Edisto Beach Trip- May 2009

We went to Edisto back in May for a long weekend and here are the pics from the trip.

William

Grady
Emory Anne

The Beach Set-Up

William diggingWilliam loved pushing around this tricycle

William and Daddy

William and Grandaddy

Gene & Grady, Grandaddy & William

Reverting back to crawling...silly boys. Of course one has to always copy the other!

Hannah, Emory Anne, Grady & William on the porch swing

The Boys

Halloween Party

Haley, Gene, Emory Anne & Grady hosted a wonderful Halloween party for all of the children at their house. They had everything set up just right: the jump castle for the children, a blanket with toys for the younger kids and cupcakes and snacks galore!
Gene took all of the children for a hayride around the streets of Forest Acres...they loved it! Here are our little munchkins below:

William the puppy dogMost of the group- Back row: Sally, Sarah Preston, Walks, Lesesne and Tombo
Front row: Gene, me, William, Haley, Grady, Will, Emory Anne, T, Addie, Brie, Hannah and Amanda
Gigi and Grady the Monkey

Me and Emory Anne
William and Lesesne the Ladybug

T the turtle

Sally the cutie in the pumpkin dress

Loading up for the hayride

William and Grady with Mimi and Gigi

Thanks for a wonderful party Haley and Gene!!! We look forward to next years :)

Grandaddy's Edisto Beach Photos

William and Grandaddy Emory Anne and Grady
The fam: Hunter, Hannah, Amanda, Caroline, William, Walks, Mimi and Grandaddy

Grady and Gigi
Haley and Grady
Mama and William
Hunter, Hannah and Amanda

Thanks for taking these great pictures while we were in Edisto this summer. We love you Grandaddy!!!

Edisto Beach July 2008

We had our annual Edisto Beach trip the last week of July and as always had a great time. Things were a little different this year, as the Motes had their own house and they went the week before us. We knew that Haley, Virginia, Emory Anne and Grady were going to stay for a few days, but it turned out that we had Motes all week long! They (plus the kids) were having so much fun, that they stayed until the following Thursday and William stayed with us until we left Friday morning. William drove me and Baby William home on Friday as "big" William decided to serve me vodka starting at 3:00 Thursday afternoon, so by Friday morning, I was feeling rough!!!

Below are some various, random shots from the week: Walks showing us his dance moves on Friday night when we got there...you know the first night is always the biggest!Arthur's meat...a cooked a whole ribeye and a whole beef loin!
Hannah being hollywood
Emory Anne playing with the TONS of toys Hannah had at the beach!

Happy happy William
Emory Anne and Grady in their matching crab outfits...too cute!
WAM loves his Grandaddy! He can always get a good laugh out of William.
This is William floating in the baby pool we had set up on the deck that overlooked the ocean. Awesome set-up! If the beach was too much for the kids (or even the adults), we would load up in the baby pool :)
Lunchtime for Hannah, William and Emory Anne

William Mote came home from New York a few weeks ago and spent some time with us...he does NOT STOP! He can definitely be the life of the party :)
Jump jump William
Morning time with William and Uncle Hunter
Grady could sleep in that bouncy seat he loves it so much. He is the most laid back baby ever! With such a sweet little personality.
All the chullrin piled up with Grandaddy--what a great lap for some baby holding!

Edisto Beach 2008 proved to be what it always is for us: a relaxing, Grandparent loving, excellent food eating, lots of drinking, sun soaking time for all of us. Looking forward to '09!!!

10 adults, 4 children---Edisto Beach April 2008

Mom and Dad so graciously opened their house to us a few weeks ago down at the beach. It was Mom, Dad, Hunter, Amanda, Hannah, friends of their's- Lee and Mandy, Gene, Haley, Emory Anne, Grady, me, Walks and William. We had such a good time, especially watching Hannah and Emory Anne play together.

I know how tough it is to pack for a 4 month old for the beach, but Gene and Haley were lucky enough to figure out how to pack for 2 children! I think it took 4 adults to get their car packed to go hom, kids strapped in and out the driveway. Walks and I spent one extra night and relaxed with Mimi and Grandaddy and left Monday.

While we were there William slept in the pack n play in a closet--I assume this isn't too mean, right? I mean, that could be considered abuse once he's old enough to know where he is, but for now, we consider it out of the way.

Hannah and Emory Anne played perfectly together the whole time and William and Grady were little angels as usual. I can't wait for them to start playing together--it couldn't be any more convenient that we have boys that are practically the same age.

While we lay out on the beach, William enjoys the breeze on the gazebo.

Hunter reading to Hannah and Emory Anne

Mandy, Amanda and Lee
Walks and WAM
Gene and Grady
William waiting for Grandaddy to put the paci back in.

Grady in his papason chair...I think this is his favorite seat.

WAM
Grady and Williams first time on the beach.
Emory Anne & Haley
"Emmy Anne & Hannie"