Long time, no post

We have had a month of upheaval.  Good upheaval, but upheaval nonetheless.  

As some of you may know, I started a new job this month in Rochester Hills, Michigan with a solar development start-up.  We sold our house in Tennessee, moved into NanaB and GrandDad's basement, and are waiting to move into our new house in Oakland Township.  We have also attended our third Camp NanaB.

Here are some pictures of the excitement . . .

Moving out of our beloved little brick house in  Franklin.

Now, we live in the old Charter Township of Oakland.

Our neighborhood is Oakland Farm.

Here's our new house.  We closed on it last week, and hope to move in at the end of next week.

We can't wait to play in the backyard.  You can see a barn from the Fogler farm behind it.

More pictures of Camp NanaB will be forthcoming.  Here is a shot from a failed four cousins photo shoot.

Charlotte demonstrating her newly-learned WWF moves on poor Peter.

Tennessee Aquarium

Yesterday, Niki, Charlotte, Peter, and I fired up BRV and headed to Chattanooga for the day.  We visited the Tennessee Aquarium, had lunch at Mellow Mushroom, and then drove up Lookout Mountain.

Peter wore his blowfish shirt, and saddled right up to the shark/ray petting pool.

It took a bunch of tries, but Peter finally touched a ray.

Charlotte was not up for touching sharks or rays, but in the next room, she got to touch a butterfly.

Niki got to hold this little guy for a while.

Truth be told, aquariums are not ideal places to take pictures - the exhibit halls are typically dark, and the flash reflects off all the glass.  So, we did not take a ton of pictures, and even less turned out okay.  Here are a couple that turned out okay . . .

Walking through the "cove" exhibit.

Checking out the otters.

At the end of the day, both Charlotte and Peter got to pet a lake sturgeon.

Charlotte and PhotoBooth

Here are some of Charlotte's jems taken on PhotoBooth.  Yes, these are a lot of photos, but trust me, we are only scratching the surface here.  All of the photo effects and timing of triggering the shutter are Charlotte's doing.

A few days alter, Peter got into the act.  Again - these are Charlotte and Peter's creations.

At this point, I decided that things were getting a little wild around our Macbook, so I shut it down.