1st trip to the zoo

we went to VA this weekend to visit the VA Renfrows and Pollocks! :) we went to work with matt on friday so that we could take the work truck. that puts us in the car a few hours longer than usual. we left in the morning around 9:30am and finally arrived at their house just before dinner time. that always makes for an interesting day! we watched veggie tales and wyatt "drove" the truck (pretty much the whole time) while matt worked.

wyatt all nestled in for the trip!

saturday the guys went hunting and the gals and kids headed to the zoo! we had a fun time and even though it was over cast, it was the perfect weather for being outside.

wyatt's favorite: the giraffe

oooing over the giraffes :)

claire peeking at me

the lion's den

1, 2, 3 groundhogs!

the NC Renfrows

on our way out the door this morning to visit the VA Renfrows, we had to squeeze in getting a family picture for claire's dedication letter! the letter and photo are due by these evening! we have started the letter, however, the procrastinators that we are still have to finish it this evening once we get the kids to bed at their papa and nana's house! praise the Lord for a pretty decent photo of the four us!! (pictures of our visit to come!)

cuties

just playing around with the kids and the camera today and happen to get a pretty cute one of both of them. (out of about 20 or so shots!!)

claire looking dainty ;)

sweet smilin' wyatt (yes, he's getting a haircut soon!)

family, shelby, lake lure and fun!!

\wyatt on one of the playgrounds at lake lure

the kids and i went to shelby, nc to visit my uncle tom, aunt meg and my cousin meredith. also there, all the way from indiana, were my aunt kathy, cousin jason, cousin-in-law hollie and their daugher abby, whom we have just spent a fun week with! (thank you guys so much for coming to visit!! it was so fun!) while we were visiting my aunt and uncle, they took us to lake lure, which is a really pretty mountain lake about 45 minutes from their house. parts of the movie "dirty dancing" was filmed at lake lure!! we had a picnic and walked by the lake a little. there was some sort of festivlle going on while we were there, so that was pretty neat. we had a great visit! thanks so much for having all of us tom and meg!! :)

wyatt on the smaller playground (he called it "his playgound"!)

jason pushing abby on the swings

cooling off under the wonderful shade tree
(l to r: mere, uncle tom, aunt meg, claire, aunt kathy)

claire and abby playing with toys back at the house