End of summer...

My parents have started having an end of summer tiki party every year at Labor Day. This also happens to be around my mom's birthday, so it works out quite nicely. The girls and I headed to Cleveland for this occasion last weekend.
The tiki party was a lot of fun. The decorations were really cute, there was tons of food, and we got to see a lot of people we don't see too often. There were tons of people to hold Kate, and Annie loved running around with all her cousins and staying up way past bedtime.

Annie and Liam were little buddies. They had an awesome conversation just after I took this picture that went something like this:

L: I can touch these flowers because I'm taller.

A: (silence, but she looked pretty impressed.)

L: You can stand on the chair and try, too,

A: OK.

L: How old are you?

A: Two. (and holds up fingers to show him.)

L: I'm four. (Holds out fingers to show her, and counts for her.)

Liam sort of lost Annie at this point, but he did make a nice effort at explaining how four was more than two. :)

Annie, Emma, and Uncle Owen. Owen requested that the girls call him "Uncle Owen" rather than just plain old Owen. And so Annie did.

Annie, Papa, Emma and Kate.


The Smith grandkids and great grandkids with Papa and Aunt Ruthie.

So, that's Kerri holding Kate, Matt, Brian, Emma, Jackie holding Annie, Maggie holding Megan, Owen and Liam.