Let summer begin!!!

We have had a great start to the summer! These pictures are a bit out of order....I was having trouble with the upload...sorry!

It has been warm lately and I have had a great time watching the kids play in the pools in our backyard!
This weekend was great with Dave home! We started with a local circus with Simon and his family (Marc, Lisa and Talia), went to the shore for the day and then had a great pool day at home!

Elizabeth's first day in the pool!

And of course some fun in the pantry!

The circus....look at the motorcycle way up high...and of course the high balance acts

A clown gave Kyle and Simon a special sticker...only the clown could make it squeak

First experience with cotton candy! Neither of the boys liked it much...don't worry, we didn't let it go to waste!

And Elizabeth's first day at the beach!

She LOVED it!~ We drove down and I had Kyle all ready in his bathing suit and sunscreen....he was so excited we didn't even change Elizabeth....we didn't think she would like it this much....it would have been much better with a swimmy diaper and bathing suit.....still learning!

And she is off!!!! She is now pushing this toy around....walking coming any day now!

Lisa and Simon at the circus

And what would a day be without a little baseball?

Picnic after cleaning off the beach sand

Mark and Megan at the shore

Elizabeth did not want to take a nap in the house after the beach....guess the stroller was just fine

Kyle just cooling off with a good ol' Elmo book

CANNON BALL!!!!

Snack time!

Go FLYERS!!!!!

Pictures from our cruise!!!!

There were way too many pictures to directly upload to the blog. We had a great time! Thank you so much to Papa and Grandma Carol for taking such good care of the kids for us. We are very thankful that you are willing and able to help us go on a vacation! Enjoy the pictures. I took a bunch of scenery pics of the ship for my dad who has never been on a cruise, but wants to go....also, I took a few cheesy pics of my feet in different places! We went down to FLL one day earl and stayed with Matt and Amie and had a great dinner out! Then we spent the cruise with Lacey and Adam. The cruise stopped in Puerto Rico (we did a zip line tour in the "jungle"), St. Thomas (spent the day at Magan's Bay) and St. Marteen (beach day with bananna boat ride). It was a week to remember!!!! We were so glad to get back to the kids, though.
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More fun days

We took the kids to the local fair for a few hours this afternoon. Kyle and Daddy went on the spinning bears.
Then, Kyle and I got to go on the big ferris wheel! He loved it! He caught a lot of clouds! So cute and priceless to see him having so much fun.
Now that I am a parent though, I see how poorly constructed these rides are...our kids will NOT be allowed to go on some of them in the future! Mom, now I see what you meant when we were kids! Thanks for keeping us safe!

At the bottom of the great big slide

Little Mr. Baseball pitcher!

Helping Mr. Rezer in the yard

No words needed for these next few!

Exercise on the ball???? Nah, just fun with Daddy!

Peek a boo!

By the way, Elizabeth had her 1 year check up....she is a big 18lbs!!!! (10%)