The Florida Keys

I am a bit delinquent with my post, but none the less we had great trip to the Florida Keys last week. We were graciously hosted by our GR friends, Brad & Bradi in Marathon Key and also had the pleasure of Steve & Stacy's company. We enjoyed a stress & kid free long weekend in the warmth (well, not as warm as we had hoped, but still way warmer then at home so that was all that mattered). It was a our first time in the Keys and got to experience two evenings down in Key West, which also was quite an adventure and not necessarily G rated for the blogging friends! :-)

Its funny how when you are away from your kids you somehow forget to take pictures of other experiences in your life. So, these three are about the best of the few I did remember to take.

Mark & Steve's catch of the day for supper

the ladies









the boys and their foo foo drinks...

Thanks again Kreiders for having us, we can't wait to repeat the trip!!

Da Boyz'

My Boys... they are Daddy's boys through and through. Most mornings, first thing Zach says when he comes down, "where's Dad?" First thing Cam says when I walk into his room, "Dada, Dada!"

Whats a Mom to do?
I think its wonderful that they think their Dad is the greatest, as I see it a testament to what a great father Mark is. He has much, much, much more patience then me and is also much better at playing cars, trains, transformers, and superheros. I guess if this is going to be a house of boys & testosterone, there has to be some advantage, right? I love it that they are 'daddy's boys!'

Last few weeks of 2008

We have been pretty busy over break so I have been slacking with blogging lately, so here's a brief summary of what we have been up to during the final two weeks of 2008.
We had Christmas in Sheboygan, Wisconsin with Mark's family, which included both of his brothers. We also managed to do some fun things with friends during Christmas break from school.
Order of pictures are from a weeks ago till most recent

Christmas 2008, Grandkids with Nana & Grandpa Leys

Finally Christmas morning!! Cousins Emily, Charlie and Zach loving the presentsMark & his brothers, Paul & Chuck, Charlie and Zachary sledding in Wisconsin. Perfect weather for a family photo op on the beach at Lake Michigan Much, much snow in Wisconsin. Charlie, Zach & Camers sitting on a huge snow pileWe took a trip down to Navy Pier's Winter Wonderland with book club girls and their kids. We had intended to get a group photo of the kids but of course that never happened. This is the only picture I got of some of the kids playing in a 'ball room', where they could throw balls at each other.

Zach, Cam, Max, Lauren & Chloe. We had a great time and I hope we have started a new tradition. Sledding with Max & Sara. Here are the Snow Angels, Max & Zach Sara & Max having fun going down the hill together.

This picture of Sara makes me laugh so I had to add it. They had a hoot going down the hill together.