We went to Manahawkin to Uncle Paul and Aunt Debbie's house for the first (annual?) Hoover - Gerding Reunion. We had family from PA, NJ, DE, FL, Malaysia attend. It was good to see people I haven't seen in a long, long (read decades) time. After the reunion, we went down the shore and had a good time on the beach - need to do more of that. Now, while we had been on a beach before with Maddie, this time, she was afraid of the waves for some reason, she liked looking at them but didn't want to go near them, which is just fine by me - I'll keep her at the bathing beach on the bay longer rather than having her out in the ocean! But she did love the sand and splashing in the little blow up pool that we put water in so she could splash along with her cousins.
I love this picture, Maddie looking out to the ocean...
Evening fun on the beach - Maddie was giggling at her cousins, Molly and Cole.
Maddie and Pop Pop walking away from those "scary" waves!Some pictures from our last visit with Nana. Maddie and Nana played while Mommy and Daddy enjoyed an afternoon out at the movies! The Transformers movie was great by the way!
Maddie's heart-melting smile - getting ready to be tickled!
Maddie at Nana's house reading - boy does she LOVE to read! She's actually making up her own stories and tells them to us. The other day, she said that Shrek ate her toes and then she rode on a pony. The pony was brown and it went up and down (carosel)...and it went on and on! I love the fact that she has a great imagination!The beginning of the month we attended our Adoption Agency's First Mid Atlantic Reunion in Virginia. We went for the weekend and had a good time. It was basically a picnic style reunion at a state park with crafts, games, moon bounces, with the traditional burgers and franks, a puppet show, and a lion dance! We met another family that had adopted their little girl from the same SWI as Maddie which was nice, and we met a wonderful family from North Carolina (Hiya Kim, Chris and Hannah!) We had a lovely lunch with them and then later we all frolicked in the swimming pool back at the hotel. It's too bad they live so far away from us, Maddie enjoyed playing with Hannah! I was also reprimanded for not having enough Mommy pictures on the blog (I promise to work on that - which means Daddy is going to have to take some pictures)
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Oh, my goodness! Maddie is looking so very grown up in some of those pictures! Don't you wish some days that you could just stop time so that they didn't grow up so fast? Maddie's hair is getting so long and beautiful, too. Looks like you guys have been having lots of fun. I hope Ron gets your computer fixed soon - I miss the regular updates :)
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