Spring

 Easter fun at Amy's and Cary's house

 Checking out their loot

 Great Grandparents watching from the deck. 

 These pictures are all jumbled up, but here is Charley and cousins taking off on the great search.

 Found one way up in the tree.

 Ronan - 8

 Mason -8

 Charley-7

 Everyone listening to the rules...except bucket head Charley.

 Elliana - 1

 Ethan - 6                           Mariah - 4

The boys are at such a goofy stage...they never, ever stop laughing, have big teeth, baby teeth and gaps with no teeth.  They have such a huge love of life right now and they wear us out.  We love them.

 Granny and her boyfriend "Bob".

January

This is Charley's 1st grade habitat project...the Arctic Tundra with Northern lights.

Thanksgiving 2011

I know, Thanksgiving is before Christmas, but oh well. Aunt Robin came to join the madness and we had a nice visit.


Greg decided to do a beer can turkey, but the stick of butter he smeared on the turkey caught on fire and we had an inferno in the gas grill. I was scared we were going to burn Amy's house down. By the way, the turkey was delicious and I wish I would have taken a picture of the flames that cooked it.
Killing time with a puzzle.

Christmas 2011

We spent Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa Reno. Thanks for coming! We love our new rocks!



Christmas #2 with Nannie,Papa, Grannie, Aunties, Uncles, and cousins



Mariah and her new doll house.

Poker face

Learning their poker skills from the best!



What cards does he have? I'm not cheating.




Yep, Papa's calling him a loser.

A outing downtown

Enjoying some food cart Pho.

Charley's 7th Birthday

Lighting up his owl cupcakes


Opening his terrarium...he brought home a salamander to keep in it...



It was a cold, clear December day. We had a scavenger hunt in the forest.

Found a mushroom...

I had a stroll in the woods planned, but it turned into a run in the woods.

Charley enjoying his puppet show his friends put on for him.


Greg and Ellie checking out the stuffed deer

Ronan and his BFF Doug enjoying some raspberry tea.


Making terrariums to take home...rocks, dirt, moss, sticks and a mushroom.




Birding...
One of his new favorite pastimes...the boy LOVES to bird watch!


Just a little behind on these postings...this was back in the beginning of December. We had his birthday at a local Nature Center doing what Charley loves most...being outside and getting dirty.