Part of what I love about the girls' names is that they were both popular 100 years ago and many people with those names are now great-grandmas. Both names evoke a vision for me of sweet old ladies rocking away together on a porch. I pray Ella and Sadie will live meaningful lives full of love and will be enjoying each other on a front porch somewhere many years from now.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Who's happier?

My Aunt and Uncle bought a weekend house on the Eastern Shore about 2 years ago and I'm not sure who's happier about it-us or them!  It's only about 40 minutes from our house which is awesome. We've been there for countless weekends, day trips, and overnights at this point and it's such a relaxing place!  It's walking distance to the river and has a huge pool where we pretty much live when we're there.  It's been great to spend lots of time with my Aunt and Uncle too (and we're well matched in Wii games which is a nice perk for the rainy days too!)  We spent Memorial Day weekend there (and Father's Day weekend too!) and here are some of the pics.

My 92 year old grandmother LOVED getting to spend the weekend with Ella and Sadie and see them in action for much longer than our average visit.  She was in heaven (though their clutter stressed her out but she hid it well!)

Marissa's roommate came for the day too-we love Mr.Jason :-)


Aunt Barbara, the grill master :-)

Sadie tried asparagus for the first time and loved it!
I have a feeling I'm going to have lots of smirking, patronizing pictures like this in the years to come. Oy.
I love this picture!! My grandmother specifically requested S'mores because she hadn't had them in decades and it was so much fun to watch her indulge and enjoy them SO much!  She ate ate least 2 or 3 :-)
Sadie and my grandmother bonded big time.  Well, Sadie's always liked her quite a bit.  Maybe she senses that she's where she got her light hair and blue eyes!
Reading the paper in the morning

3 comments:

  1. Sadie is serious about that asparagus! And the pic of Ella with the marshmallows is too much. She is so beautiful <3

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  2. LOVE the pic of your grandmother eating a s'more!

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