Five on Friday

I know I have been awful about updating my blog. Life is just busy. Good, but busy. During the winter we are stuck indoors and don't have much to write about and during the summers we are go go go and I don't have time to edit and update the blog. Here is a quick update on the family.

1. Addison has turned into a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse junkie. She will bring you the remote and request, Mickey Mouse, over and over. We went to Disney World in April 2008 and I made a photo book of our trip. She absolutely loves to look at that book and find the Disney characters and her family members. She definitely isn't helping Ryan and my love for Disney World vacations.

2. We are leaving Wednesday night for Wyoming for Ryan's family reunion. Hopefully Mickey Mouse helps make the trip less insane :) We will be camping in a tent for multiple days and I'm not sure how available running water and electricity will be. My brother-in-law also wants Ryan to ask his uncle to allow bro-in-law to hunt the land for elk and bear this fall/winter. I'm more than a little worried about sleeping in a tent with my two small children, just sayin. Hopefully we make it out alive and not too stinky.

3. We bought a Honda Odyssey minivan last night. It will get a good road test out to Wyoming and back.

4. For Zack's birthday in May, Ryan got him a youth sized left handed wedge golf club. The wedge was the only club the golf store had in stock. Ryan took him to the driving range a few weeks ago and Zack absolutely loved it. Ryan immediately ordered a driver and a putter for him. Ryan picked them up yesterday and Zack couldn't wait to hit some balls.








5. We have been letting Zack's hair grow out. I'm not sure if we should continue to let it grow, chop it short, or maintain it at its current length. I know my parents vote for cutting it off, which comes as no surprise to me. I need some unbiased opinions though. Does it look cute surfer boy or trashy?

Beach Babes

We spent the spent the past weekend at the lake. My friend Tammi and her family came for their first visit. Our kids are literally the same age. Zack is one day older than Abi and Addison and Avri share the same birthday. The kids had a blast playing together and so did the adults. Everyone was wiped out by Sunday.

Zack, my niece Courtney, and Abi tubing


Avri and Addie watching the tubers


Avri and Tammi on Avri's first boat ride


we did lots of swimming. I love how the girls have the same squat.


and the Superstar. Addison loves wearing her sunglasses. I still can't get Zack to keep his on and as you can see, he needs to wear them. Gotta love cataracts.

More of Us

Us

We haven't had a planned family picture taken since Addison was a newborn. On Saturday morning I handed over my camera to our friend Kevin and he snapped away. Everyone cooperated and I was a happy mom. Thank you Kevin!!

Play Hard

Here are a couple of my niece Courtney playing in the water/beach. She loves the camera and is always a willing subject.






The kids were absolutely wiped from the weekend. Zack took a four hour nap woke up for a couple hours and then went to bed for the night and slept for over eleven hours.


I love how Addie fell asleep with her glasses on and kept them on for her entire nap.

Muddy Buddy

We had a great weekend at the lake. Zack found a nice mud hole and had a blast playing in it.

New Look

I do everything I can to keep my man happy :) When I told him I was getting my hair done today he requested short and blond. I told the stylist and we went for it. She also straightened my hair. I've never been successful at straightening it on my own, but I'm going to give it my best shot. I had Ryan take some pictures this evening because I'm sure I will never get it this straight on me own.