Sunday, July 31, 2011

Weekend with Friends & Family

Filson & Vada playing at the creek that runs behind the Cunningham's house. Anna Leigh & I spent many hours playing at the creek behind her parent's house growing up, so it's neat that Vada & Isla will now have their own creek where they can go exploring.
Ian giving Baby Doll a liftLooks like trouble!
Anna Leigh & Isla
She is always so happy & has the cutest expressions
Never a dull moment with this crew ; )
Vada (3), Isla (6mth), Filson (4), Grant (4mth), Ian (2)
Ian & Grant snuggling at the motel Friday morning
On Thursday, we spent the day in Raleigh with Anna Leigh & the girls. It was a lot of fun to see them & watch the kids play together. We stayed at a hotel with John, who was working in the area, but Filson had a sleepover with Vada. It sounds like they were so worn out that they both crashed pretty easily, but it was extremely nice of Patrick & Anna Leigh to take on a 3rd child for the night!! She brought the kids to the hotel Friday morning & we took them swimming before heading back to Wilmington.
The Clark's came in from Greensboro Friday night to spend the weekend with us. It was so nice to see them & watch the boys get to play with their cousins. Holden & Reece are so good to the little guys! We took the boat out Saturday afternoon & ate dinner at Wrightsville Beach in the evening. This morning the boys played a little bit in the hot & steamy weather before they had to take off for home. We had a great visit & are so happy they came to see us!
It's been a fun couple of days for the Gaddum boys!
Reece (7), Holden (9) & Filson
Ian, Holden & Filson working on the beach
This horseshoe crab was in our beach area on Saturday.
The boys on the boat
Our dinner crew at the Oceanic
We had quite a view with beautiful blue water behind us

3 comments:

littlefamily said...

looks like a great time in Raleigh. The group shot is great!! How fun for Filson to have a sleep over with V! I have never seen a horseshoe crab before. You had another action packed weekend!

Angie Shay said...

So great that you were all together! The picture of all of the kids is very cute!!

Nana said...

Man, you guys are on the GO all the time!!! Glad that Filson had a sleep over with V! Looks like they had fun at the creek, love Ian's dirty knees!! Great for the boys to spend time with their cousins! The horseshoe crab is HUGE!