Tuesday, March 29, 2011
BIG NIGHT!
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
A week of Fun!
Every year, spring break gets better and better. I don't know if it's because my kids are getting older and we can do more things or if I'm just getting older and appreciate things more! At any rate, we had a great week on Captiva Island and here are the pictures to prove it!
Our first morning....eating breakfast on the screened porch.....just happy :)
Throw something on and we're off to the beach....
Brooke is not so sure what to think of the beach.
Because our house is like 100 steps from the beach, I went in my pj's....who cares, I'm on vacay, but not without my coffee!!!!
Just soooooo cute! Look how calm the water is....it was awesome.
We go to eat at The Bubble Room every year and the boys climb this tree while we're waiting. Here's on of the little monkeys....
The next day, on the fishing boat....Jackson's first catch of the day!
A little while into the trip, Drew sees a fin come out of the water and shortly after that feels a strong tug on his line. Sure enough.......a shark!! Now, he is a member of the "shark club" which includes Jason, Auntie A, Jackson, and now Drew!
The shark was so strong, it took Drew 2 times around the boat trying to get away. Drew was so happy!
One of my favorite things to do is take a day trip to Useppa Island. It is a private island....no cars, just a few golf carts and they have 110 residents. It is such a quiet and beautiful island. Here are Papa and Brooke in front of the hotel.
They have a huge croquet lawn....no one was out there, so Brooke tried her hand at pushing the ball around. She did this for 20 minutes in the hot sun....who knew?!?!
There was also a giant sized chess set that the boys checked out with Jason.
Here we are meandering on the trail back to our boat. The residents want the tourists OFF the island so they can come out of their houses :)
One night, we went to crab races, but they were delayed in starting so Chris got on the ground and let all the kids tackle him. It took up 15 minutes of waiting time......anything to keep the kids entertained!
Here is Jackson picking his crab and naming him "Romo" For the rest of the races, we could take pictures and the guy was serious about it!! Kinda ridiculous if you ask me, but we all had a great time although none of us won. We'll go back again.
We kayaked thru the mangroves one morning and I am obviously sitting in the back of the boat with my mom and Brooke. It was so nice being back there with the birds and watching Brooke enjoy it. The boys were behind in a boat with Papa. Mom and I started first and ended up coming in last....what's up with that?
We found these boogie boards in the closet of our house so the boys are heading to the beach to try them out. I was taking a picture of the boys and told them to smile and Brooke ran over and said "Me smile too!"
Both of my cousins, Chris and Kyle, and their families were just 3 houses down from us which made the trip even more fun. Here are all the kids we had on the trip....6 boys and 1 girl!
My Aunt Paula had us play her version of "Minute to Win It" one night. Soooo much fun. Here is Drew telling everyone he already knows the rules to a certain game because he had seen it on tv. He and Papa were a team. I was on a team with Brooke (so, basically on my own) and Jackson was with Nana.
And the winning team was.....The Crabcatchers!! Nana and Jackson. They are so competitive.
We went parasailing one day and Drew was tall enough to do it, so off we went! Drew and I were the first to go up!
There go Papa and Jackson!
The little cousins buried Jackson and Drew on the sand.
Aunt Paula hid a treasure on the island for her grandsons to find....of course, there was enough Pirate loot to go around and here are all the pirates...we had a great time. Now, I'm going thru re-entry depression...back to reality....until next year!
Our first morning....eating breakfast on the screened porch.....just happy :)
Throw something on and we're off to the beach....
Brooke is not so sure what to think of the beach.
Because our house is like 100 steps from the beach, I went in my pj's....who cares, I'm on vacay, but not without my coffee!!!!
Just soooooo cute! Look how calm the water is....it was awesome.
We go to eat at The Bubble Room every year and the boys climb this tree while we're waiting. Here's on of the little monkeys....
The next day, on the fishing boat....Jackson's first catch of the day!
A little while into the trip, Drew sees a fin come out of the water and shortly after that feels a strong tug on his line. Sure enough.......a shark!! Now, he is a member of the "shark club" which includes Jason, Auntie A, Jackson, and now Drew!
The shark was so strong, it took Drew 2 times around the boat trying to get away. Drew was so happy!
One of my favorite things to do is take a day trip to Useppa Island. It is a private island....no cars, just a few golf carts and they have 110 residents. It is such a quiet and beautiful island. Here are Papa and Brooke in front of the hotel.
They have a huge croquet lawn....no one was out there, so Brooke tried her hand at pushing the ball around. She did this for 20 minutes in the hot sun....who knew?!?!
There was also a giant sized chess set that the boys checked out with Jason.
Here we are meandering on the trail back to our boat. The residents want the tourists OFF the island so they can come out of their houses :)
One night, we went to crab races, but they were delayed in starting so Chris got on the ground and let all the kids tackle him. It took up 15 minutes of waiting time......anything to keep the kids entertained!
Here is Jackson picking his crab and naming him "Romo" For the rest of the races, we could take pictures and the guy was serious about it!! Kinda ridiculous if you ask me, but we all had a great time although none of us won. We'll go back again.
We kayaked thru the mangroves one morning and I am obviously sitting in the back of the boat with my mom and Brooke. It was so nice being back there with the birds and watching Brooke enjoy it. The boys were behind in a boat with Papa. Mom and I started first and ended up coming in last....what's up with that?
We found these boogie boards in the closet of our house so the boys are heading to the beach to try them out. I was taking a picture of the boys and told them to smile and Brooke ran over and said "Me smile too!"
Both of my cousins, Chris and Kyle, and their families were just 3 houses down from us which made the trip even more fun. Here are all the kids we had on the trip....6 boys and 1 girl!
My Aunt Paula had us play her version of "Minute to Win It" one night. Soooo much fun. Here is Drew telling everyone he already knows the rules to a certain game because he had seen it on tv. He and Papa were a team. I was on a team with Brooke (so, basically on my own) and Jackson was with Nana.
And the winning team was.....The Crabcatchers!! Nana and Jackson. They are so competitive.
We went parasailing one day and Drew was tall enough to do it, so off we went! Drew and I were the first to go up!
There go Papa and Jackson!
The little cousins buried Jackson and Drew on the sand.
Aunt Paula hid a treasure on the island for her grandsons to find....of course, there was enough Pirate loot to go around and here are all the pirates...we had a great time. Now, I'm going thru re-entry depression...back to reality....until next year!
Friday, March 11, 2011
New Scooter
Jason came home with a princess scooter and helmet for Brooke the other day. She loves it! She rides it outside and then brings it inside to ride some more. She actually has learned how to use one foot and move it and she can go pretty fast. She's on the move....
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Love is in the Air....A Valentine's Wrap up!
Brooke and I are off to a day of Valentine Parties with the boys!
First stop, Drew's class......here are Drew and Diego....they both play on the same soccer team and sit at the same table!
Drew and his best buddy, Paxton, playing Valentine Bingo.
Drew and his teacher, Ms. Giebel! This is her first year teaching and she has been awesome!
Next stop...Jackson's classroom where only a few pictures were taken in order to avoid embarassment for Jackson......would not even look at the camera!
I had to resort to snapping a shot of him with his back to me while he was playing pictionary....his word was "Sweetheart" and he is about to write the word "sweet" in the middle of the heart. You're not supposed to write words, but he gets the point anyways!
Now, for Brooke's little party with her playgroup. Here she is with her friend Grace.....they both wanted to get in the swing, so this is what they got! It worked!
Making a Valentine's bag. She put about 2 stickers on it and was done......
The ladies in RED!!!! Look at these cuties! We have one boy who is in the playgroup....I think he was too overwhelmed by all the hairbows to get in the picture!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
A Super Super Bowl Party :)
We had the Goodnoughs and the Pottorffs over this year to watch the Super Bowl. So, it was 6 adults and 13 kids! Craziness!
Brooke playing music on Abbie's phone.......I guess the boys felt they had to recreate all the tackling that they were seeing on tv!
Most of the gang.......
The Pottorff girls......aren't they beautiful?
Brooke put on Katie's headband, put on her tutu, pulled up the stool and helped herself to food on the counter. She had a great time entertaining everyone with her own halftime show of dancing in her tutu.......good times!
Friday, February 11, 2011
Busy, Busy, Busy....
Busy, busy, busy.....Brooke is my busiest child for sure!!! She is truly into everything.She is getting into playing with her kitchen and will make us coffee or tea with never ending enthusiasm!
She will also serve you over and over and over again......you can never have enough coffee! Oh, and notice that she does it all in her tutu! 
Sometimes, I still can't believe that I have a little girl. I am truly enjoying all that she adds to our family! Maybe I'll have someone to help me in the kitchen soon :)
Monday, February 07, 2011
NFL Experience!
Since the SuperBowl was in Dallas this year, Jason and the boys headed down to the NFL Experience for some great fun!
The boys got to pass, kick, and catch balls on a regulation size NFL field. They thought that was super cool!
Watch out Tony Romo!
Poor Drew...I just know he's on his tippy toes!
Tough football player face.....
They got to see a lot of neat memorabilia and each got new sets of football cards which they are really into these days.
They have the coolest Dad for taking them to things like this!
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