and is taking ballet, playing soccer, and loving books and art.
Astrid is crawling around, exploring the world, and eating everything she can get her teeth into.
We just returned from a beach trip to Keawah Island, SC with Griff, Claire, and Emily. There were tidal pools with hermit crabs and fish, we found live horseshoe crabs, and we played in the ocean and swam in the pool. It was great!
This summer we spent a lot of time outside hiking in the Appalachian mountains,
playing in the yard, preparing a new garden bed, and exploring nature,
building a chicken coop,
swimming and playing in the local lakes, rivers, and streams, and riding our bikes (the kids ride in our new Burley D'Lite bike trailer!).
Laura's best childhood friend, Catherine, invited us to be in her wedding in Laura's hometown of Eufaula, Alabama. When we were there Ramona got to play on the same playground where Laura and her sister used to play.
We are all excited to be entering Autumn with it's gray misty mornings and crunchy fragrant leaves. There is the excitement of new projects to be completed in the cooler, darker time of year. Andrew will be planning and researching his bird breeding project to be done in the spring and Laura is trying to start a volunteer doula program for indigent pregnant women and hoping to apply to Nurse Midwifery school. Momo is excited to drink much hot cocoa, read Charlie and Lola, dance to Billy Jonas, and draw hearts, flowers, and mad faces. Astrid will be tumbling about laughing in her attempts to walk and talk and keep up with her big sister. Please stay in touch and let us know what is happening in your lives, too! We wish you all much love.
