4th of July Carnival

We went down to the local Carnival to ride a few rides and take in the sights with Rich, Holly and Zachary. The kids had a great time riding the rides and eating ice cream.











Greg hung out our flag this weekend and Natalie wanted to hang her flag on our deck too. I thought the two flags looked really cute together.



More pictures can be found on Holly's blog.

Final Vacation Pics

These are the last of the pictures. We had a great time.






If you look really hard, and read from right to left, you can see that Natalie wrote her name in the sand:

More Vacation Pictures

Here are some more pictures from our trip. We've just been alternating between the beach and the pool.















With a few naps in between.

Beach Day 1

We arrived in NC yesterday with no problems at all. Natalie did great on the plane and was even awarded the "Junior TSA Officer". We had a picnic dinner at the beach and Natalie played and dug in the sand until she literally collapsed on the blanket. Stay tuned for more pictures from this weekend.

Happy Father's Day!

Today we celebrated Father's Day by going out to lunch and doing some shopping. Part of Natalie's gift to Greg were these little "Fast Food" baskets made out of cupcakes, brownies and sugar cookies. Thanks to Jenn for forwarding us the blog that she found it on .... bakerella.com .... It turned out to be such a cute idea and Maria, Joey and Natalie had a good time putting everything together.











Happy Father's Day!

Maria's Party

Yesterday we went to Maria's birthday party.











Me, Willow and Jenn


Maria and Natalie were both obsessed with Jenn's iPhone. You'll see why in a minute.


She was able to draw a picture on the screen and then Jenn emailed it to me.


Then she got the bright idea to try to imitate what I look like.


And then Maria and Joey got in on it too.


And Matthew just took it all in.



Happy 5th Birthday Maria! Hope you had a great day!

Saturday Playdate

On Saturday afternoon Natalie and I went over to Karen's house for a playdate with Hope, Shelly and Lexi. Here is a link to Karen's blog that has some pictures from that night. The girls got along great!

Karen's Blog