May 2015

Those pictures that don't have a home in any other May posts...

A real champ on her bike these days (May 2)

 Visit to the zoo (May 3)

 Any chance she gets, she tries on Mommy's fancy shoes! (May 4)

 Wearing Miss Allie's sunglasses at the park (May 6)

 Just love these pics! (May 6)

 Working out with Mommy (May 8)

 Playing at the little park (May 11)

 Looking pretty for church (May 17)

Aunt Julie came for a visit right before Mommy went on an international trip- playing in the pool (May 25)

 Falling asleep with Daddy after Mommy is at work (

House-hunting visit

In May, we went to Philly for a house-hunting visit, and stayed with the Rozelles.  We mixed in a little fun with business.

Jovie got to try out Annie's scooter

And, we got to see Molly head off to prom!

She looks beautiful, Jovie looks unimpressed

The Rozelles were very gracious to watch Jovie for us for many of the house visits.  So, while Mommy and Daddy were driving around South Jersey, Jovie had some fun time with Auntie Tiff at Chic-fil-a and Johnson's farm.

 On the way home, she sacked out!

Such a good dog

In May, Howie started taking a really bad turn and went downhill quickly.  We had to make the really hard decision to put him down.  These are photos from the last night at our house.

Mike and I have had him for 9 1/2 years.  We'll miss you, Howie!

Mother's Day 2015

Mom and Dad were in town watching Jovie during our Shenandoah trip, so we spent Mother's Day with them.

Jovie couldn't wait to give Grandma Susie her Mother's Day present!

 I love being a Mama to this little girl!

 Three generations

 After going out to eat, we went to Bellehaven and enjoyed playing in the park a bit.

 Throwing in rocks

 This picture cracks me up!

One last Shenandoah trip

Mom and Dad came for Mother's Day weekend, so Mike and I went to spend a night in Shenandoah. We figured that with me being pregnant (yup!) and us moving to Philly in a couple months, this might be our last chance to do some real hiking in Shenandoah- at least for a long time.

We drove Saturday to the middle of the park.  We started by hiking the Hightop Mountain trail, a 3.6 mile lariat trail.  It was warm, but nice.

Saw lots of spring wildflowers along the trail

Stopping to cool off a bit in the stream

The overlook

In the evening, we hiked the easy but lovely Limberlost Trail.  It's known for it's wildlife, and we were hoping for bears (we think we heard/saw one way in the distance, but there was no way to be sure.)  We did see deer!

Then we checked into our room at the lodge at Skyland.  The view from our back porch.

Our room

The sunset from the restaurant at Skyland

View from our back porch the next morning

I loved Bearfence Mountain Trail so much this past fall that I wanted to make sure Mike got a chance to experience it.

Panoramic views from Bearfence Mountain

Views from the overlooks along the drive as we headed south.  This was our only time hiking in the south district, so we saw a few overlooks that we've never seen before.

Our last trail was the Doyle's River Falls Trail, a 3.3 mile out and back trail.

 There were upper and lower falls

 Check out how big these falls are compared to me!

I am really glad we got a chance to spend some good time in Shenandoah before moving.