New Swing Set

The kids have been begging for a swing set and after much shopping around, we ordered one from Costco. It is really nice and just what we wanted! Dean worked hard putting it together for two days while dodging rainclouds and lighting bolts.

Hailey posing for a picture while patiently waiting.

The "finished" product. Can you guess what is missing?

The slide has gone missing from the freight company, so they are sending another. The kids are certain to be excited once it arrives. We also have a baby swing coming for Josh.

San Antonio

Dean surprised us all with a weekend trip to San Antonio! We spent one day at The River Walk and one day at Sea World. We celebrated our 11th Anniversary and Father's Day too.

Matt watching a family of ducks from a boat ride along The River Walk.
If you look closely, you can see Hailey holding hands with Josh. She does this a lot, especially in the car because they sit next to each other. How sweet!

Josh's first time in a pool at the hotel. He was a little nervous at first, but relaxed so much that he lied his head down on his float and almost fell asleep.

The kids enjoyed their first roller coaster ride on the Shamu Express.




The 4-D Pirate show ended with 3 of the children in tears. Who knew that the seats vibrated, blew air and squirted lots of water at you! Oops!

This is where our little trooper, Josh spent most of his time at Sea World. (If you all didn't know, you can click on some of the pictures for a better view. Check out those cute thighs!)






The Lost Lagoon was Nathan's favorite part of Sea World by far!

Hailey and Matthew were holding on for dear life floating in their tubes.

The water slide was a lot of fun! We even convinced Matt to go down. Hailey and Josh enjoyed watching at the edge of the pool.

The Shamu Show

A much needed rest at the end of a fun, long day.

Josh and His Bottle

Our cutie pie has started drinking from a bottle, to the great relief of his Mommy! He enjoys whole milk and water. Maybe we should try milkshakes to get our tiny guy growing.;) Someone at church today thought that he was only 5 months old!

Josh's 1st Ice Cream

It finally happened! Josh ate his first bites of ice cream at 15 months old! We have tried many times before, but he refused. He is doing so much better with his eating. He usually doesn't like to be spoon fed, but he opened his mouth wide for this one tonight! We are all so proud of our sweet baby Joshua.

"Mmmm, I wonder what this tastes like?"

"Yum! Ice cream is my new favorite food!"

"What was I waiting for?"

"All done! You got any more?"

Shrek the Third

We all have been wanting to see the new Shrek movie. We surprised the kids yesterday morning with Shrek t-shirts and announced we were going to the movies.

They liked this movie poster.

Enjoying their popcorn, drinks and Skittles, while waiting for the movie to start.

We ended the day at McDonald's for Shrek Happy Meals!

Josh loves french fries!