Tate 2012

The week of June 17th, the Carpenter family headed to Tate!  Not all of us were able to stay the whole week.  Mom, Will, and Sarah had to work most of the week, but were all able to come up at least once. It was awesome to take Connor there.  I have a feeling in the future he will be begging us not to leave.

At Sani's house before heading to Tate!

The view from the house.

Lily Kate and Lillian playing with Henry.

Using the telephoto lens to see the sweet cousins playing together.

Jumping off the tower.

Happy Hadley!

Cousins and uncles.

I don't know  why, but I love pictures of babies being thrown in the air.

Connor going "whee" with his dada.

Playing in the water.

Mermaid cousins.

This is me jumping off the diving board...

...and Connor's reaction.  He's not totally sure what he thinks about his mama disappearing.

Connor with Uncle Myers and Aunt Laura.  We can't wait to meet their son in September!

Imma get your camera!

Connor wanted to have anything that Hadley was playing with, but she didn't mind.

See?

Who loves the water?

Myers was showing Lillian the video he took of himself jumping off the tower.
We will post those soon!

Connor also loved the sand.
He would crawl up and down the hill over and over.

Look how red his hair looks!  It doesn't look like this is real life.

On Wednesday we set out to take pictures of the families.  Charlotte was none too happy about it, but we did our best!  Unfortunately, we didn't get any good ones of our little family, but here are the best of what we did get!

Precious Aunt Sassy.

Myers, Laura, Lillian, and baby Carpenter.

Lily Kate and Lillian love each other.

Look at those happy faces!

This is probably the best of the cousins together.
It was incredibly complicated to get a picture of them together.

Liz, Parks, Lily Kate, Charlotte, and Hadley Carpenter.

Laura and Lillian.

I'm sure you can see how done Charlotte is.  They are all so precious though.

Sani and Hadley.

Uncle Henry and Uncle Will.

Cousins playing.

I love being with babies!

Sweet Charlotte.

My silly boy.

On Thursday we threw a birthday party for Connor and Hadley.  Hadley turns one on August 1st, so it was right in between their birthdays.  Laura got a bean bag toss, we had some brownies, and we had a pinata that was a decoration at Connor's party.  I'm so glad Laura decided to put it on!

Connor doing the bean bag toss.  He was really into it.

All of us gathered around for brownies.

Connor having his first dessert ever.  He nibbled it and then crunched it in his hand for a while.

Hadley really enjoyed hers though!

The remains of the pinata.

Splashing around.

I love this picture so much!

Sani and Hadley.

Lily Kate is so sweet with Hadley.

Love it!

Uncle Henry with Hadley.  He is so sweet with his nieces and nephew.

Charlotte is so silly!

On Friday, Patrick's parents came for a half hour.
They often go out on really long drives on their motorcycle and made Tate a stop on their way!

Look how high I got him!

Connor is so intent on this book!

I love going to Tate.  I love being with my family even more!  I can't wait to see all of them again, hopefully in September when we welcome our new nephew into the world!