First Day of School 2012

Sam is a junior, Ryan is a 9th grader, Ethan is in 7th grade, and Connor is in 1st grade.  They are growing up so fast.  (I'm kind of glad!)

Florida

 This one isn't Florida, of course, but I love how the house looked with the front porch lights on!

 Ryan eventually got this got to be deep enough to fit his whole body in.

 Just to prove I was on vacation too.

 Eric looking relaxed with a cool can of diet rootbeer.

 Our entryway to the beach.

 Pelican on the pier.

 What a good looking family!

 Wow.  The water is so much closer now!

 Ethan chillin'.

 He loves pop!

 Sam got a great tan.  I tried to get her to wear sunscreen.

 Eric, Connor, and Ryan can be seen in the distance.

 Funny kid.

 So much love.

 Good lookin'!

 Cuddled up in the 90 degree 80% heat.

 Finally got a picture of him out of a chair.

 Fun on the sand.

 "Look at my shell."

Last day on the beach.  I didn't want to leave!

Crazy kid pics

What a bunch of awesome kids we have. They all are so unique. We love them a lot and sometimes they drive us totally insane!!!

Moved into the new house (which we love!).

The Amazing Mousetrap Car

Sam had an assignment to make a car out of a mousetrap for her physics class this week. She and Eric had a wonderful bonding time making this car. All it took was the mousetrap, balloons, bic pens, eye hooks, string, hot glue, and patience (lots of patience).

I love this video!

Ethan is 12!

It is so hard to believe that my hefty 9 lb. 1 oz. newborn is now a skinny 74 lb. twelve year old. Ethan is such a fun, creative, cute boy. The whole family enjoys his presence and he makes us all a little happier.

Happy Birthday Ethan!!!

We love you.

Silly people!

The silly people who moved into our old house took down three trees in the backyard and all of the flowers in the front flower garden. It is hard to think of the bleeding heart, oriental poppy, and cranesbill geranium that were killed so silly people don't have to bend over and weed. Sillies!!!

Goodbye old house!

We moved out of our old house last week and into my parents' basement. We are building a new home and will hopefully be in the new house in 3-4 months.

We will miss our old house and we took lots of pictures. The only one I'm putting out here is the back yard in total shade. What great trees we had!