Campbell Baby

Kate's Great Grannie, Grandaddy, Grandma, and Daddy are all alumni of Campbell University-so Kate really is a Campbell baby, even though she is also my little Tarheel. Who knows-maybe she will be a fourth generation Campbell graduate?! That would make her Great Grannie very happy. Of course, as we were taking pictures, Max just had to be included.

The Zoo

We went to the zoo with Uncle Dan, Aunt Jennifer, and Scarlett in June. We had a great time. Both Kate and Scarlett were amazed by the animals. Kate's favorite animals were the chimps and the sea lions. She really likes to show off her animal noises and everyone's favorite is definitely the her elephant noise.

Kate and Scarlett at the Beach

Kate and Scarlett love to be together. They had a lot of fun and learned some good lessons about sharing and taking turns. I have some great video footage of Jeff pulling Kate and Scarlett down the beach in Kate's wagon and Grandaddy catching them as they hit the water, but the video master is busy at the moment so I'll post it another time. Both girls loved the sand and each other.

More Beach Pictures

Here are some "not quite professional, but cute anyway" pictures from our beach trip. Kate's favorite things to do were to dig with Daddy and eat snacks under the umbrella.

For Uncle Dave...

Good Luck. We love you and we'll see you in California...

Beach Pictures

We had family photos taken at the beach while we were on vacation with my, Maria's, side of the family. The photographer was excellent-I would highly recommend him. To view a slide show of some of the best shots, click this link. The website for the photographer is www.jarcherphotography.com
Thanks Grandma for the beautiful dresses for the girls! We had a great time with all of you!

Summer Time is Here-and I'm Busy!

As my brother-in-law told me yesterday, I've created a monster. No, not little Kate, this blog. As we have been visiting with lots of friends and family over the last few weeks, complaints have been pouring in on the lack of updating over the past six weeks and again I have no excuse except that we are having so much fun being off for the summer! So instead of packing for the beach trip we are leaving on tomorrow, I have coerced Jeff into doing laundry so that I can catch up on blogging. So away we go....


Look at my brave girl having fun with the sprnkler.

Water Table

We bought Kate a water table as a "Yay! School is out for the summer!" gift. She has really enjoyed it. Here she is helping to build it,

here she is really concentrating on her experiment,

and here she is having fun!

Congratulations Aunt Heather!

Aunt Heather graduated from UNCW in May and has already found a job. We are really proud of you.

Kate especially enjoyed eating her first cookie with Grandaddy in celebration of the special event.

Curls

It's official, Kate did inherit the curls, like all of the women in her family!

Mowing the Lawn

While we are on the subject of hair, here is Kate mowing the lawn for Daddy with her first set of pig tails. She is too cute!

Happy Birthday to Scarlett!

Scarlett celebrated her 1st birthday in June, she had a great party, complete with cinderella stopping by for a visit. Check out her website for pictures from the party. Kate and Scarlett love playing together.

Beach Time!

We spent last weekend at the beach. We had not been since last summer. We had so much fun!!! Thank you, thank you to our friends for letting us stay at your lovely cottage! Get ready for lots of pictures!

I love playing with my Daddy!

Kate loved spending time with her Daddy. She is most definitely a Daddy's girl. During soccer season, he usually doesn't get home until after she has gone to bed, so being with him on the weekends is extra special.