Cousin Photo Shoot!

The after party we bribed them with!

I really enjoyed taking all of these pics of the kids tonight! They did great! These are some of my favorites!

Lake House Fun!

Making snail soup !

Macie picked mommy a flower ;)

Sliding in the lake!

We LOVE the lake house!!!!! We have been having sooooo much fun there! Swimming in the lake, playing in the sand, tubing, skiing etc! Macie and Merrik are loving being with all of the cousins! SOOO fun!

FUNtastic Vacation!!!!!!

Jayden and Macie got to ride without and adult next to them! Getting so big!

Merrik's new trick... you say smille merrik and he does!!!! SOOO CUTE... the restaurant we ate at had TONS of toys for the kids .. so we got to eat and they played! Wished every restaurant was like this!

He actually ended up getting covered up 100% in the ball pit... I had to jump in and save him from the rowdy kiddies and stinky balls;)

Merrik loved swimming on his belly in the baby pool!

The kids loved these mopeds all around the hotel!

Catching her baby brother on the slide!

Merrik's favorite part he got to see his favorite guy! BARNEY!!!!

We just got back from a AWESOME quick vacation to the Portofino hotel in Orlando, Universal and Islands of Adventure!!!!!! We had such a GREAT time!!!! Macie said mommy I LOVE this hotel and place! Words can't even explain how much fun we had!!!! Macie's favorite rides were Cat in the Hat and the Woody Woodpecker roller coaster! She loves riding any kind of ride!!! We even got her to try the huge water slide at the hotel and she loved it! Went on it over and over again! I tried to let Merrik out of his stroller as much as I could ... he was happier than ever not being confined! He got to run around the parks, city walk, the hotel etc.! He even got to stand up on the boat rides to the theme park! I loved spending time with my sweet mom, Rhea, Natalie and most of all the kids! What a fun vacation!

Macie's New Friend

Macie has met her match! Macie and Ella have played at the pool together a few times over these past few years... we finally had Ella come over for a play date and boy did they get a long well! You would have thought they had known each other for forever!

Daddy's New Job!

So Michael has a new job... well he started a few months ago ... he LOVES it! We are sooo proud of him! The only down fall of the job is he has to work A LOT! He is away for 3 weeks training so we are missing him lots!!! He took Macie to Build a Bear before he left and got her this new lamby... We miss you daddy and love you very much! Can't wait for you to come home!

Sea World

We went to SeaWorld and stayed at the Renassiance this week for a couple of days! We had soooo much fun! The pool at the hotel was awesome! Macie loved this purple slide and went down it tons and tons of times! SeaWorld nights was a blast... Manta is not my favorite roller coaster but I was trying to be a good friend to natalie so I went on it 3 times... hoping not to die each time.... Thank you mom mom for taking us! Sooo much fun!