Vacation - Part 1

I cant believe we have been here for 3 days already. The last two days have been beautiful and very relaxing. We went to the pool for a short time but the water was cold. The kids are getting all kinds of exercise. The 4th child in our pictures is Hanna. She came along for the trip and has been a big help with the kids. It has rained on and off today but we spent part of the day at the mall and then wondered for a while. Dinner is about done so I will have to get to it but I will update again later.

A day at the zoo!

We spent Father's day at the John Ball Zoo with the kids and some dear friends. It was a little hot but we found all the shade we could. The kids had a lot of fun and they all got new hats to help keep the sun out of there eyes. We are all pretty tired and a little hot but it was some awesome family time. We will be on vacation in 5 days (our first family vacation--besides long weekends) and we are going to enjoy 9 days of rest, swimming, walking and just hanging out. I will be sure to post pictures during the vacation--unless I'm too lazy--haha!!! Hope you are all enjoying your summer as much as we are.

As you can see Matthew is taking a cat nap. I was jealous!!

Sally and James enjoying the petting farm.

Matthew now prefers to walk and not ride. He is getting very independent.

The kids on there camel ride!

These bears were very funny!! They were playing in a tub of water and they were so cute. James wanted to bring them home.

Just chillin!!

Daddy and Matthew watching the fish!!

Isn't he cute!!

" Sunglasses make me look cool Mom".....Sally's words!!

Wedding Fun

My sister got married this weekend and everyone had a lot of fun. Sally was the flower girl and she was so cute and did an awesome job. I have shared some pictures with you on the wonderful day everyone had.
Congrats Steve and Michele---we love you both very much!!!James and Sally dancing the night away!!

Michele, Sally and Julie.

Here they are again burning up the dance floor!!

Before

Cute Siblings

They do like each other sometimes!!

Beautiful Bride

After

Sprinkler Fun!!

I know what you are going to think when you look at the pictures below!! When has a been warm enough to play in a sprinkler. Well after being asked a 100 times in an hour "Can we go play in the sprinkler PLEASE" I didn't care what the temperature was outside as long as they stopped asking me. So Sunday I let them go have some fun. Matthew was not impressed at all but the other two had a ton of fun. They were only out there about 30 minutes before it started to rain and get windy but they were finally satisfied. Drying off before it started to rain!!

Daddy was waiting for them to get close to it and then he turned it on. They fell for this trick about 10 times. Silly kids!!

Matthew observing!!

Loving every moment!!!!

Now I hear "when can we get the slip-n-slide out". I wish the warmer weather would get here soon.

James is 5!!!

James turned 5 on May 30th. He had a wonderful party and perfect weather. Below are a few pictures so you can see the fun. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. We hope too.