Chris' dad turned 67 this past Wednesday. To celebrate it, his mom planned a surprise party at the local community center. The day was spent hanging out at the pool and going down the slides. It ended with a yummy dinner catered by Carrabba's, lots of good music, fun, and fellowship with family and friends. Good times.

Some cuddle time with Nana and Pop Pop

Pop Pop with some of his girls

It was pretty funny to watch Pop Pop try to do his laps with three silly girls hanging off his back.

Proof that they do share

Time to break for a yummy tangerine snack

I think I need some more...

...Almost finished.

And....Done!

Luke enjoyed getting toted around by his older cousin, Jessica, for most of the night.

Happy Birthday, Pop Pop!

"I don't know what's so funny, but everyone else is laughing"

Always ready for a smile

Typhoon Lagoon

A couple weeks ago we went over to Disney and met up with my brother Lou to surf some waves at Typhoon Lagoon. We had some nice fellowship and caught some fun wave too...

oooh that spray

Thomas, cruzin down the line.

Louie...You shred

Above is Lt.Col. Vern home from Iraq for a few days. Some much needed relax time.

My brother Lou

Nice little drop

Nice backside off the lip Chris

Chris was the only regular footed surfer so this was his only opportunity to ride front side.

Thomas and Chris riding a center peak wave

Yea! We finally broke ground on our project this week, Memphis Road Industrial Park. After 2 years of a little of this and that we received approval 2 weeks ago and began moving dirt on this past Friday. WooHoo...

Hmmm.

time for some num num tree munching...

Oh...where to find solitude? Where else but in the bucket of a front loader.

A rare moment when they're both smiling for the camera.

My new helper in the kitchen

...By the way

In case some of you hadn't heard. Yes, baby #3 is on the way!

Costa Rica Trip

Finally! Here are our Costa Rica pictures...better late than never, I guess.

This was the view from the house where we stayed. This was the perfect surf spot and the perfect spot to read a book, which made it the perfect spot for us.

Some light reading

Chris would tell you that reading is all I did on this trip, but really I ate, slept, and I even stood up to take pictures of him surfing at times. Okay, I did read a lot.

Surfing

And this is what Chris got to do all week. I actually took this picture from the balcony of the house we were staying at. We couldn't have asked for a better place to stay.

Fishing Trip

The second day of our trip, we chartered a small fishing boat. Our ambition was to catch enough fish to feed us for the rest of our stay. We had no idea we would be so successful. This is one of the groupers and rock fish that we caught.