Happy birthday, Paul!!

 Beyblades - Paul, Kyle, Sam, & Jake

 Porter & Paul

 Brooke & her "orange baby"

 Bikes & scooters -- Caleb, Jake, & Natalie

 Sidewalk chalk -- Natalie & Paul

 Foosball -- Kyle & Porter

 Bey blades -- Sam, Luke, & Caleb

This was the easiest, most pleasant birthday party ever!!  We are so blessed to have such great group of friends, and, of course, we're so happy to have the reason for celebrating today-----Paul is 5!  We love you, Paul, and we're so very glad you were born!!

Manhattan -- summer's last hoorah!

 Paul's self portrait entitled "Paul plays basketball"

 The boys in Central Park

 Fishing with their hands

 

 At FAO Schwartz - this is made of LEGOS!!!

Original Van Gogh at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Linvilla Orchard

We had a great Saturday at Linvilla Orchard picking peppers, corn, tomatoes, apples, and peaches!

Luke got braces!!

 Handsome as ever!!

Summer Vacation 2013

Me and (all 4!) kids in Savannah, GA.  We drove here from Philly in one day (a Saturday).

We got up Sunday morning, went to mass, then went to see Flannery O'Connor's childhood home.

Flannery O'Connor's home (above)

Then we drove to see COUSINS at St. Simon's Island

(Luke 9, Hank 16 mo's, Owen 4, Caleb 6, Paul 4, Reese 6)

After St. Simon's Island, we went to B'ham. Above--we celebrated Reese, Caleb, and Paul's upcoming birthdays.

Below--Luke and Caleb engrossed in a movie at Nana's.

On the drive north, we stopped to show Luke Crozet---where he lived from age 3 months to 13 months.  Here we are after a yummy dinner at Crozet Pizza.

The boys checking out UVA.

Our 13th wedding anniversary!!

And to many, many more!!