Family Time

We have been blessed to take two vacations lately: one was the marriage retreat (actually just a weekend) and the other was to Indian Rocks Beach with our dear friends, the Clarks. They were much overdue since Kyle has been working 12-14 hour days since February. Both trips proved to bring us closer together as a family. God's timing is hard to beat!


My Sweetheart


Corb in the spectacular ice cream/candy shop where I ate strawberry cookies and cream ice cream. BEST. EVER.


The four munchkins


My dear, sweet Tara


Ava and Syd with their "mask-es"


Eating at Salt Rock Grill: our family favorite


Corb all decked out...and walking in the wrong direction. :)


Ava and her buddy, Ashlyn (aka little Chase)

(I must add that we brought a $6 inflatable pool that we filled with water and toys for Corb and Ash. If you have little ones, it is the PERFECT way to keep them from constantly running toward the shoreline. Thanks for the idea, Loren!)

Perhaps most importantly of all, Loren and Craig are expecting! That will be a grand total of for them. Yay! She is doing well and is due in January. I'm soooo excited!

Happy Summer!

Well, Mom requested that I take a picture of the kids so she could have an updated one in her frame. I think she forgot that I'm the farthest thing from a photographer...and that my youngest child would rather do anything but cooperate when I need him to. Bless him. :) So, for a little humor, here are the shots I managed to snap.