Tuesday, June 23

fun in florida

we went to florida this past week to celebrate father's day with my dad. we had a great, relaxing vacation and the weather was perfect.

we drove to the keys one day and had lunch at a restaurant where there were giant tarpon coming in and out of the lagoon area. we even saw a nurse shark. on the beach at the keys (in islamorada) the water was a soothing 97 degrees. colin tolerated it, but said he felt like he took a 4 hour bath that day.

uncle rex and aunt candilicious came for a day and played with us on the beach. dad took us out to a really nice restaurant for dinner for father's day (happy father's day to us)!


this is paw paw's custom spa treatment, courtesy of the girls.


a family tradition...digging holes in the beach. jackson loved it and it contained him wonderfully!

we also went snorkeling, played coconut football, swam in the pool and created ocean habitats. we saw a seahorse, tarpon, a shark, a flounder, crabs, shrimp and pencil fish all in their natural habitat. thanks paw paw for a great time!

Saturday, June 13

so long soccer...



the girls had their final soccer game of the season today. they both played terrific. mackenz scored 2 goals and reese scored 1! later we went to rosa with the rothenbergers and the mccolloughs, then to some water slides, reagan's game, and finished with a bike ride to french lake. here are some pics from the day.

Sunday, May 24

happy birthday mackenzie!

mackenzie had her birthday party on friday night. she and some friends went to the movies to see night at the museum 2, played games, made friendship bracelets and slept out on the trampoline. they stayed up until 2 and then woke up at 6:30am! UGH!

today we had our church picnic. jackson was so tired that he fell asleep sitting up while colin was carrying him around.

it was beautiful when we came back home so we decided to go for a bike ride in the neighborhood. our ride ended in rain pouring down on us. the weekend was crazy and my sweet ten year old ended up passing out on the couch at 7:30 pm on her birthday. good times!

Wednesday, May 13

family pic


our latest family portrait. thanks to pat for capturing who we really are. i think he still has openings.