Spring Has Sprung!

Waiting for my lunch...

I love to stop and smell the "roses"

Mommy had to include this one...love how the sunbeams came out in the photo

We have been so lucky the past two days! The sun has been shining and we've actually been able to play outside....our favorite place to be! Mommy and I had a picnic today in the back yard! It was great! Here are a few shots of me that Mommy could get when I wasn't running around or saying "no cheese!"

Stonehaven/Dunnotar Castle

View of Dunnotar Castle from the Car Park

The Castle and Grounds

A few weeks ago, while Brandon's replacement was in town, we drove over to Stonehaven which is about 25 minutes from Aberdeen to take a look at the castle there. It was amazing! The wind was blowing like crazy and Adalyn and I decided to head back to the car after about 15 minutes of being out in the wind. It was blowing so hard, every time she tried to walk it looked like she was running! The castle and its out buildings all sit atop a cliff overlooking the North Sea. The ruins included a church, stables, and a distillery. It was amazing to see the architecture and details that the people took in to consideration so many years ago....and we think we're smart!!

SNOW, SNOW, SNOW

We had quite a bit of snow the first part of this month. It just kept snowing and snowing and snowing! Adalyn enjoyed looking out the window at it and after we played in it the first couple of days, she would look outside and say "more snow" in a tone which seemed to imply "not again". We had booked a trip for Valentines Day weekend with a few other couples to head up to a place called Aviemore last month so we could all take the kids to play in the snow being that Aberdeen hadn't had much snow in the past 18 years. Needless to say none of us were real excited to go see more snow, but we did end up having a great time.

Two Red Deer Playing in the Snow in Front of Our House

Adalyn Checking Out the Snow

Frozen Lake in Aviemore

(we stopped here to let the kids play around in the snow)

The Three of Us in Aviemore
View of the Lake and Mountains

Back and Updating

Okay....sorry it has been a while....takes some time to get readjusted and back into our routine after being away for so long. Here are few pics from Texas and one from Aberdeen. We had a great time being in Texas but we're glad to back. Mama promises to keep this thing up to date now that we're back!
Me, Hayden and Paxton

Giving cousin Paxton a little Christmas kiss! (I think he likes it!!)

I've seem to gotten myself stuck in the kitchen drawer...Help, please!

Me and Santa

I wasn't real sure of the man in the red suit, but I wanted to make sure he knew what he gave me for Christmas. I even made sure his boots were on right!

16 Months

I turned 16 months old on Sunday....same day Cousin Hayden turned 2! Happy Birthday, Cousin Hayden! I am into everything....love to color, run, talk, climb on the furniture, read books, play with the pots and pans....I pretty much love to do it all! Here are a couple of pictures from a birthday party we went to with our Mom and Tots group. I had so much fun! We'll see everyone for the holidays!

"Yee-Haw!"

My shirt says it all...

Edinburgh

This past weekend we drove up to Edinburgh for a little "getaway". We took Adalyn to the zoo where we all had a good time even though we didn't get to see all of the animals. We saw lots of penguins and monkeys. She can now do the sign for "monkey" and makes her monkey sounds! That afternoon, we made a very LONG walk up the mountain to see Edinburgh Castle. It is massive and was definately worth the walk. Edinburgh is a great city with lots of historic sites....we'll be back there for sure!

View of the Castle from the StreetAnother View from the StreetEntrance to the Castle GroundsChecking out the Guard...Look at that penguin, Daddy!Having my morning wake-up snack...

Highland Games

A couple of weekends ago we drove up to Braemar to see the annual Highland Games. These are games that a lot of the villages here have every summer. There are events like the hammer throw, tug-of-war, highland dancing, foot races, sack races, battle of the bands (of which I've tried to include a short videoof one pipe band warming up), and the one we attended had a type of mountain race where the runners had to run to the top of the mountain and back down. We were quite impressed with this race as there were runners who seemed to be in their 70's. The Queen also attends these particular games, but we left before her arrival. Adalyn would do her "more" sign when the bands would stop playing. We had a great time!