Camping at Normandy Farms 2012

To start our camping season off, we spent the weekend at Normandy Farms in early June. It is one of our favorite campgrounds with awesome pools and playgrounds. Unfortuantly it rained almost the entire weekend :( We made the best of it - spent Saturday morning at the local Target buying some new toys and took visit to Bass Pro Shops. The boys had fun playing in the camper with their new toys and we even got to swim in the indoor pool. Hopefully next time we stay there the weather will be nicer.

During a rain deprive, we tried out a new campfire cooking recipe that I found on Pinterest. We filled sugar cones with peanut butter, banana chunks, mini marshmallows and chocolate chips. Then we wrapped the cones in foil and toasted them on the fire. YUMMY!!!

My boys

Getting our cones ready

Goofing around while waiting for their cones

YUMMY

Rainy day - Monster trucks in bed

Mother's Day 2012

Mother's Day 2012 was the day after Connor's birthday. We decided to take a day trip to the zoo with the kids and both of our Moms. The boys were a little tired from the festivities the night before, however we all had a nice time. Plus Moms are free on Mother's day!

Elephant feeding time

Me and my little guy

My favorite animal - The Giraffe

My Mom and I with the boys 

James and his Mom

Connor's 4th Birthday Party

Connor's birthday was on a Satuday this year, so we celebrated his party on his actual day. The weather was perfect and he had an awesome day. It was exactly what he had been asking us for months!!!!

Connor's gift from us
Real Rollerblades - which were so hard to find in his size

Trying them out in the house first

Connor gave his old skates to Jack

Connor chose to have a scooter themed party

Cole and Jack in the bouncy house

Connor opening his new "zippy" scooter

Here is our neighbor Alec doing some tricks on his scooter
Connor really loves him and Cole
He tries to be just like them!

Cole's turn to do a trick

Connor putting his new scooter to the test

All the kids decorating their scooters for the parade

All lined up ready to follow the birthday boy

Off they go



So cute!



Happy Birthday Connor!!!!

Connor turns 4

On  May 12, Connor turned 4. He was so excited about turning four and having a whole day to celebrate. He had been planning his party for months and loved to talk about it all of the time. In the past year, he really has grown in so many ways. He is so loving and loyal to his family and friends. Always wanting to be around his people, he is also quite the conversationalist. He loves to be active, especially outside. His athletic abilities scare me! I cannot believe our four year old is riding a two wheel bike over ramps, on dirt tracks and on mountain trails. He is known around our neighborhood at Mr. Future X Games! He loves numbers (so proud!) and he can count to 100 and has started to add. He is also getting much better with his writing. Connor is such a great big brother and Jack really adores him. I am so proud of little guy he is turning out to be and can't wait to see what the next year brings.

On his birthday, I asked him a series of questions that we plan to ask at each birthday. I thought it would be fun to share his answers.

How old are you turning today? Four
Who is your best friend? Cole and Alec
What is your favorite thing to do? Rollerblade
What is your favorite color? Green
What is your favorite food? Long spaghetti
What do you like to do with your family? Play games
What is your favorite toy? Cards - Go Fish
What do you want to be when you grow up? A plumber - so I can pick plums (My favorite answer!)
What makes you happy? Joey
What makes you sad? Getting hurt
What is your favorite tv show? Hard Hat Harry
What is your favorite book? My truck is stuck
What do you like to learn about? Pineapples
What is the best thing about your birthday? Bouncy house
Where do you like to go? Toy store
What is your teacher's name? Ms. Stephanie
What is your favorite treat? Chocolate
What do you think about before you go to sleep? Riding tractors
If you could meet someone famous, who would it be? Mommy :)
What is your favorite birthday present? Rollerblades

Disney - April 2012 - Part 2

The highlight of the trip was how much the boys loved the pool at Orange Lake (thank you Nana and Pepe for giving us the timeshare) They had an awesome kiddie pool that the boys could not get enough of. James and I were even able to relax by the pool for a while.

Jack loved the water

James loves the water too

So happy

Jump time

Big jump

Splash area

Running through

Two happy boys

Disney - April 2012 - Part 1

In April, we ended up taking a last minute trip down to Florida to visit Walt Disney World. It was great to be able to get away from our crazy lives at home and spend some time just the four of us. Connor has a stomach bug, so he was miserable for a few of the days, but beside that we had a fun time. Here are a bunch of photos from the park...

Hiatus OVER

Hi Everyone!!! After a long break from blogging, we are back! I haven't been posting for a variety of reasons... computer problems, a new camera, busy work lives, busy social lives and two young kids. I am happy to be back in business and am going to catch up where we left off.

That brings us to April 13, 2012 - Happy 31st Birthday James!!!

James getting ready to blow out the candles on his grill themed cupcakes

Mexican with Margaritas... YUM!

Happy Birthday Daddy