Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Q and Z visit Pennsylvania

The Stevenson/Riedlinger clan made a successful trek north to visit family in Pennsylvania. Zoe followed her big brother's lead, and they both traveled well on the plane.

We were able to visit with many different relatives:

Great-Grandma Mammy

Cousin Jillian represented her generation of the Care crew.

Great-Uncle Stan, showing he has the skills to be a granddad, too.

Mossil (Jared's Mom), the proud grandmother of her first female descendant.

Paging Dr. Stevenson!

Zoe getting held by her great-grandmother, Mom-Mom.

Q sharing his snacks with his great grandparents.

Pop, sharing his fruit with Q.

Fossil, hanging with his granddaughter. Zoe loved his attention.

Singing the hammock song, on the hammock

The Stevenson girls

Q creating with Play-Doh.

Making puzzles, a newer passion for Q
He is extremely proficient at the 48 piece ones, and we are ready for the next challenge. It won't be long until he and his mom are tackling giant puzzles together.

Watching Eric Herman videos on YouTube
(The Elephant Song and Blackbeard, Bluebeard and Redbeard - A Pirate Story-- those are almost as good as The Duck Song-- almost.)
Not sure who likes them more.

Uncle Jason (and Aunt Elena in the background) spending some quality time with Zoe.

Pops (Jared's Dad) reading Q's new book from Minnesota (Thanks Aunt Meg!).

Mossil and the swing
All three of them would spend the night there if they didn't think they would be eaten alive by mosquitoes.


Then we returned to Dallas. We were able to visit with Katharine's parents a bit before and after our time in PA.
Grandpa Roy, trying not to be chewed on by Zoe, who is known to put anything within reach in her mouth.

We don't have photos of everyone we saw. Notably missing are Katharine's Aunt Meg, who was able to stop by and see us, and Q's Auntie Kie, who is always full of excitement and fun. I'm sure there are pics of Grandma MJ, too, but most likely on her camera.
It was wonderful to see everyone, and now we're gearing up for our first school year with two small ones. There's never a dull moment!

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