Nick and Sophie July 2010

Sophie's mom, Lois, and stepfather, Barry, threw her and Nick a little party in Raleigh. It was so fun getting to meet her other sisters and spend some time with them.

(Pictured: Nick and Sophie, Pace and Sara Cooper, Lois Ostrow)

Thanks for having us join you and being so hospitable, Lois and Barry! We truly enjoyed ourselves!

Summer of Fun with Nick and Sophie

We went to visit with Nick and Sophie in July. Madden had so much fun climbing rocks, playing with Nick and Sophie and exploring the new land. He even picked fresh blackberries!

State Museum

Today we went to see the Pirates, Privateers and Bucaneers exhibit at the State Museum. It is really neat! The exhibit has replica pirate ships, scenes from pirate life, a computer to create your own pirate flag, a cannon to shot passing ships, many scrolls with pirate information and they were even showing pirate movies all day (while we were there The Princess Bride was own). Of course we enjoyed the rest of the museum as well. Madden really enjoys the SC habitat scenes, the scientific exploration area and ... well I love to take his picture any where I can! Madden practiced taking a few pictures...I hope you enjoy those as well.