Monday, October 24, 2011

Hilton Head Island

We finally all met up in South Carolina.
We stayed at a family friends house and enjoyed a week on the beach!
As with every family trip we have had since Evie died there is always such a ache in my heart. Another thing that makes it obvious she isn't here anymore. A huge part of our family is missing. Like i have said before she loved the beach and she got to go to Edisto 2 years ago for fall break! I love that we have all of these sweet memories with her and i can hold on to these forever!
It was cold and cloudy but that didn't keep Ramsey from playing in the cold water and building sand castles!


The sun peeked out for a minute!
Jonathan was obviously bored....
drama queen :)
"Look...i swimmin" thats what she kept telling me! ha
Catching a ride back to the house
The guys played golf so the girls went to a farm and Ramsey got to ride a pony. I wasnt sure if she would be scared or not but she loved it!
She kept saying "so sweet pony"
This deer just walked around the farm and petting zoo area.
She called it Bambi and i think she had just told the deer to "Give me my kisses".
She says this to us and i love it :)
Do i have something in my teeth?
Did you know all donkeys have a Cross on their backs? I thought that was pretty cool, i had never heard of that before. It might be hard to see but the sides of the cross go down at his shoulder blades
Ramsey LOVED the horses and they loved her. She fed them a carrot she found on the ground and a piece of grass, I think this horse was a little disappointed when she gave it a piece of grass. She looks like a little horse whisperer..ha
A goat on a roof is so funny to me. This is the only thing i remember from when we went to Ireland when i was little. Goats would stand on top of all the gates, so it made me laugh when this guy did it to!
This horse was a Clydesdale like from the budweiser commercials, it was so pretty!
We went to check out the islands famous lighthouse and boat marina. It was soo windy! Ramsey lived in this jacket. I did a horrible job at packing her clothes, she had one pair of pants and this jacket so that is what she wore all week! You know me i had an outfit and bathing suit for each day and she didn't wear anything because it was so cold! ha
The lighthouse
We said bye to the beach on our way home Friday
It was a pretty day but still just in the 60's.
She found a dead fish and went "tickle tickle"...then she accidently stepped on it...it didn't even phase her but i thought i was going to throw up! ha
Cya later beach!

Chattanooga*Savannah

Ramsey had a great time with the rest of the fam and seeing our cousins in Chattanooga. She got to ride trains, play in a waterfall and check out the ocean in Savannah. I think she enjoyed being without us for a weekend and being spoiled by Nana, Papa, Rob and Amber!
Ramsey goes to too many petting zoos...has anyone else noticed that?
Riding on a train!
it must be exhausting!
On a trolley tour in Savannah
silly girl!

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Knoxville*Asheville

Me and Jonathan went to the UT*LSU game in Knoxville last weekend on our way to Hilton Head while Mom, Dad, Rob, Amber and Ramsey went to Chattanooga and Savannah.
I love going back to college and the games! Knoxville is beautiful in the fall. Even though we lost, again, we had a great time at the game tailgating with some friends.
Go Vols!
This never gets old :)
We had a great start at the game and really enjoyed watching the first half but not the second half so much :(
We left Knoxville Sunday morning and Jonathan surprised me with a trip to The Biltmore!
I was so excited, I have never been before and always wanted to go.
The drive to Asheville was so pretty even though i got a little "mountain sick" as Paige and i used to call it. I think we got sick every summer on our way to Myrtle Beach when we were little! ha
The house is amazing. i still can't believe it was built like this in the 1800's.
There are so many neat details on the outside and inside.
The staircase was my favorite
Our KOI pond is as cool as this, right?!
After touring the house we were hungry and tired, it took us a couple hours to walk through it! We ate some pizza and i am pretty sure i could have eaten the whole thing, to bad i had to share with this guy
Then we toured the gardens
Isn't it amazing?!
Can you imagine if this was your house?
We traveled up the road to the old farm which is now a winery and did a wine tasting, well Jonathan did. They gave me grape juice...boring
We spent the night there that night then headed to Hilton Head to meet the fam on Monday.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

5 months

Jonathan snuck a pic of my big ole belly.
We are halfway there!

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

2 year pictures

We took Ramsey's 2 year pictures this summer. Ashleigh has taken our pictures since the girls were born. They were very hard for us to take since they were our first pictures without Evie. We decided to use a balloon to represent Evie since that is what we have done for Ramsey to show symbolism. Makes us feel like she is still a part of our pictures.
Ashleigh did an amazing job as always!