Nick's first catch

Forgot to mention that while were were at Lake Wini, Nick caught his first fish. Make that catches numbers 1 through about 10. These fish just kept coming back for more, he definitely had a few repeat catches.

He says, "That's the giantest fish I ever seen in my whole life."

Lake Wini 2010

We were very lucky to spend another 4th of July up at the wonderful "Honeymoon Resort" at Lake Winnipesaukee this year. We had tons of fun with Uncle Tommy, Auntie Maggie, Owen, Nan, Grampy Gary, Aunt Chris, Cathy and Paul. The kids loved jumping off the dock into the lake, playing on the beach, playing on the big lawn, blowing bubbles, feeding the ducks, etc, etc!! Thank you for having us!

At the parade

Waiting for the ducks to wake up

Powdered donut lips!

Obvi they weren't into the group picture

Hanging with Nan

Waiting for the ducks (again)

Cathy brought mini bubble machines for the kids and they LOVED them

1/2 Way Through Summer ReCap

Not much time to update the blog lately because we have been too busy enjoying this GORGEOUS summer! A few of the fun things we've been doing below...

Hitting the playground... We have two favorites, "the one with the big slide" and "the one with the horse" (there is a farm next door to one and the horse comes over to the fence and we feed it grass - even though Ryan tells us all the time that we shouldn't)

Easton Children's Museum on a rainy day...

The Beach of course...

Nature Walk with Jack and Megan...

Wearing flip flops...

The beach again of course... (that's Mommy throwing water on Nick)

Can't believe it's already August...we don't want it to end!!!

"To Infinity and Beyond!"..oh wait, "HOLD ON"!!

We have been "Toy Story" obsessed around here lately. That is pretty much the only thing the kids want to watch. We took them to see #3 on Saturday and in the morning they were practicing their "To Infinity and Beyond"s by jumping off the couch on to the beanbag. Then Chelsea started telling everyone to "HOLD ON" and holding up her cute little fingers and we were absolutely dying laughing. The two videos below are one but I had to split it up because it was a little too long...

How'd that sidewalk taste?

Chelsea's first official pavement face-plant. There have been many skinned knees but somehow, this time, she managed to skip right over the knees and land directly on her face. The only thing that could save her was her cute little button nose and that took a beating. When I picked her up and saw the blood I started running because I thought it was a bloody nose. But after one wipe I realized it was just skin coming off! Awesome. But after only about 2 minutes of crying and a clean up she was ready to hit the road again. This video shows her poor little nose and her "reading" her favorite book...

Memorial Day Weekend

Hey. Better late than never!

We hit the Hanson parade and then Uncle Pete's for a party. The kids had a blast in the "jumpy" and the pool and they both took naps while we were there so we got to stay all day; melt-down free!!! Nick learned about the American Flag and now wherever we go he points them out. I never realized how many there are around! So nice to see.

Ready to go!

The future of America!

This girl has NO fear (kind of scary actually)

Crazy cousins trying to stay away from the Daddy monster

There she goes again

My Favorite Moments...

...when I am in the bathroom getting ready in the morning and I hear conversations like this:
N: "Chelsea, do you want to do the flashlights in my bed?"
C: "Yeah"
N: "OK. Come on!"
C: "K"
N: "Now come up on my bed with me"
C: "K"
N: "OK. Now lay down on my pillow and I will put the blanket on you"
C: "K"
N: "Hold on. I forgot to turn off the light"
C: "K"
N: "OK. All set. Now shine your heart on the ceiling"
C: "K!!!!"
Lots of laughing follows.

They're getting along and having fun and Nick is being so sweet to his little sister. Absolutely melts my heart!

Half the time it ends with whining and hitting but it's great while it lasts!