Goodbye 2011!!!
Today we went on a family hike at Umstead. The weather was awesome so we took full advantage of it. It was a great way to say goodbye to 2011. It has been a tough year and I'm very happy to have made it through. The boys have been a wonderful joy and have changed so much this past year. They are so much fun and we never know what will happen next.
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Eli has been practicing writing everyone's names. He's getting really good at it.
Mommy & Cole
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Eli loves being outside and in the woods
One boy.....
Two boys!
Good balance - I wouldn't let him cross over the creek though!
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Future trail runner
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This was so cute. Cole didn't want to walk so Eli took him by the hand and they started looking for trail markers and info signs.
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I love family outside time.
Eli, the Concorde. Tim showed Eli the Concorde at the airport so now Eli cannot stop talking about it / asking questions / pretending to be the Concorde.