Family Lives in town!

My cousin, Dustin, recently moved here! We finally had him and his family over for dinner. Here is a quick group shot of all the kids...Emma, Olivia, Landon, Marcus (front row); Sydney, Zach (back row).

We ate inside to avoid the mass of bees. We put the kids at the coffee table and it worked out quite well.

Sydney got stuck at the adult table...but she didn't seem to mind. We are already talking about our next get together...it's so nice to finally have family here :-) Can't wait to see more of them!

A Day at the Lake

Watch out David Hasselhauf....here comes Marcus! We were invited to a friend's cabin yesterday and spent the whole day at the lake.

Marcus was a fireball as always. I got some pretty good action shots though.

Olivia was resting.

This is my friend Lorie and her dog Duke. Look how well that dog is trained. She had him sitting here forever! Good Dog Duke!

Daddy pushed Marcus around in the little raft.

Olivia is ready to go swimming!

She took over pushing duties.

Emma found some great sand toys.

Olivia decided to "surf". She had a blast.

"Look Mom! I'm swimming!"

She also pulled me around for a while. What a good girl ;-)

Group photo of the kids. There's Marcus, Jackson, Olivia, Alexis and Emma.

Marcus found a net to go fishing. All he caught was seaweed though.

We took the boat out for a ride too.

Emma sure does love boat rides.

Another quick group shot.

Hi Handsome!

We stopped along the way for another swim. It was HOT outside.

Marc was trying to show Marcus that he really does float. Marcus wasn't buying it though. Marcus' famous words from last weekend...he was floating in the lake and suddenly realized no one was holding him and he couldn't touch...he shouted "I'm sinking, I'm sinking" We all got a kick out of it and tease him now. He doesn't think it's so funny though.

Olivia swam too. The lake was the perfect place to be on such a hot hot day. Thanks Lorie and family for inviting us!

Birthday Boy

Today is Marc's birthday! We took the kids for a little walk this morning before we left. Here is the birthday boy with the kids on the dock.

One cool thing about where we stayed was there was an airport literally a few steps behind us. The planes flew in and out all day long. When we saw the first plane we thought it was going to crash into us since we didn't know there was an actual airport. They literally looked like they were skimming the trees when they were taking off and landing. We decided to walk over and check it out this morning. We even got to see a few take off.

We could literally stand at the end of the runway. Can you see the airplane taking off in the distance?

The kids thought that was pretty cool. Overall it was a great weekend. We went home after this and had a great day at our house. The girls and I went to Costco later in the afternoon and got Marc his Costco cake (sorry, I didn't take pictures). I think Marc had a wonderful birthday.

Starks Save the Day

The Starks dropped by to say hello. Here are the Stark girls, Karissa and Courtney on top and Kylie next to Marc.

Old friends, Marc and Chad.

We were glad to see them...it was fun to have them here to help celebrate Marc's birthday. The bonus was the brought their boat!

We all took turns going out. I went with my three kids and Kyla. Marcus was first on the tube again. Of course he went with his little crush, Kyla.

Then Olivia jumped right on. I wasn't sure if she would go in this tube since it was a little different, but she didn't hesitate at all.

Chad is such a big kid. He went for a turn with Marcus and Kyla too.

He had Marcus trying all sorts of tricks. Marcus had a blast.

Emma wasn't interested in tubing...she was a great flagger though.

I decided to go for a turn with Marcus and Olivia.

It was a blast! WooHoo!!!

Marcus and Julie...say cheese!

Chad gave Marcus a driving lesson. He did great. Chad showed him how to work everything and how to look ahead and steer. It was awesome.

Marcus was pulling Kyla and Olivia. Those two were getting a little crazy by getting on their knees and trying all sorts of things.

What brave girls.

Kyla says "look at me...no hands!" Olivia says "WOW".

Emma got to drive too. She liked that. I guess we've got our driver then; she can do that while the rest of us play in the water.

Olivia and Kyla rode on the tube the whole way back to the dock.

Marcus wanted a funny face picture.

Chad taught Marcus how to pull the girls in too. He did a great job...such a good little helper.

We ended the night with dinner at the restaurant then the Starks went home. Thanks for hanging out with us Starks!