The perfect beach day!!

Aren't these two just too cute together!!

Daddy's girl
Natalie, I know you will love this picture!
Emily so badly wanted to hold Madeline......so thank you Sue for obliging!!
How many boys can you fit in a tube?
Enjoying the refreshing bay water.
Boy did they have fun with the boogie board!
I think he's ready for one of his own!!

What a great day we had at the beach!! The kids had a blast and played so well together, the food was yummy, the fellowship was great and a good time was had by all. Thanks to Dave for the mommy boat ride and the dolphin show, it was so much fun!! Already looking forward to next year!!!

Check this out!!

I was looking through some photo albums at my parents the other day and came across this picture. This is me at 21 months old.
Now this is Emily at 20 months old.

What do you think? Does Emily look a little bit like her mommy?

I showed my picture to Ryan and asked him who it was and he said Emily!!
Although we might look alike my mom says that I was not nearly as busy and mischievous as little Emily has turned out to be!!

A nice surprise

Tuesday night when I got home from church this beautiful vase of roses was waiting for me!! No occasion really, just a thank you from my hubby for putting up with all the work he's been doing for school these last few months. He's been so busy with schoolwork and regular work that he hasn't really had much free time on his hands. Which left me and the kids sort of on our own quite a bit. Thankfully he's finished with his work, but the downside is that he leaves Sunday to go to Colorado for a week. Oh well!!! Tomorrow night we are headed on a date by ourselves! It's been quite a while and is completely overdue....looking forward to some quiet time with my hubby before he heads off!!

A busy 4th of July

We had a very fun-filled busy 4th of July. We spent the morning at the beach with the Judd family and then headed out to their house later that evening for food, fellowship and fireworks. The boys had a blast playing in the sand on the golf course and playing baseball (thank you Natalie!!) I don't have any pictures of fireworks and not many of Ryan due to the fact that I have run out of room on my memory card. Guess it's time to head to Sam's and print some pictures!! All in all we had a great day and I am sure you can see lots of other pictures from the cookout on Natalie, Sue and Heather's blogs!! Thanks Judds for having us over, it was a blast....already looking forward to next year!!

Isn't Carter just too cute! He's always smiling!!

My bathing beauty

My beach bum

The boys having fun in the water

My little sparkler!!

Check out these bubble boys! :-)

I was able to catch one shot...

Emily and Reagan - aren't they too cute (born just a few weeks apart)

Emily enjoying some of daddy's cake - yummy!!

Emily, Carter and Avery enjoying a dip in the whale pool...

A trip to the museum

All our little builders

Emily building with the huge legos

Ryan pedaled so hard to make the crane move up

Working on the assembly line

This boy loves his tools!

Move out of my way!!

My little worker!!

We had a great time at the museum with friends yesterday!! Ryan got to pet a snake for the first time and really enjoyed it. Story time was sort of a bust considering none of our kids were listening to the story, so we moved on. The little builders exhibit as you can see was a big hit with everyone. There were so many things for them to do it was hard to know what to do first!! Ryan could have spent the rest of the day in that room!! We had a great day with friends and can't wait to go back soon!!

Memorial day beach trip

Just a few pictures from our day at the beach! The kids had so much fun even though the water was freezing!! Thank goodness for the pool, the little ones sure did enjoy it!! Can't wait to go again!!!

It's been a while....

Can't believe it's been so long since I've blogged, there has just been so much going on. Here's an updated blog of some miscellaneous activities we've been up to lately!!

Both Ryan and Emily are taking swim lessons at the Y and it's been so much fun for both of them. The first week Emily cried for the first half of the class, but now she is enjoying every minute of her time in the water! It's a good thing since we'll be spending a lot of time at the pool this summer!!

Here's Ryan with some of his classmates and his teacher. They both have the same teacher and she is fabulous with the kids. Can't believe he's big enough to take lessons without daddy this year! He loves, loves, loves the pool and is doing a good job listening to his teacher.

Last week we went strawberry picking with the Judds and Maggiores. It was so much fun and Ryan had a ball picking out, stepping on and eating lots of yummy strawberries. Emily had more fun just running up and down the rows and having mommy chase after her. The weather was perfect for picking and picnicing. Afterwards we went to Bergey's Breadbasket and got some delicious sandwiches and ate outside. It was a perfect day!

This past Sunday we headed to Massanutten to spend a few days (more like 36 hours) with my parents at their timeshare. We arrived around lunch time, did some shopping and had a nice dinner and just relaxed. That is until Emily decided to get up at 2 a.m. and stay up for 2 1/2 hours. It was a rough night but Monday we spent the day at an indoor water park and it was a blast!! My mom took most of the pictures with her camera, but here are a few snapshots of our day. Both kids had a blast and there was so much for all of us to do. Kevin and I even got to go down some big slides on our own, a little scary for me but still fun. We could have stayed longer but we had to head home; I am sure we will do it again next time!!