Friday, August 29, 2008

Visiting the Carpenters

We headed up to Greenville, SC on August 22nd for the weekend to visit with our friends Cory & Courtney and their 2 kids. We had been looking forward to this visit for some time and had made plans to take some family portraits while we were together. We had such a great time. Addi, their daughter (who will be 4 in March) is just a bundle of energy and smiles. She kept us laughing and smiling the entire weekend. Gage, their latest addition who arrived in June, was just precious. He's such a laid back baby (which isn't surprising given his parents) and I just loved squeezing him as much as possible.

Saturday we had a pretty laid back day. I made my friend Jenn's waffles which were super yummy and then Court, Addi & I went for a walk. We all went out to Whole Foods for a yummy lunch, then split up and ran errands before meeting up back at home. We were grateful that Court's mom & step dad came over to watch the kiddos while we went to Oysters in downtown for a nice dinner. It was a beautiful night so we ate outside and really got enjoy ourselves.

Sunday we went to church then out to eat at Sassafras - a deli in downtown near Reedy River Falls Historic Park. Afterwards, we strolled around the park and I got to take a ton of pictures for my portfolio and of course their enjoyment. =) Addi is such a good sport and does so well when posed. Though my favorite ones, as with most kids, are the ones where they forget the camera is on them and their personalities really shine. Here are just a few of the many, many pictures I took while we were together.

Addi at Sassafras

Cory at Sassafras

David & Addi swinging in Reedy Park

The Carpenter Family

Cory & Gage

Cory & Courtney

Addi

Addi & Court with pink flowers in their hair

Sweet Gage, 8 weeks

Red & Court

This is a normal picture for David & Cory - I use the term loosely...

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