Thursday, September 4, 2008

A Visit from the Relatives

The trampoline is back! We finally got the parts, so Chris and Fred put it back together. Ashley and Pam loved it!
Norma Gean has a friend who loves roosters.

Cousins having fun together


Sam on his new bike. He's ready for anything---except maybe shifting gears!
Chris's mom and sister and her family came to visit over Labor Day. We haven't been able to make our bi-annual trips south this year because of Fred's sports and school schedules, so we were thankful that they willingly made the trip. Usually when they visit we just hang out here, but we decided to head to the zoo on Saturday. Our niece loves animals and hasn't been to D.C. yet. Poor Ash, she was so sick when we got to the zoo, that they ended up having to go back to the hotel in Fredericksburg instead of seeing the animals. We stayed at the zoo with Norma Gean for a while, and then headed to Fudruckers for burgers then home for peach pie. Sunday we celebrated Sam's birthday since family was here. His real birthday fell on the first day of school. We had such a beautiful day and were able to eat our carrot cake outside. It was a lot of fun. Sam got a new bike for his birthday! He can ride with no hands!

4 comments:

liz said...

Your family looks so good! I haven't seen Pam and Norma Jean in so long. Don't you just love being with family, even when it's not the ideal (being sick--what a bummer!)?

Anonymous said...

Paula,

It was so good that Chris' family was able to get up there for a nice visit. Too bad that Ashley got sick and couldn't go into the zoo. Did she have the flu? Was glad to hear that Fred and Chris fixed the trampoline. Looks like Pam and Ashley did enjoy it. Maybe they will get one.
I hope that Sam doesn't have problems with his speed bike. I bet he loved it.
Have a great weekend.

Love, Mom

Anonymous said...

Wishes for a happy birthday to Sam! Enjoy that bike! :-)

LindaSue said...

Wow, Pam looks so much like Norma Gean from when we were growing up (okay, hair is different but the face, wow!) -- glad you had a great visit!