Beach Trip 2011

We got back a few days ago from our annual trip to the beach. It was fabulous - the boys did a TON of swimming (they actually learned to swim on their own on this trip!), we soaked up lots of sun, Jess took the boys crab hunting at night, we visited a favorite - The Track - with rides and games, and Jess and I actually got some down time in as well! We miss it already and can't wait to get back next year!

Last night dinner on the docks - see you next year, beach!

Birthday Party Fun!

The boys have enjoyed some super fun birthday parties over the past few weeks. Last weekend, Ben went to his friend Abe's reptile party and met a few new friends ...
Wait, do I have something on my head?

And Noah had a great time at his friend Zara's Hawaiian birthday party where he was transformed into ...

Spiderman!

A Year in Pictures

We celebrated Father's Day a week early because we're going to be be traveling next weekend. As a gift, I put together this slideshow for Jess. I'll say upfront that it's long (11 minutes to be exact), but it was so fun to go back and relive the past year through pictures - I was reminded how incredibly blessed we are.

Start of Summer

June 3 was Ben's last day of school. He had such a fantastic year! With his teachers - Mandy, Britt, Heidi, and Donna.
After school, his whole class had a pool party. There was a little "graduation ceremony" for the kids in his class who are "moving up" to the big campus at his school.
I can NOT believe we have a first grader!

The next day we celebrated Ben's birthday (again) with a party with all his classmates.
We had a scientist come and do some interactive experiments. Ben was the special assistant. It was awesome!

Noah trying on his rainbow goggles.

Everyone got to make slime to take home.

My friend Jen made this amazing cake.

On Saturday, the boys started t-ball. We have a little St. Louis Cardinal and a little LA Dodger.

Play ball!