Central Florida Zoo 2-20-09

They had a spray ground area for kids to play in, but it was only in the 60's today so it was a bit too cold for playing in the water! We did sit in the nice chairs they had set up in the sunshine which was really nice. Sam wanted to sit near the water and I was so sure he wouldn't go in it, last year he was terrified of any type of spraying water...anyway, so I told him sure go ahead in the water and after awhile he got brave and got wet...thankfully not too wet since it was pretty cool out.

Monkey bars so the kids could practice being like a monkey!

This was the biggest tortoise I've ever seen...

We're here!! 2-19-09

So, when we arrived at MeMere and PePere's house on Thursday and the kids were so excited to go play outside! They both have scooters now and that's all they want to play with.

Our drive to Florida 2-18 to 2-19-09

We left for our drive to Florida on the 18th and arrived about 25 hours later. We had a pretty uneventful drive down. Amazingly enough, the kids were great!! I only took a few pictures to try to remember out trip by. A few of the kids in their car seats and the kids eating lunch at Panera in Jacksonville, FL. Needless to say, they were VERY happy to be in Florida finally!

Bowling

These are the pictures from our first time taking the kids bowling. Sam decided he'd like to try bowling after he saw Curious George go bowling! He LOVED it and keeps asking to go back.

A self-portrait of Samuel Robert Patrick

Sam is having so much fun taking pictures lately, he realized this weekend that he could take pictures of himself too!

Christmas in Berlin 1/2-1/4

This past weekend we headed up to Berlin so we could celebrate Christmas with family up there. It was very cold, but we had a very nice time!

Sam took this picture of Auntie Jill & Uncle Josh
The four of them just looked so cozy on the couch together!

My picture of the happy couple...and Moose...the dogs had so much fun and got lot's of attention that they lack at home!

Sam got this big excavator, it'll be even more fun to take it outside in the Spring

Aubrey spent a lot of time with her Grampy

Cuddling with the BIG new horse

Aubrey got a motorcycle!! She's still a bit scared of it but she's starting to warm up to it. Sam really loved it though, he drove everywhere...no more walking for him...so funny! He'd say "gotta go potty, I'm gonna drive..."

More and more presents....hard to believe we could fit it all in the car!

Aubrey loves Horses!!