bye bye grandma & grandpa

With every hello unfortunately comes a good bye and it came all too soon. Grandma Sherri and Grandpa George flew home this past Friday and as always I - and now Kate - miss them already.  Kate became fast friends with Grandma and even faster friends with Grandpa this trip and it was the hardest good bye yet. Kate was so smitten with Grandpa George I hated seeing her lose her friend. We had a great visit and the weather turned for the better and were able to get out and explore a bit. Highlights:

Elliott's first visit to the ocean and the beach that I'm sure will bring countless good times to the babies. That's Kate in the back before she decided to go for one last swim for the season.

Grandma and Kate snuggles.

Kate with Grandpa George aka her Elephant whom she willingly allowed carry her for miles when we visited Hopewell Rocks.

In other news I thought I would share a couple photos of our hikers who somewhat safely made it home from their adventure. Not sure if they loved their 50 km hike, as I heard mention that convicts should be forced to do it. They faced and overcame becoming lost on km 9, a day and night of steady downpour, steep inclines and harder declines and oh they tried to outrun the tides coming in and nearly lost as the waves crashed them against sheer rock. I hate to think that 4 beautiful babies could have fast lost their Papas to the ocean. Well at least it made for good stories. 

Uncle Paul - look closely as he is actually soaked up to his neck due to the previously mentioned tidal meeting. Also note only one hiking pole made it.

Papa looking tough but not overly thrilled.

Happy Autumn to all and a huge congratulations to my friend Diane who gave birth last week to a healthy and beautiful second son Misha! All the best Jaegers as you get used to your new family. xox aj