A BEAUTIFUL DAY WITH A A K E E

ABBY TRYING TO RELAX BEFORE SCHOOL BUT ANNIE JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF HER!!

LIZZIE IS NOW LEADING THE TWIN WALK.. AND WHEN SHE STARTS WALKING ON HER OWN , WATCH OUT!!

ABBY REALLY IS A BIG HELP TO PAPA AND GRAMMY ON MONDAYS AS SHE IS STARTING TO ASSIGN VEHICLES FOR ALL THE LITTLE ONES....

PAPA IS STILL LINING UP GRANDKIDS ....JUST LIKE THE OLD DAYS WITH KIDS AND NIECES AND NEPHEWS

THIS WAS THE FINAL PICTURE WHEN WE WERE LEAVING SEASIDE ON SUNDAY WITH LIZZIE....SHE COULD'NT QUITE FIGURE OUT WHERE ALL THE PILLOWS CAME FROM??

A RAINY SEASIDE SUNDAY WITH LIZZIE

IT WAS REALLY RAINING HARD SO LIZZIE DECIDED TO ENJOY THE OUTSIDE FROM OUR BEDROOM. "NOT TO SPOILED"

GRAMMY THOUGHT LIZZIE WOULD REALLY ENJOY A BATH SO INTO THE SINK WE WENT FOR ALMOST AN HOUR..

LIZZIE WAS IN RARE FORM THIS MORNING AS SHE CRAB CRAWLED ALL OVER THE HOUSE AND ONLY STOPPED FOR BITES OF GRAMMY'S EGGS.

AS SOON AS WE ARRIVED LIZZIE WAS GONE FOR THE NIGHT SO WE HEADED BACK TO SEASIDE.

IT WAS ABOUT 9 PM LAST EVENING WHEN LIZZIE ASKED PAPA TO GO FOR A WALK..SO OFF WE WENT TO THE TOWN BEACH

A WEEKEND AT THE BEACH WITH LIZZIE

GRAMMY AND LIZZIE ALL SMILES UPON HER ARRIVAL AT SEASIDE TODAY AT 2;30 FOR HER WEEKEND ALONE WITH GRAMMY AND PAPA.

PAPA TRIED TO LEAVE ONCE WITHOUT LIZZIE AND THAT JUST DID NOT WORK AT ALL.

IT WAS A LITTLE COLD ON THE BEACH BUT PAPA COULD NOT KEEP LIZZIE AWAY SO HE DID WHAT HE ALWAYS DOES AND PUT HER WINTER HAT ON AND WE WERE GOOD TO GO.

LIZZIE KEPT ASKING PAPA TO BRING HER SHELLS ... IF THE REST OF PTMAAKEE WERE HERE WE WOULD HAVE PLENTY.

LIZZIE'S FIRST SAIL BOAT RIDE...PAPA IS STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO THE OWNER IS

SHE REALLY LIKED IT SO WE DECIDED THAT THE NEXT TIME SHE IS AT THE BEACH WE WILL GO OUT IN THE WATER...

PAPA REALLY THINKS LIZZIE LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER MEMBER OF PTMAAKEE...

CAN YOU GUESS WHO???????

LIZZIE IS THE QUEEN OF THE WALL AND SHE REALLY ENJOYED HER STAY ON THE THRONE.

JUST A SWEET SMILE...

NICE LOOKING HAIR......

NOW THE QUEEN EVEN HAS A MAGIC WAND!!!!!!

PAPA DECIDED TO TRY TO TAKE A SELF PORTRAIT AND LIZZIE WAS HAVING NONE OF IT..

JUST TAKING A REST ON OUR FAVORITE BENCH BY THE WATER....

AND OF COURSE OUR DAY AT THE BEACH WOULD NOT BE COMPLETE WITHOUT EATING A LITTLE SAND...

JULIA AND MOLLY AND ABBY ALL AT ONE SOCCER FIELD

MOLLY DEFENDING THE GOAL!!!!!!

MOLLY JUST ENJOYING HER TEAMMATES

AND SHE SCORES..............!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT WE REALLY DON'T KEEP SCORE......

LIZZIE ENJOYING THE GAME AND GRAMMY

REILYN PLAYING CARRIAGE SOCCER....ROB SAYS THIS IS THE LATEST SPORT...

ANNIE JUST CAN'T SEEM TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS SOCCER STUFF IS ACTUALLY FUN!!

WHO IS CAPTAIN OF THIS TEAM ANYWAY???

JULIA CUTS BETWEEN DEFENDERS AND HEADS FOR THE GOAL............

ABBY HEADING FOR THE GAME WINNING GOAL BUT DOES NOT WANT TO MESS UP HER HAIR..

REMEMBER LAST WEEKS POST WHERE ABBY SAW A TREE CHANGING COLOR AND STATED IT HAD HIGHLIGHTS........

AUNTIE BETH BECOMES A TEENAGER

I spent the evening going thru all the old pictures and finally came up with several from the same date as the "GUESS THE DATE POST "

AND THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN ON BETHS BIRTHDAY IN 1984...... AND BY THE WAY PAPA HAS MANY PHOTOS FROM LOTS OF BIRTHDAYS THAT SUMMER OF 1984 BUT ONE THAT I REALLY LIKE WILL BE APPEARING SOON.

GRAMMY AND PAPA LOVING ANOTHER MONDAY

Papa requires some sweeping each Mondat before we can plat any games!!

Papa is becomming very safety minded now all we have to do is get the right size for Annie!!

We had a very long walk today and Annie and Abby took turns riding in the wagon.

We saw this tree on our walk today and the first thing that popped out of Abby's mouth was that it looks like the tree had "HIGHLIGHTS" like someones hair she knows......

I cound not resist this picture as these two were deciding who looked better in the orange glasses...Papa thinks they are both the cutest in the world!!!

THE MOLLY AND ANNIE BIRTHDAY BASH

GRAMMY LOVING HAVING LIZZIE AT THE PARTY

ALL OF PTMAAKEE AND COUSINS AND FRIENDS AT THE MOLLY / ANNIE PARTY

THE BIRTHDAY GIRLS BLOWING OUT THEIR CANDLES.....

LIZZIE NOT QUITE SURE ABOUT THE SLIDE

AND THE WINNER IS ??????

I spent a few hours in the basement recently to try to figure out the actual date of the
"Guess The Date Post" but have not yet come up with the actual date so you will have to wait another day or so for the big winning date...trust me I will locate tha date soon.

THE FAB FIVE THIS MONDAY

Everyone got a turn on the magic carpet this week and we kept it inside so noone got sunburn

Abby just chilaxing before lunch and leaving for school.

Katie and Annie just want to push the twins around in the stroller so our walks are taking much more time now. Lizzie is just as happy as can be.....

Papa's newest game of ring toss.... It is a big hit with everyone except Grammy...She does not think we should be using the plunger for our stick!!!!

Guess the date contest winner....

We had an overwhelming responseto the "Guess The Date Post" and I must say a few of you were very close to the correct date, OR maybe even had the correct date! Unfortunately I posted the picture from my computor and had no idea of the actual date of the picture when i posted so you will have to wait until Monday for the final results.
Thanks to all of you who took the time to make a guess!!

GUESS THE DATE????

UNCLE IGGS KODAK MOMENT

We had a great couple of days with Uncle Igg as you can see in the post below. He came to the beach to relax a little and relax he did..We both took a long nap after a great paninni lunch by Eileen and our Kayak ride. Uncle Igg left late last night for his trip to Mexico(Tomorrow).
It is great to have him here with us and we are awaiting his return on the 13th.
Before he left last night he was looking through some of the pictures that I have on my computor and said that this one particular picture was truely beautiful and that we should submit it to KODAK.
I enclose the picture (ABOVE) that was taken here at the beach on Sept 4, 2009