Disney 2010

A few weeks ago, we took the kids down to Orlando. We are very lucky to have Eric's mom there who will watch the twins and coordinate free Disney tickets for us. We were hoping that this year Ethan would be braver about going on some of the rides, but we still had to talk him into a lot of them.

That's him under those Mickey ears.

He loved the race track. We should have just gone on this all day.

Here he is trying to golf the Epcot "golf ball"

Ethan's 4th Birthday

Ethan's birthday was in August. We went to "Pump it Up" with some friends, made balloon animals and a lion cake. And had a party when Daddy got home. It was a fun day!

Happy Birthday Ethan!

Lots of fun loud toys!
His much loved lion cake


(We like to run the kids around the house in circles. It helps get some of the energy out.)
Ethan got this awesome shirt from my dad. It has Ethan's favorite knock knock joke on it.
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Interrupting Cow
Interrupting Co...
MOO!

Ethan's first bike

Eric showing us how it's done

What we've been up to

When kids dress themselves:

When kids are left alone for 5 minutes:

When kids finally play nice:
(this is a rare one)

Summer Vacation

Last month we got together with most of Eric's family at Palm Coast. We stayed for a few days of swimming and playing in the sand. I have no pictures of this, but here are some shots from our hotel rooms.

Ethan with his cousins
Ethan , Austin, Rexford, Ian

Ava, ready to get in her swimsuit. For the 3rd time that day.

And here's Zach. Running away from something...

We had a great time, Hopefully we can do it again soon.

We love when cousins come to play!

My sister's family drove down from Chicago to play with us for a week. We had so much fun!

We went to the zoo,

the Bounce House (always a hit),

the backyard,

the beach,

and of course Publix.

Thanks for coming guys! And thanks for these pictures. They were mostly all taken by Scott.

First Year Photo Shoot