beach week 2011

the week at the beach with kissy and buddy was wonderful, as usual. thank you, thank you, thank you!! we had so much fun with y'all and with uncle chris, ginger, woo woo, and jack jack. do we have to wait another year to do it again?

laurel, excited to be at sea n suds; the lazy river; pat helping buddy get things set up on the beach.

a rare moment of stillness.

best buds!

i LOVE this one. yep, we've got ourselves a thumb sucker. there isn't much cuter than this.

we loved playing on the beach...



and getting loved on by kissy...

and the pool...

and the lazy river...

and our new hats...

and EATING, of course!!!

ginger and i decided to go parasailing. after watching people do it for 30 years, it was about time!

it was SO MUCH fun. can you tell? i think we must've laughed 90% of the time!



love you, lil roo!

dinner at lulu's. a must. thank you, kissy, for our precious shirts.

what a week. thanks again, buddy and kissy!

hills

we hung out at the lake for the rest of that week, loving every minute of it. our friend leslie brought her kids, williams and porter, down for a couple of nights. this is the only picture i got!

missed you, sims!

at the lake

on may 25th, we left colorado and headed east, then south.

we had a rough start - laurel had a bit of a bug, so we stopped at the pediatrician's office on the way out of town. we were determined, and she was a trooper!

after two 11 hour days in the car, we made it to smith lake. yes!!

freddy's first boat ride

we love it

cousins, cousins, cousins. lala talks about all of you all the time. i'm sad i never had my camera out to capture precious celia in action. :-(

the challenge

not bad - and there's celia!

my boys.

sweet, smiley, happy, baby boy. we love you so much!

my favorite people in the whole wide world. i am blessed beyond measure.

thank you, abbi and pops, for another fabulous weekend at the lake. uncle, barbs, rich, carley, cousins, we had so much fun with all of you. wish we weren't so very far away. we love you all to pieces!

way back in may...

here are some random shots from the month of may

the view from our deck. the left photo was taken at the end of april. the right photo was taken mid may.

goodbye neighbors! see you in the fall... :-)

dinner with our bffs, the dreyers

my two little frogs

and my artiste. sidewalk chalk works well on a swing set. who knew?

4 months

mothers day 2011

progress...

"sew, a needle pulling fred...!"

outstanding academy educator

pat's colleagues in the history department voted for him to receive the prestigious outstanding academy educator award. i'm one proud military wife!!

here are a few pictures from the luncheon.

and a video from the award ceremony...

spring?

colorado's version of spring has sprung in the springs...

it really is beautiful, but we're ready for a little more warmth and no more wind!

precious frog, watching sister swim

friends - laurel and andre, freddy and fourie, laurel and mollei

my little blessings