Charleston, SC

We had a great time in Charleston last month with Mike's parents. We learned something new about our girl, she loves the beach!

The Magnolia Plantation was so green and pretty.

Sadie couldn't get enough of the water.

Not again Daddy!

At the aquarium we enjoyed the otters,

the alligators,

and the fish.

We took a boat to Fort Sumter.

It was fun to walk along the water

and the famous Rainbow Row.

Missionaries

Papa and Grammie are missionaries! Three weeks ago they left for the MTC in Provo and one week ago they left for the Puerto Rico San Juan East Mission. So far they are doing great and loving every minute. We are so proud of them and we enjoy hearing about their adventure. Luckily, as senior missionaries, they don't have as strict of rules regarding Internet and cell phones. Sadie loves getting my phone out of my purse and saying "Papa phone". Many times we get a hold of him or at least get a returned call that same day.

It turned out great for us that Mike's graduation was the weekend before they left for the mission field. We got one last visit in!

We went to the Raleigh Temple.

We went strawberry picking.

We went to graduation.

We had a family night lesson about missionaries. The only missionary pictures we had were of young elders and sisters... so we had to settle for grandma and grandpa pictures. Sadie was a little confused about the fact the that senior missionaries in the pictures were not at all like her grandparent missionaries!

We got to sing while Grammie played the piano.

We are thankful for the time we had to spend together. We love you!

Graduation

It started 4 years ago with a supportive family

and amazing new friends.

After lots of hard work and fun...

with a loving family...

and wonderful (old) friends...

and new babies...

He did it! Congratulations to Mike!

March 18th

This past Thursday was a big, big day. Match day and my birthday! We were lucky to have Mike's mom, sister and our 2 favorite nieces here to help us celebrate both events!

We already knew that Mike would be doing his ophthalmology residency here at Wake Forest, and we were happy to find out that he will be doing his internal medicine internship at Moses Cone in Greensboro. This means no moving and no stress! The most exciting part of the day was finding out where all of our friends matched. Congrats everyone!

After all the excitement of the match, we somehow found energy to have a birthday celebration.

Carys informed me that a birthday party can not just involve cake. There must be a game or activity. Of course she was right, so I chose a dance party. I loved seeing these girls shake it! Thanks for a fun birthday!

Hike

It was nice out this weekend, so we decided to go for a hike. We went to Hanging Rock with Sumeet, Snow, Matt and baby Wilder.

Sadie's AZ Photoshoot

My very talented sister Rachel took some pictures of Miss Sadie Pearl. Since I haven't been good about updated my blog, I'll just send you to hers:

http://rachelbuttonphoto.blogspot.com/

My Valentine

Last week at play group Sadie decorated sugar cookies for the first time ever. She loved it, especially eating all the sprinkles off the cookies. Yum, yum!