Pictures and updates

Trip through the Smokies and weekend at Mimi and Pop's while Mommy and Daddy celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in Highlands, NC.

On our way through the Great Smokey Mts. National Park we stopped for a little hike- she did really well and very much enjoyed the woods!

Mimi got Ella Kate a bike to keep at their house and she couldn't wait to try and ride it! Mimi pushed her up and down the driveway several times-- I see this as a reoccurring event!

Later EK got to ride her first John Deere with Pops. She really loved steering it and pushing all the buttons-- good thing the blades weren't running!

Ella Kate's baptism was earlier this summer, in July, and here are some pictures of her big day. Our minister at St. Mark's, Rev. Dave Greybeal, performed a lovely ceremony, and as he promised, he is a "Baby Whisperer." We were worried about Ella Kate squirming around, but she was pretty good, especially when Rev. Greybeal was holding her. He gave us a new adjective for her energetic personality-- "spirited!" I like it!