Catching up!

It's been a long time since I sat down to do this, but we now have a new laptop and so I don't have an excuse anymore! Here is a random collection of photographs from the last couple of months!

Ok ... so I managed to upload all of these photos in reverse chronological order so you'll actually be looking at the most-recent pictures first! Oops!

Here's Mae feeding a pony (just her size) at Lake Tobias this past weekend..
She loved the petting zoo!

The goat you see right behind her on the right (big white one) followed us around everywhere! He must have known we were suckers and would keep feeding him!

This is Mae's first ponytail ... she was having a lot of fun with all her clippies.

For Fourth of July we went to visit Jeb's parents in Ohio. We took a visit to Young's Dairy while out there.

Seems we go to a lot of petting zoos!

Mae playing with her grandpa...

Grandpa was in the parade so here he is after fulfilling his duties as a fireman!

Waiting for the parade to start ...

Camping at Codorus with my side of the family ... Mae's first time in a real pool (as opposed to her kiddie pools).

Here's a crazy photo of Mae ... she is playing with pudding dyed purple!

Grandma S stayed at our house after her 1st birthday party ... we had a great week!

(Sorry - no photos of the 1st birthday party - Lisa's dad took all of those!)

Here is Mae bulking up!

Mae opening birthday presents (and wearing her dress from Uncle & Aunt J)

Easter family portrait

Mae taking a ride with her little friends

Luck o' the Irish

We got to meet our beautiful new niece, Jentrey! She is an amazing little girl and we cannot wait to see her (and all of our other beautiful nieces) again!

Here are some photos of our big trip:

Mae was super excited to see her cousins Joelie and Jessie again! She had such a great time playing with all of her cousins. Now whenever we see a "big" kid, she gets all excited because she thinks they are going to play with her ... her cousins spoiled her!

Jessie being a big girl and feeding Mae!

Julie and Mae shared a dance :)

A bonus on this trip was having Mae get to meet her Great-Uncle Kevin, Great-Aunt Holly and cousin Krista!

Grandma S also made an appearance, which was fantastic! (Apparently Joelie is the Yahtzee-Queen!)

The three "J's"

Isn't she gorgeous?

We're all Minnesota fans now (sorry, Nebraska!)

Grandma with all but one of her girls!

Poor Mae - she doesn't know that these two guys are trouble! We need to teach her something about boys!

Note: We also got to have Mae finally meet her Aunt Jeri, Uncle Eric and cousin Ella. We took pictures .... lots of them ... but right now I do not know what happened to them! So until I can track down the photos, check out http://ejelorenz.blogspot.com/ for photos of our visit with them!

Then this past weekend we got to have a Surprise 94th Birthday Party for Mae's GiGi (great-grandma)! We got to hang out with GiGi, Mae's great aunt Karen, and her mom's cousin and her family. Of course Grandma & Grandpa B came down for the celebration, as well! It was super fun!

Mae-Mae's whispering secrets to GiGi ...

And now they're laughing over it!

Here's Mae in her cutsey St. Patty's day outfit (thanks Emily!)

Cutsey

Here's Mae being cutsey with her backpack from Grandma S. Mae-Mae making trouble, as usual! These two photos might be a little weird to anyone outside of Lisa's immediate family, but Grandma & Grandpa B and Aunt Mindy should understand! :)

Table Manners?

No explanation needed ... just check out the photos! :)
(We have a bunch of great videos we have been wanting to post - including one from tonight - but none of our cameras create files that this website will let us post ... we'll keep trying)

Catching Up

We have a lot of catching up to do!

Mae, Lisa, Elise and Natalie all got to go on a road trip of PA - lots of miles and lots of fun! Mae loves her peas (you may recall an earlier photo where she was not so keen on them)!

For Groundhog Day (a very special day in our family) she got to enjoy her first Groundhog Cookie!

Our little model (wearing her cute clothes Daddy bought)!

It was such a beautiful day we decided to enjoy some time at the park. Mae loves the swings!