Farewell, Li

The great Li Mu Bai, whom Greg found as a kitten and "gifted" to his folks when he started living on ships, has moved on to better places. His persnickety personality and tolerance for our girls' boisterous pats and Greg's baths AND his affinity for beer will be greatly missed….  

RIP, Li (2001-2013)

Happy 8th Birthday, Finn!

We love celebrating birthdays :)  

yummy!

Typical little sister!

Aloha y'all

… To sum up our great weekend by combining the languages of where we lie our heads :) We look forward to the next time...

A visit to the ducks

It seems the Peabody Hotel is a favorite place to take guests when they visit. We came to see the famous march of the ducks and were pleasantly surprised by the uncrowded, easy atmosphere compared to other visits. 

 On the Skyview level, where the ducks live when not in the lobby fountain

 Relaxing on the mezzanine

Pretending to use the house phones 

Quack Quack!

a Tea Party!

As soon as Cora learned that Caitlin was visiting, she asked if we could throw a tea party, so we did! We sent the boys to get burgers while we enjoyed finger sandwiches - cucumber, olive, salmon and PB&J, fruit and cream puffs and cookies

Everyone showed up with hats and gloves 

 Cora was a very attentive pourer of "kid tea" 

Louisa enjoyed teething on the silver teaspoon...

Downtown Collierville

After church today, we went downtown to the square to run off some donut-energy and enjoy the beautiful fall day.

Sunday donuts!

 At the gazebo (preparing for a Veteran's ceremony)

Feeding the fish

 A pretty fall picture of our front yard and pond

 The girls feeding the fish -- they took the job very seriously (and had to be coaxed back a few times as they almost fell in the pond!)