Weekend with the Lamkins

We were joined by our friends Ben, Lori, and Carson Lamkin at the lake house this past weekend. The kids had a great time together! Here's Charlotte and Carson (22 mos) getting acquainted over some magnets in the kitchen.

Charlotte loves to be chased!


Funny face!

Carson enjoying the view. All kids seem to love standing at the porch door and looking out at the lake. We have pictures of Jack and Charlotte at various ages in the exact same pose.

Jack driving the boat. Andy actually let Jack fully control the steering wheel for a bit when we were out in the open! He did pretty well.

Carson snuggling with Lori.

Ben and Carson

Fun on the beach! See Lou in his life vest in the 2nd picture :)


Carson sneaked over to the neighbors' beach at one point to curl up on their float. He was worn out after a hard day of playing!

The Lamkins' dog, Bella, LOVED the water. She was in the lake pretty much the whole time we were there.

Lou was a pooped pooch.

Random pics

Here are some assorted photos I've taken recently but hadn't posted. Above, Jack and Charlotte are watching Louie run around outside.

My boys.

Cute as a button. I like how Jack's big toe is poking out of his sock.

My big girl, working hard.

More Fun with Grandmomma and Granddaddy

I'm finally getting around to posting the remainder of the pictures from our wonderful visit with Grandmomma and Granddaddy Fields.

On Saturday we spent some quality time on the beach--it doesn't show up well in the picture, but Charlotte was rocking a baby mohawk here with her sunscreen-hair.

She loves playing in the sand, but we have to really watch her because she also enjoys the taste of sand.

The ladies hanging out.

Jack in the water.


What a cutie!

Getting all the good-nights in. Charlotte was a little upset, though that was pretty much her usual mood throughout the weekend. She had 2 bottom molars coming in at the same time and was extra cranky. You can see how she has her fingers jammed in her mouth for a lot of the pictures.



Lou was a worn-out pup too. He loved snuggling next to Granddaddy.

Cheerio-beard!

Finally, just an assortment of some more pictures. We had such a great time with Grandmomma and Granddaddy and miss them lots!

Lions and Tigers and Grandparents!

Grandmomma and Granddaddy Fields came in town from Georgia for a few days. As always, the visit went by way too quickly, but we had a great time!

Got your nose!

Granddaddy kisses

On Thursday, we went to the Brookfield Zoo. Jack enjoyed watching the carousel but wouldn't get any closer than this.

Jack was excited to see the monkeys, but much to his dismay, the monkey house had the ambiance of a real rainforest--including thunder in the background noise. He has really become afraid of thunder this summer. I never realized I would start paying so much attention to nighttime weather forecasts.

As long as Grandma Nold or Granddaddy was holding him, he did okay, but he still wasn't thrilled about the whole thing.


We did get to see some really cute monkeys, though! One of our favorites was the baby orangutan and his mother.


This gorilla was also pretty cool.

Charlotte was there too! She was such a good girl, especially considering she hadn't napped at all.

Tired boy reading an old favorite with Grandmomma.


We spent the weekend at the lake house; more pictures will follow!

Weekend with the Johnstons

We recently had the Johnstons up for a weekend at the lake house--thanks to Courtney for taking and sharing all the pictures, since we had misplaced our camera!

A romantic shot of Will and Jack.

Can you tell neither Jack nor Charlotte was happy about being on the boat?

They both much preferred playing on the beach and in the water. Charlotte really liked floating on the magic carpet.


Courtney brought some new sand toys that all the kiddos had fun with.

Charlotte isn't freaked out by sand like her brother was as a baby. At one point she was actually laying spread out in the sand and rolling around in it.

Snuggling with Mommy after waking up from her nap.

Dueling high chairs at breakfast.

Yummy marshmallows!