Swimming

This weekend we spent quite a bit of time swimming...there isn't much else to do in this heat! Anna usually "swims" with her tube on, but she decided to try out swimming on her own, and SHE DID IT! She did a wonderful job keeping her head up and using her arms and legs to swim to Daddy. I am so proud of her. Britney captured the moments for us! Thank you, Brit!

Family beach shots

We managed to get a few family beach pictures...it was raining as we did them, but we still were able to get a few good ones. It was past Henry's bed time, but he was quite a trooper! By the way, he is such a fast crawler now and pulling up on everything. Life is REALLY busy again.

More Florida pics

There are so many good ones...I had to do more.

Fun in Florida

We just returned from a trip to Florida with all of my side of the family. It was so much fun seeing everyone. When I was younger, my great grandmother lived in Florida and every summer we would go to stay. We repeated some of the fun traditions for the youngest generation this trip. It was like Christmas in July, because these children were getting gifts everyday! The girls (Anna, Madeline, and Abby) had so much fun wearing matching dresses, nightgowns, etc. The boys (Cole and Henry) held their own, and although they didn't have matching attire, they managed to have a ball. Cole was so sweet with the little ones! Anna just LOVED playing with her cousins, and she can't wait to see them again. Here are a few pics...we took over 600 while we were there! All of the adults had a great time as well. It was so amazing to have everyone (27 of us) together. I don't remember the last time that actually happened.

Anna and my dad

Madeline, Anna and Abby

Anna and Abby

Uncle Larry, Doris(my grandmother's sister), Nana

Madeline, Abby, Anna and Cole