beautiful 2009 july – december
july

afternoons under the shade tree at the “beach”.

endlessly vacuuming so veda would sleep.

picnics in the park.
august

veda getting to be more fun… learning to crawl.

getting together for frogmore stew at a friend’s house.

in love with these hazy summer days.
september

lattes and dancing on the cafe porch.

I got a bike for my birthday. veda liked the back seat. :)

Colin holds us all up. Quite literally.

gathering the last of the produce from the garden at my mom’s house.

the zoo!
october

attending swimming lessons. we were in the “shrimp” class.

family and friends together for a baby shower for my new nephew Elijah.

apple picking at the orchard 30 minutes away.
november

glittery leaves on the front steps.

playing outside… it was a mild november.

spending the last few warm-ish days at the playground.
december

my brother got married last weekend to beautiful niki. (welcome to the family niki!) it was a very small ceremony and celebration… perfect.

veda opened her first christmas present from grandma and grandpa because they were in town for the wedding.

waiting for a white christmas…

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SO beautiful hon. so filled with love & life!
and huge congrats to your brother & his wife… that is just so so precious and beautiful!!!
love, love, love all these photos, they’re snippets into moments in your lives we’ve never seen
this is a great review of the year! The photos look so snappy and 70s sometimes.
beautiful, penny. xox
when you look at January’s picture and see how far you’ve come with your little family – its awe inspiring. It does keep getting easier and I don’t know if it’s because you start to figure out what works and what doesn’t or if it really just does get easier!
Merry Christmas
Christine
So happy to hear of your brother’s marriage! He deserves all the love and happiness in the world …
Thanks for all your posts and for sharing your life with us – merry Christmas!
She looks like she’s dancing a jig in the one on the porch of the Bake Cafe (?sp)! So cute! What an awesome way to remember the year…her first year. Kisses for Boogie.
xoxo,
YSIL
i heart your family.
beautiful images…*sigh*