ETHAN - 1 Year Old Portrait Day

We took the day to document and make a polished looking portrait of Ethan at his one-year mark.

A white sheet, and some lighting, and waaaay too much haggling over what we would or could wear produced these two results.

Tah-dah!

In our little performer outfit

Here we are, in proper Lumber Jack form! (with a shine of our little bottom teeth visible)

Ethan, You're 1 Year old!

Chronicling the year, we celebrated Ethan's birthday every 18th of the month, so there were a lot of cupcakes this past year!

Here's how the cupcake plan worked out --- Happy Birthday little guy!

December

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November! One Year Old!

1st Grade - 1st Day

Ruby on her first day back at School, entering the 1st Grade.

Well, summer is officially over with our family going back to school.

We're very, very excited to re-join our old classmates and make new friends as we start the new school year.  Hip, hip, hoo-ray!

A trip to the Woods House

On our way to New Hampshire, we stopped in Kennebunkport for some good eats

Ethan and the flowers in Kennebunkport

Little beach time with Kennebunkport sand

Ruby and the goats, friends forever...

Hello Llama

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Canoe trip with PaPa

Mommy and Ethan with the beautiful background

Out in the canoe

Happy shiny face fishing

Nothin' but weeds (that was successful)

Goodbye from the New Hampshire sunflowers...

Summer Vaca in the Fingerlakes

We stop in the Berkshires on the way

And another stop: kids, meat & cheese, and wine–perfectly pleasant

Ethan showing off his good looks

The ducks never were far away (bread crumbs may have something to do with that)

Somebody's into their book

Fishing with Grandpa Larry, with a catfish catch!

A quiet moment caught on camera

The whole family gets together (and it's Grandpa Larry's and Grandma Susie's Anniversary)

Uncle Kirk and Aunt Michelle get into a photogenic mood!

Mommy and Ethan share a moment

One last gasp of the lakefront air

FUN in WATER

On our trip to the finger lakes, we dipped into the waters edge outside our cabin.  The lake we stayed on is Seneca Lake.  Here is an adventure one of our mornings...

Ethan in taking a dip!

Splish

and Splash!

We pose like a duck

Quack! Quack!  

A New Bike for Ruby!

We're getting a test run in the parking lot

Here riding past mommy,
and we'll just see how long those training wheels last.

Remembering:

Ruby's Hot Wheelz