Happy Birthday, Luke!

Luke turned one on June 1st. It's hard to believe his first year has already flown by.

Getting ready to blow out the candle

Actually, Kayden blew it out.

Mommy with the birthday boy

Ice cream cake makes the best pictures!

Bath time!

Present Time!

Well, I guess opening presents isn't all that exciting when you're one. Luke was content to sit and suck his thumb while Kayden opened all of his presents.

Luke did find one squishy ball that he really liked, though.

We just got back from our family vacation to St. George Island, which is off the panhandle of Florida. We rented a house just off the beach with another couple we know. We spent a week relaxing with the kids and swimming at the beach every day. We had a blast...and I think the kids had fun, too. :)

Beach Baby

Kayden is our beach baby...she could literally live at the beach. We had to drag her away every day.

Luke didn't care for the beach...even though we took a beach vacation. He was happy as long as he was fully clothed and away from all the messy sand. We tried to show him how much fun it was to get dirty and sandy and wet and make sandcastles, but he just got upset. I have to say it was pretty funny to watch.

We rented bikes for the day and had fun riding around the island.

Luke loves to swing!

...and swing!

Sharing Ice Cream

Kayden decided she would share her ice cream with Luke only if she could feed it to him...he didn't seem to mind.

We just recently watched Chris' brother, Bill's three kids for a week while he and his wife, Wendy went to Hawaii. I must say after having all five for the week, it almost seemed too easy to only have two kids to take care of. We had such a fun time with all of them. Kayden didn't want to say goodbye when it was all over.

The pool was the main attraction for most of the week. The kids went in just about every day. Of course, getting them to pose for a picture at the same time was impossible.

Building a Fort

The girls decided to make our living room into a fort...they did a pretty good job, huh?

The Three Musketeers

We took all the kids to Busch Gardens on one of the days. Kayden had so much fun with her cousins, Hannah and Elizabeth. They entertained her all week long...I thought she was going to go through withdrawal after they were gone.

Sleeping Beauty

Luke crashed after a long day of fun at Busch Gardens. As long as he has his special blankie, he can sleep just about anywhere.

We look pretty good with five kids, don't we? Okay, I guess there are only four kids...Luke was still sleeping in the other stroller.

MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa just recently had their annual air show. I'm not sure who came up with the idea (not me), but we decided to camp at MacDill overnight and go to the air show the next day. The entire time there was pretty comical. Actually, we had a great time, though we really appreciated having our own beds to go home to at the end of the day.

Potty Break

We just potty trained Kayden, so camping was our first big test. She did great the entire time...no accidents. We did have to pull over on the way to MacDill for a potty break, as you can see in the picture. It was quite funny, but atleast she didn't go in the truck.

Chris and I really enjoyed our first camping trip with the kids. Yes, we slept on the hard ground and got very little sleep, but it was definitely memorable. I think knowing that we would get to go home and sleep in our own bed the next night probably helped. (By the way, that small tent right behind us is where Luke slept...I'm not joking! We couldn't all fit in the bigger tent with the pack'n play, so Luke got his own tent for the night). :)

This is the inside of our cozy little tent. Actually, the kids were both very happy for what little sleep they got!

Coast Guard Helicopter

Cool pics of the Blue Angels

Hi everyone! Sorry it's been sooooo long since we've updated our blog. Here are some pictures to catch you up over the last month or two. Hopefully we'll be better from now on.

Stuffed Animals

I couldn't believe they actually let us do this to them. :)

Bathtime with Luke

Luke and Daddy

Fun at the Park

We actually got Kayden to smile for this one!

Eating Oranges

Chris recently picked a ton of oranges at a grove nearby and brought them home. It's been so nice having fresh squeezed OJ in the mornings...plus Kayden and Chris love making silly faces with the peels.