Evelyn Claire, World Traveler

 We have had an extremely busy past month or so!  I feel like we've been gone more than we've been home (actually I think that's true!).  I'll try to keep the "talking" to a minimum and just show off pictures!

The first weekend in May, we went to Greenville for Carl's graduation from grad school.  He's now the proud recipient of a Master's Degree in Technology Systems.  (I think - there are so many different terminologies and they all mean about the same thing!  ;)

Carl waiting to "walk"

Daddy's girl

Our sweet little family

 The next day we headed to Myrtle Beach for a long weekend with my aunt & uncle and their kids.

Carl & Evelyn at the aquarium

Watching the fish

She loved all the fish!

Right on top of us!

Ice Cream on the pier

Checking out the ocean with Dad

Not so sure about those waves

She definitely preferred being carried in the water!

Playing in the sand was much more fun than avoiding waves

Messy Spaghetti Face!

Running around with Ethan and Emily - Evelyn thinks she's a big kid!

Hugs for Emily

Hugs for Ethan!

Silly kids

Playing around with Emily

Trucks at the Children's Museum

We got home from the beach on Tuesday night, then on Sunday we hit the road for a drive to Florida to board the Disney Magic for a 5 day cruise to the Bahamas!

Mickey & Minnie in front of a replica of the Disney Magic in the cruise terminal

Checking out the port

Playing in the splash pool

Playing with the big kids

She loved it!

Splash!

Playing on the balcony

Mmmm... pizza!

Dancing on tables already!

Watching the port go by as we head for the ocean!

It is impossible to take a family self-portrait with a 1 year old!

Meeting Belle on the first night of the cruise!

Fussy girl fell asleep on the way to the beach for the day!

Hey look, we found Goofy!

Enjoying an ice cream cone on the ship

Dad's girl checking out the air intakes

Pirate Night napkin hats - I'm a queen and Carl's Dumbo.  Evelyn's pirate hat lasted exactly 2.3 seconds!

Beautiful Sunset.  It was overcast the entire trip, so no pretty sun against the water sunsets, but this was the best one of the week!

Meeting Chip & Dale on Castaway Cay.  Evelyn actually really enjoyed them despite the stink face in this picture!

SOOOO excited to see Minnie Mouse!

Again, she loved Minnie, hated "Smile for the camera!"

Splash ground on Castaway Cay

Loved the splash ground!

Our ship docked at Castaway Cay

Trying to get a family picture with the ship, but my head got in the way!

Couldn't wait to see Mickey!

Family with Pirate Mickey

Playing with her friend Owen on the splash ground

Last night of the cruise - Family portrait with Minnie & Mickey.  Amazing how Evelyn has a stink face in this one, but the picture Disney took is great.  Luckily I splurged for that one and its on our living room wall.  :)

 We managed to stay home for almost 2 whole weeks before Evelyn and I (and Grandma Ann!) hopped on a plane to head to Ontario for a week!

Evelyn wasn't so sure about Great Grandpa, until he started playing his mouth organ!

Crackers and blocks - Great Grandma knows the way to Evelyn's heart!

Letting Grandpa play with her baby

Still not too sure about this guy, but I like his music!

Just watching Grandpa!

Helping Grandma sweep

Evelyn with Great Grandpa & Great Grandma Phillippi

4 Generations!

Bedtime with Emily

They had a donkey at the park!

And the ducks really liked Evelyn, even without food!

Pretty Peacock

Beautiful farmland - I could drive around looking at this all day!

Wide Open Spaces!

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Ethan wanted to be sure we got pictures before we left!

Maybe we should have turned off the TV!

Overall, we had a great time on all of our trips.  We enjoyed spending time with family, and also just spending time away with our little family.  But I am very glad to be home for a while!  :)