Me and My Girl...

I LOVE THESE TOO...

And some more...

More pics...

Family pics at the beach...

Our family picture is getting harder and harder to take each year!!! We really need to stop adding children!!!!!! :-) Okay, I know that it is hard to get any family picture; but try having 2 blind children and a 2 yr. old. It really is a recipe for DISASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Every year when we are in Erie, PA visiting my grandma, I love to take our family pic out at the beach. I never go into it with any big expectations, because that is only setting myself up for dissapointment. I am so happy this year with how they turned out! Especially given our family dynamics... I will post some "out-takes" too.

**I have a bad wireless connection here, so I will have to post in sections...

My Parents are the COOLEST!!! (or crazy)

I am sure this is what Micah was thinking tonight! It started off just us using the sidewalk chalk on the sidewalk, and then Micah got some on himself. It was not even planned, but Ryan and I decided to use Micah as our canvas... HE LOVED IT!!! He said that his Super Hero name was "Color Boy". He is VERY vicious, so watch out... :-)

A night at Waldameer...

On Vacation...

I am not sure that I will be blogging over the next several days. We are on vacation in Erie, Pennsylvania, and will not be home until August 8th. Until tonight, I was not even sure that I would have internet access. My laptop would not find any wireless links. My sister came tonight, and her computer found a couple unlocked signals. So, I guess I am "stealing" the internet right now. :-)

We are here visiting my grandma. My aunt Connie and uncle Darrell are here from Allentown, PA. My sister just got in today, and Ryan will be here tomorrow. He had class today for his Masters, so I came out with my parents on Thursday evening. Jonas was by far the BEST traveler!!!!!!!!!!!! Hannah and Micah did awesome too, but Luca was another story. He was between Hannah and Micah and he LOVES to make Hannah scream. Which is not hard to do!!! :-) It was a 6hr. drive and he maybe slept 2 hrs. We got here at 12:15 am.

We were at the beach today and the kids had a blast!!!!!!!!!!!

I will try to post pictures this week, but I will not make any promises...

If you think about it, pray for Micah: He has been running a temp since yesterday and before he went to bed tonight it was 102.3. It is probably just a virus, but with his health issues, it is not always that cut and dry. He is a trooper though; he will not let any fever get in his way of fun! Today he still wanted to go to the beach, and he spent 3/4 of the time there asleep on a blanket under the umbrella. Tonight my parents and uncle took him to a local amusement park (Waldemeer), and he played arcade and rode rides with a temp over 100: all with a smile. He does not want to miss out on ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have a great week: We will be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Videos from the birthday party...

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I knew that he could feed himself: I guess he just needed a sweet incentive!
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Luca is ALWAYS making us laugh!!!!!!! He did not let us down on his birthday...

The birthday boy at breakfast...

We had a great day today, and had a fun afternoon and evening with family and friends. The kids loved swimming in the pool, and the popsicles and frozen treats were a hit with all of the kids: and adults! We also celebrated a 1/2 birthday for Jonas, since we were not able to celebrate his 2nd birthday with him in January. He and Luca are 6 months and 6 days apart in age. Jonas LOVED his cake, and overall did very well with all of the chaos! I will try to post birthday party pics tomorrow, before we head off to Kings Island with Hannah and Micah for 2 days. Well it is almost midnight and my eyes are shutting as I type...

Here is Luca this morning at breakfast. I think he started to realize that today was all about him... :-) In the first picture, he is trying to hold up two fingers.