Family

Mark's sister Elizabeth came down this month for about 10 days. It was so wonderful to have her here. It only makes us wish it could happen more often. It took Grace no time at all to warm up to Tante Liz. They had a blast hanging out everyday together. Grace actually got to the point where she would run to Tante Liz when she got hurt and definitely when she got in trouble with Momma & Daddy. The hardest part of Elizabeth leaving to go back to Jersey was that Grace was fully aware of what was happening and did not like it at all, needless to say a few tears were shed at the airport.

While Elizabeth was here we made a trip down to Galveston and to the zoo but otherwise we just sort of hung out and relaxed. This way Elizabeth could experience a typical day in the life of Grace.

Trip to Galveston!

Collecting sea shells.

I was trying to get a picture of the two of them together but Grace was more interested in the water than the camera.

As you can hear, Presley found the water very exciting. If only it was a little warmer I think she would have had a blast in the water as well but it was just too cold for her.

It was actually very windy the day we went to Galveston. Gracie & Tante Liz didn't seem to have an issue with it however, Presley and I both found the water too cold to go in so we hung out by the towels.


Trip to the zoo!

Looking at the elephants. We usually start and end the day with the elephants, they seem to be Gracie's favorite animal at the zoo.

Going down the slide in the Children's area of the zoo!
Gracie use to have a fear of going down slides. When she was a little younger, maybe just 12months, she went down one sort of fast which I think scared her a little. Then shortly after that we were in our backyard playing on the swing set, Gracie was not paying attention to where she was and got too close to the edge and went head first down the slide on her stomach. That really scared her. However, while Elizabeth was here they worked on the slide and Tante Liz was able to get her to go down them again!! Yeah for Tante Liz!!

Checking out the elephants one last time for the day.

Tried to get a group shot but it was the end of the day and Gracie was getting tired plus she just wanted to go play with the animals.