Carroll Family Blog

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Trial Day at Caryline's

Go Lyssa!

We are so happy (and a bit lucky) that Lyssa is able to join Shay at Miss Caryline's house this year. Caryline runs a full preschool program (she was a formal preschool teacher) and usually takes kids over the age of 3. We had our first trial day this week at it went okay. Drop off went surprisingly well, and Lyssa and Shay played together most of the time they were there. Lyssa was touch and go with getting upset, but overall enjoyed her time. Brett picked them up after lunch and they both were a bit tired from playing outside most of the morning!

Monday, August 13, 2012

Parke Family Visit

One night the females in extended Parke family headed out for a night on the town. First up what an authentic chinese restaurant followed by our annual trip to showboat (pics below). While our Maryland, DC and Philidelphian family were here we also went the Art Museum, had a big family potluck that included hiring a photographer and had a cousin happy hour. Great to see you June, Aila and Hannah!

Stacy, Hannah, June, Aila, Grandma Carol Parke, Rachel, Cathy, Ambre and Megan

Never seen this before- 20 geese swimming in a single straight line

Our intermission sight

Gale Cabin

this is what the carroll girl hair looks like after being in the lake a couple of days

We headed up to Amie's family cabin for a weekend of relaxation. Shay and Lyssa enjoyed hanging out on the sand beach, Eli liked his first boat ride and the adults had a good time chatting and watching the olympics. The weather was gorgeous and we are excited to go back again next year.

Shay playing fetch- Lyssa throwing the ball off the dock for her

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Red Solo Cup

Having fun at Aunt Marylou's with our red solo cups!

Olivia (5), Kailey (5), Taylor (4) and Shay (4)

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Fun at Grandma and Grandpa's House

Shay and Alyssa were able to spend the weekend with Papa Mark and Grandma Stacy while their parents enjoyed an adult-only weekend with Angie and Evan. Both the girls really enjoyed their stay and the 4 days were action packed. They were able to spend quite a bit of time outside, go in the new pool, visit with cousin Taylor, go to the Urgent Care for Alyssa's bad case of hives, head to the inside play park and hang out with grandma and grandpa. On the car ride home Shay asked when she can go again!

Grandma supervising the swimming events

So much fun to push Grandpa In

Hives (not at their worst)

Monday, July 23, 2012

Movie with Amma

Amma took Shay, Millie and Olive out to lunch and then to the movie "Brave", followed by a stop at the ice cream shop. Needless to say, Shay had a pretty good time. She did let Millie know, however that she "won't really enjoy her ice cream if she eats it so fast". Brett and I liked that she was able to see Brave, it was a change-up from the usual princess stories that are so popular at our house!

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Our Long 4th of July Holiday Weekend

We were able to spend a lot of time as a family over the holiday. Rachel took a few days off work and we were action packed. On the 4th we headed over to Amma's for a great (very, very hot) picnic and then watched the fireworks from the parking lot in our neighborhood church. Shay, Millie and Olive were more interested in playing tag and picking flowers, but everyone did have fun.
On Thursday we headed out early for our day at the lake. A first for Shay there: jumping off the dock and swimming back all by herselk (with a lifejacket on of course). Good job! We were all very proud of her.
Friday we were able to head up to the Duluth and visit with the Burns family. Friday night we went to a minor league baseball game, Saturday we had a picnic lunch in the park and swam in the lake, bought a car Saturday night (a big thanks to Elicia and Shawn who watched our girls while we signed paperwork) and just hung out. We all had such a great time-- Thx Burns family-- we look forward to our mini vacation in August together!
Sunday we headed down to join the Sturm family for a big get together at Marylou's house. Although the weather was still hot, we had a great time visiting, eating tasty food and playing yard games. Sunday night we came home very tired, but very happy.