Our East Coast Junket: Part One

Lucy and her cousin Maddie

I am way overdue in updating our life with Lucy as of late!   Lets just say things have been a bit busy!  We had a wonderful ten day vacation jaunting up the east coast, visiting family and friends.  We finished out the trip in Western NY for the annual Barnes' family reunion.  The trip was so wonderful in so many ways. 

 In the interest of not getting overwhelmed by the 1000+ pictures that I have been going through and editing, I decided to divide our journey into separate blog posts.  So stay tuned for parts two and three, but  let's begin here, with our trip to Chatham, NJ, to visit my brother and his family. 

Ray and Jessica welcomed sweet baby Caroline Rose in January.  These were our first moments of meeting her.... and she didn't disappoint with her sweet smile and always pleasant nature.

Can I just say how cute this precious girl is?  She is so squeezable and lovable.   

If I had a dollar for how many hours Lucy and her cousin Maddie played on this trampoline,

 I would be rich!  

I think we enjoyed watching them as much as they enjoyed playing

The weather couldn't have been better during the time we were there.  

Perfect for fires at night, and slip-n-slides during the day!

My brother, Ray, and Maddie.

Lucy, Caroline and Jessica

Caroline had a "love-hate" relationship with Sophie (the giraffe in her mouth).  So funny!

This sweet girl was always so happy! 

We went to the zoo one day.

Did I mention that Lindsay came with us for this first leg of our trip?  What a treat!.  Not sure what she thought about the ten hour drive in the car with us, but I hope in her mind, the memories of laughing at Mad Libs outweighs Brian and I's bickering about each other's driving.

This bald eagle was pretty awe-inspiring.

Stay tuned for New York City, Boston and Western NY......