblings)

Bailey and Aidan

Nora's 1st Food!

Let's just say it was a big hit...

Marijane and Monty's Wedding