Franklin Main Street Festival

We sold our beloved Hogan Road house on March 19th, so we moved in with Nana and Da until we found a new house to love. We ended up staying 4 months, as the new house that we fell in love with was only framed at the time. During our stay, we got to enjoy downtown Franklin from walking distance. Here are some fun photos from the Main Street Festival in April.

 Bonnie and Sam walking down to the festival on Saturday morning.

 Listening to some live tunes while enjoying some Festival food.

 Dancing with Daddy at the Street Dance on Saturday night

 Street Dance break for a family photo

 She loves riding the ponies each year!

Not so enthused about being in a rodeo promo, but kudos to this sweet man for including her kitty that she won at the carnival.

Easter 2012

 School Easter Egg Hunt

 Bonnie and Alex comparing eggs at the big Hunt after church on Easter Sunday

Daddy's girl. Love.

Spring 2012

 Daddy and Bonnie dancing at Daddy's cousin's wedding

 Bonnie and friends were bumblebees in her school play this year.

Triangle Waffle!

We went to see Pap for Spring Break-lucky girl has a waffle under all that decoration!

 Driving the boat at Pullen Park in Raleigh

Riding the carousel with Pappaw at Pullen Park.

Bonnie Ballerina

Bonnie began taking ballet and tap in January. She loves it so much. Here are a few pictures of her leotard and tights, as well as one from her recital in May. We love our Tiny Dancer!

Hello Out There!

I can't really start this post talking about how long its been since I've posted. To do that would make the  start of my previous posts seem silly. This time it has been over 4 months! I even had to re-aquanit myself to Blogger to begin. My blogging hiatus is not due to a lack of things to post, however. On the contrary, we've probably had more going on in the last four months than we have had in the first 7 years of our marriage. Stay tuned for many updates. I think the best way to do this is just to start where I left off and do a series of mini-posts so the task doesn't seem so overwhelming. So, my last post was the eve of Bonnie's 3rd birthday. Here are some of the highlights from her week-long celebration:

 Blowing out candles on her Rapunzel cake with Ansley and Will at the small party we had for friends at our house.

 Bonnie and Aidan scoping out the Princess cake at Nana's on her actual birthday.

Our Bonnie Belle on her 3rd Birthday! She is such a big girl, and we are so very proud of her. 

Hawaii

We went on a wonderful vacation to Hawaii recently with Da, Nana, Uncle Ryan, and Aidan. We had a terrific time, and we were so proud of our two little travelers!

 Pretty picture of Da on the golf course

 Luau!

 After the luau, Bonnie loved seeing the hula girls up close

 Bonnie having a virgin mai tai...yummmm.

 Da's spearfish

 on our way to see the dolphins

 Bonnie was relaxing on the lanai most evenings

 Aidan caught a tuna!

 I hate the sorority pose-I'm not sure why I opted for it in this picture.

Sweet cousins! 

New Years

We went to ICE! on half price day, and it was really cold!

 Bonnie was rocking the ice slide. She still talks about it!

 Bonnie, Daddy, Guerry and Sam all bundled up...and for a good reason! It was 9 degrees inside.

 On New Years Day, we got to go to "Aunt Brooksie's Daddy's House" for a New Years Lunch. Bonnie and Sam had a lot of fun, and we even got to go on a Hayride. What great weather for January 1st!

 We went on golf cart rides as well...another hit with the kids!

 New Years Eve's weather was awesome as well. We spent the morning at the zoo. Here's a picture of Bonnie and Addy checking out the fish.

We rode the zoo train on New Years Eve!