Shannon & Phil's Wedding

Finally, I have the wedding pictures! There is quite a few from all the different festivities, so I put them all on one post rather than splitting them up into several different ones.

Miss Lily looking awfully excited at our "spa day" with the bride, bridesmaids & mothers of the bride & groom.

Getting pampered
Too cute toes!
Lily with Shannon & Mommy
Lily & her Grammy

Lily & Alyssa

Rehearsal Dinner at the Wayside Inn

Lily had lots of fun taking a tour of the Wayside Inn with Peggy & the ring bearers. She then took a bunch of the other guests on "tours" as well.

Wedding Day!
Here we come!

Lily getting out of the limo

Walking down the aisle - she paused halfway down the aisle to pose for a picture for Grammy...

Congrats Mr & Mrs Colleton!

Alyssa, Lily & I after the ceremony

Lily & Shannon at the gristmill

The girls

Wedding party

Prettiest flower girl ever :o)

(I'm not biased at all)

Lily posing with the handsome ring bearers, Dillon & David

Family pic at the gristmill

Lily & Uncle Doug

David, Lily & Dillon being announced at the reception

Papa, Grammy, Phil, Shannon & Lily

Lily was the dancing queen of the evening! She started dancing as soon as the music started & did not stop until 11:30 that night!! Grammy was going to take Lily home when she started getting tired, but she was on the dance floor non-stop! She preferred dancing with Shannon, Phil, Spencer or Alyssa, but if they were not dancing, she would dance with anyone who would dance with her. She had lots of fun & was entertainment for lots of the guests. :o)
The Dancing Divas

Charming the boys...

What happens to a dancing queen if she dances past her bedtime:

New England Aquarium

Grammy took us on a fun trip to the New England Aquarium & to Faneuil Hall in Boston while we were visiting. Lily with the sea lions in front of the aquarium

Penguins!

Our fantastic attire for the 3-D show about the 'Deep Sea'

Lily loved being able to touch all the 'sea creatures' (as she said). There were hermit crabs, starfish, stingrays & snails.

After the aquarium we went to Faneuil Hall for a late lunch, where they had the best clam chowder ever. Then we walked around all the shops & vendors, where Lily insisted on getting a bright pink Boston sweatshirt. Of course Mom had to get one to match. :o)

What a great day!!

Tougas Farm

One of our favorite fall activities is picking our own pumpkins from the pumpkin patch. Since pumpkin patches aren't very easy to find in VA, we went while we were in MA.

Which one to pick??

This is actually Lily wearing pants, for those of you who might have questioned...it wasn't easy, but I think we're slowly convincing her that girls do wear pants sometimes. She still complained about it the whole day & asked to change as soon as we got home, but it's progress... :o)

Papa, Lily & Grammy with...a pumpkin tree??? hmmm...

Lily & our prized pumpkins

They had a petting zoo at the farm & a play area where Lily spent lots of time.

She loved swinging on the ropes

We also found out that raspberries were still in season, so we picked some of those as well. Lily was the perfect raspberry picker, since she is still small enough to be able to look up under the bushes & find the ripest, juiciest ones.


Our day wouldn't have been complete without Lily's cider donut:

Honey Pot Farm

We went apple picking at Honey Pot while we were visiting Grammy & Papa. Lily was a little afraid of going up the ladder to pick the apples high up in the trees, so she had Daddy climb way up there & hand them down to her...

She figured out a way to pick her own apples...still without climbing the ladder!"Here, Mom"

Finally getting the courage to climb the ladder with Mom. After this, all she wanted to do was climb the ladder & afterwards told us climbing the ladder was her favorite part!

They have a farm animal area at Honey Pot too. Here is Lily with 2 of the 3 little pigs:

Lily with the 3 little pigs houses.

Lily fed the goat that is standing at the top of the bridge.

Sending the cup of food up to the goats with the pulley.