Costumes

Beauty and the Beast- and Michael Jackson?

Rawr!

Up close.... ever scarier- so cute!

Help me Michael is trying to Beat it!

The Beast trying to be scary.....

Happy Halloween!

Mom's Birthday = Water Fun

Yesterday was Mom's birthday and you know it isn't a birthday for Mom if it does not involve WATER! She wanted to go to the Gateway to play in the fountain with the Grand kids. We played, got wet- had a Hot Dog on a Stick and enjoyed celebrating with you Birthday Girl!

We all love you Mom- hope your birthday was all you wanted it to be....enjoy this year because next year is uh oh....50!

Getting into the fountains-
when we got there Mom had already beat us to them.

Cessna and Lancy!

A rare event- even aunt Lorie got in on the WET fun!

SOAKED!

Laying on the concrete to dry.

Grandma and Daytona

Grandma and two of her grand daughters.

Trying to catch the water...

Ring around the water!

Water enema anyone?

Here is a short video of the soaking process:

4th of July

We had a fun Independence Day this year. We went out to Heather's house to celebrate.
We played water games, had dinner and went to a concert and fireworks.

The concert was Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and it was Fantastic! We had so much fun dancing and singing the night away! The fireworks were awesome too, but Mom would have liked it better if they had music playing along with it like Sandy fireworks does. It's just never enough! LOL

Water Balloon toss...

Grandma and Cessna's friend Olivia.
Cessna and Grandpa.

At the concert with Cessna and Lance.

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band!

Dancing the night away!

Grandpa and Cessna

Grandpa, Cessna and Grandma.

Swinging to the music!

Lance, Grandpa, Cessna and Grandma.

Laying out on the grass ready for the fireworks!

Sprinklers under Tramp

Trying to find a fun way to stay cool on a HOT Sunday afternoon....Sprinklers under tramp BINGO!

Tramp + Water = FUN!

Father's Day

This year was a special one for our incredibly humble, well-deserving father. We are so grateful to have a man like him in our lives... and he truly did deserve what was coming!

Before opening the gifts, we sang the loved primary song, "I'm So Glad When Daddy Comes Home," which has been a tradition since I can remember. I think it gets more intense each year as we jump, rather than climb, upon his knee and smother him our arms around his neck, hugging him tight like this:

My dad has been seriously looking for another drum set - for himself this time - after years of not having one to play with. Considering his vocality on the matter, my mom decided that she would beat him to the punch. She spent a few hours shopping with TJ and Taylor last week, and they decided on a small jazz set that fit dad perfectly.

Below are some shots of him opening it.

Here he is, teary-eyed, before making his rounds and hugging everyone in the room.

Here is a video of the occasion:

Resembling a child on Christmas morning, he and the boys wasted no time in putting his toy together...

Each of the grandkids have a play set of their own (courtesy of Grandpa, of course), and here they are playing with the real thing. Being able to make more noise was appealing to them, or so it seemed...

We all sat back and enjoyed listening to our dad, loving the jazzy style he plays.

Happy Father's day, Dad. We love you more than you know.

Jumping in the Rain

Sunday it was stormy again- big surprise right? Grandma decided to take the kids out for a jump in the rain- can you tell they all REALLY enjoyed it?







Cessna and Lance really are blessed to have such a fun Grandma!

Mother's Day 2009

The good old Bear Park! Here are some pictures of our fun day:





























Happy Mother's Day Mom- thanks for being such a fun Mom and teaching us all that all that matters is spending time together and having fun while we do it!