Avery's new friend Rory...

This post is long overdue...
Our good friends Beau and Sarah welcomed their baby boy, Rory Michael, on June 25th. I keep forgetting to bring my camera when we see him, so I had to steal these pictures from a slideshow Sarah sent out. We are so happy for them, and little Rory is very lucky to have such great parents!

Uncle Nick visits us again!

Avery's Uncle Nick came to visit this week. We had great weather, so we spent the evenings grilling out and playing in the backyard. Here are some shots from the past couple of days...

More birthday fun...

We went to a joint birthday party for all the kids in our playgroup this week. They were all born within a month or two of each other, so we decided 1 party was enough. The dads all came too, which was nice for Jon to get to meet some other parents of 1 year olds and see all the other babies.

Here's the collage that the host put together. Can you spot Avery??


Melissa, the host, outdid herself...

Here are all the dads and babies...

And our little princess, who didn't want to get her hands messy eating her cupcake...

New England Trip week 2

After our week in Maine at the family reunion, we spent another week in New England visiting family and friends. First we stopped in Rye, NH to see Jon's friend from high school, Julie. It was great to meet Julie's husband and 2 boys, Cole and AJ.

We stopped by the beach near Julie's on our way out of town. Avery loved finding rocks to show me....

After a wipeout in the sand...

A big wave snuck up on Avery and soaked her. It scared her for a minute, but at least it washed the sand off her face. And before we left she was back playing in the waves again - so she wasn't scared for long....

Next we went to visit Jon's dad in Rhode Island. Here's Jon by the lighthouse in Jamestown...

Here's Avery and Grandma Elaine...

Avery and Jon on a boat...


Grandpa "Captain Bob" drove the ferry over to Newport where we spent the day....

The fog was lifting as we went across the water. The bridge looked like it just disappeared...

Here's Avery and Jon on the docks in Newport...

This picture cracks me up....

Avery had so much fun running down this little hill...

And she was so proud of herself when she was still standing at the bottom...

Next we visited the town where Jon grew up. Jon's mom will be happy to know it is the town with America's oldest public library...

We went swimming in the pool where Jon used to splash around in his speedo on the swim team...

And we played basketball on the court Jon and his brothers used to practice on...

Avery shot some free throws...

After leaving Peterborough, we drove up to visit Jon's college friend Josh and his family at their campsite in NH. It was a really pretty spot on a great lake. We did get to do a little swimming before a huge storm rolled in. Over our whole 2 week trip, we really on had this one quick storm to deal with - the rest of the time the weather was beautiful!

Josh read to Avery and his daughter Annie...

We went for a hike around the lake. Here are the Drouin's: Josh and Jen with their kids, Annie, Jack, and Carter....

Our family picture by the lake...

The next day we drove down to Massachusetts and took the kids to see Plymouth Rock...

On our last day, Al and his girlfriend Fran came to visit and we all went into Boston to visit the aquarium and have lunch. Here's Al reading to Avery....

It was a great trip! We are going to miss everyone!

Family Reunion

We spent a week in Maine with Jon's family at the end of June/early July. We rented cabins on a beautiful lake in Maine. Jon's brother Rob lives nearby, and did a great job finding such a perfect place for all of our families to get together.


Avery got to meet her cousins for the first time! Here they are: Elena, Matthew, Sophie, Colony, Calvin, Avery, Jackson, Shannon, and Katie...


Here is Avery floating around in the lake with her dad....

Family picture on the dock...

Dinners were a big production with 30+ people. Avery's eating really well lately. She tried lots of new foods on the trip - and so far, no allergic reactions!!




Avery had fun playing in the water...

Here's Avery and Jon...

We had a birthday celebration for all the kids who have summer birthdays. Once again, Avery was amazed by the candle, and LOVED the frosting!

We took a trip to the ocean one day. Avery was a bit afraid of the waves this time...

...but the sand was yummy...

Cousin Sophie was by Avery's side the whole week. Avery was her "sponsibility" and no one else was allowed to get too close to Avery. It was adorable!

Here we are with Grandma Kathy...

Here is a picture of those of us who were still there on Friday....

Here are Kathy and her kids...

The Horne kids and grandkids...

The last sunset of the week...

Ok, i'm tired of uploading pictures today... This link should get you to our entire photo album so you can see the rest of the Family Reunion shots...

http://picasaweb.google.com/robertahorne1/FamilyReunion