Summer in GA - Part 4 - More family fun!

We are back in PA now, but I still have lots of GA pictures to post!

During our 2nd weekend in GA, we got together with more family members and celebrated my cousin's 21st birthday.

We were very happy that on this incredibly hot Saturday in Atlanta we got to go swimming!

This was Chiara's first time in a pool and she really enjoyed it!

It was also Elena's first time in the pool and she thought it was very relaxing. A little longer and I think she would've fallen asleep!

Cati really loved using a ball they had as a flotation device :)

Here are the girls with the Birthday Girl! We realize that she and Cati look A LOT alike!!

Elena even cooperated for a photo...unfortunately, Chiara did not :)

It was a super-fun day!!! We hope you had a wonderful birthday, Heather, and we really enjoyed getting to spend some time with all of you!

Summer in GA - Part 3 - The Tellus Science Museum

My parents were able to take a couple of days off from work during our 2nd week in GA, and one day we went to the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville.

This was a wonderful museum! First of all, it was only a 45 minute drive for us. It's nice not to have to drive all the way to Atlanta.

This is a new museum. Everything was in such nice condition. The exhibit areas were wide open. They have 3 main exhibits and a planetarium.

My little astronauts :)

The kids' favorite things at the museum were panning for gems, which you get to keep...

..."digging" for fossils (you get to keep one of your choice)...

... and the interactive area!

There was so much at the museum that we didn't have time to see everything before leaving for a late lunch at the Cracker Barrel :)

For anyone who lives around here, I HIGHLY recommend going to this museum!!!

Summer in GA - Part 2 - Weekend with family

The first weekend we were in GA, Uncle Robert and Aunt Jessica visited.

Uncle Rob and his only nephew...

Aunt Jess and the girls :)

Chiara and Pipa...

Grandma and Chiara...

Grandma and Elena...

Celebrating Aunt Ginny's birthday....

Elena playing with her Great-Grandmother, affectionately known as "Ma" :)

Summer in GA - Part 1 - The Fernbank Museum

We're spending a few weeks in GA visiting my family. We've already been here for 2 weeks, so I'm behind on posting the many pictures we've taken!

Part 1 - The Fernbank Museum

It's been great that my parents have been able to take a couple days off from work each week that we're here. The first week, we all went to the Fernbank Science Museum and Planetarium in Atlanta.


Here is Elena. She's been walking pretty well -she still crawls occassionally. Here she is wearing shoes for the first time!

The kids with Grandma and Pipa looking at an exhibit.

The kids were pretty impressed with the Apollo capsule.