Birthday on the Road

So, Thais celebrated her 24th birthday while in San Francisco for the American Dental Association's annual meeting. While that might seem like kind of a bummer, the city is a great place to celebrate another year of life, and her co-workers went out of their way to make it special.


Me and Christine toasting over a Cosmo!



City lights.


From San Fran, Thais headed straight down to Orange County to spend some time with the California Carters. A delicious home-cooked meal (and yummy apple pie!) were a great birthday treat.

Jenny then scooped Thais up and whisked her away to Disneyland for a hyper-extended birthday celebration. Feeling somewhat akward about actually trying on princess dresses, the ladies settled for hats and other more age-appropriate merriment. :-)

What? The Carters fell into a black hole?

Not exactly. We have been absent from the blogosphere for almost a month due to travel, illness, and then the madness of trying to catch up on life after travel and illness. But now we're back...and, of course, we have pictures.

Hopefully, the posts above will provide a little insight into what's been keeping us so distracted.

Chiefs: One L-O-N-G Post!

Many of you have already heard about our whirlwind trip to Kansas City for the Chiefs-Vikings game. Here are some of the highlights!

Friday night...

Thanks to our TeamSmile backstage pass, Heath and I got to go to a dinner at the Arrowhead Club (at Arrowhead Stadium). In addition to a tour of the field, we got to meet several players (and cheerleaders), including Bobby Cippio, Boomer Grigsby, Eddie Drummond, and Dustin Colquit. On Saturday, Thais went to the TeamSmile event to interview the dentists and hygienists participating, and was able to sneak a pic and an autograph from starting quarterback Damon Huard.












On game day, we and the Browns met up with Dad and watched the Chiefs take down the Vikes despite Adrien Peterson's best efforts. Woo-hoo!

New Family Pic...

A Family Tradition

It's official: Mackensey is going to Georgetown!

After her official visit this weekend, Miss Carter has committed to joining the Hoyas this fall. Yeah! Needless to say, big brother is very excited. :-)

Congrats Mac!


Healy Hall

Georgetown Softball's #1 Pitcher

It's Official: Cutest Niece Ever!

Just a little gratuitous posting to brag on our beautiful niece, Maddie! Enjoy...

Vio's First Haircut!

Today we took Violet to Groomingdales for her very first grooming experience. It's been pretty hot in Chicago and her nails were getting pretty long, so we thought we'd trim her coat and her nails to get ready for fall. The cut itself was not that dramatic, but the amount they took off of her face had a pretty big impact. She's so blonde!

Check out the before:


And after:


(Heath and Violet both got haircuts today!)