Better late than never...

August 2009. Good times. My grandmother visited Charlotte. We took a weekend getaway to Atlanta. Best of all, we vacayed at our favorite spot on the Florida panhandle.

Leather Man -- that's what we nicknamed him. No exaggeration, we've spot him walking the beach every year since I was in elementary school! And yes, he is Caucasian.

This is what happens when Daddy tries to be like Leather Man. Eeeouch!

Caught red-handed reading (enjoying!) Martha Stewart Living.

Uncle Scott crafting his annual sand sculpture.

My sis, Paige.

Fright night

Long overdue pictures from Halloween. In case you can't tell, Mia was a burlesque ladybug and Sebastian a fierce night.

La fiesta

Mia's birthday wouldn't be complete without a trip to visit the crew of Ladder 31.

My talented friend Maizie made Mia's birthday hat. Isn't it cute!?

Hallelujah! I must have at least one creative bone in my body (probably one of my tiny phalanges), because I somehow managed to come up with these on my own.