Blue Angels

Waiting for the Blue Angels to make their appearance

Frances a little tired of waiting

The pre-show - Fat Albert and his JATO abilities

Amazing

Frances was not a fan

Charles was though

More of the show

Mesmerized

Picture Perfect

Strawberry Farm

Hand-Me-Downs

I don't get to pass many things down from Charles to Frances, but her "new" white sandals are one hand-me-down that are perfect for both my little boy and little girl.  We visited the aquarium yesterday for the billionth time - I've never really noticed tourist season here before...until yesterday - it must have been spring break across America and everyone flocked to Charleston (and the aquarium in particular).  Despite the crowds, we had a great time.

 The Hand-Me-Down Sandals - Pretty Cute Indeed

Sitting outside with Mr. Frog

Always showing off her belly button

Back It Up

Backing up a month, we took a trip to Asheville for one of Jacob's vacation weeks.  Jacob absolutely loves the cold weather, so we decided a trip to the mountains was just what we all needed.  It was so nice to take a "family vacation."  I don't know if I would call it relaxing considering we had two kids in tow, but we did have a blast.  And to have a ton of uninterrupted time together made the trip all worth it.

Biltmore Estate

J & F

An afternoon at a Children's Museum

Playing with the rice

Playing grocery shopping

Day at a snow lodge

Checking out the snow

Hot chocolate

First hot chocolate

Wanting to blow the coffee

To Match

Here is the cape I made for F to match her big brother's cape.  They both love them, and I made hers a tad big for room to grow.

Bridge Run

After living here 1 1/2 years, I finally ran my first Bridge Run.  It definitely makes you proud to live in Charleston to see 38,000 people come to run across the Ravenel Bridge (which is at least one mile uphill).  It was a 10k, I ran it in exactly 55 minutes - so that is a hair under 9 minute per mile.  I was pretty pleased with the results considering the last 6.2 mile race I ran was B.C. (Before Charles) AND I was running on a gimpy toe that I broke a few weeks ago. 

Here are a few pictures - Miriam, Jacob's sister joined me and did an amazing job - she ran it in 47 minutes.   Jacob, C, F, and Julianna (another of Jacob's sisters) welcomed us at the finish line.  Jules had just gotten off the night shift so we were so excited to see her sweet face!