Vacation!!!!!!

The Cruise

Taking the party bus to the cruise ship!

There's our ride.

Sailing for adventure on the big blue wet thing.

Near the Queen's Staircase in Nassau.

Craig was blown away by this little island.
bah-dum-bum

Enjoying the ocean.

Two white boys searching for treasure.

Two seconds after letting go of the instructor's hand.

Lookin' smashing

Ready to explore St. Thomas

Our buddy Seth's new friend.

"I found five bucks!"

This is vacation.

Craig makes a great mermaid!

....And pirate.
No Craig, that's our ride home!

Craig rocking it up in the volleyball tournament.

Third place baby!........out of four.

Enjoying a quiet bite of pizza.

Formal night.

A relaxing read.

Craig being glad he didn't sign up for the belly flop competition.

Zip-lining across the boat.

Meanwhile......

Catching a bug.

Dancing with a Bug

We waited too long to post this so we don't remember what she was upset about.
But she's adorable anyway :)

Cousins and ice cream; what could be better?

PUDDING!

Oh, this is yours?  Sorry

I'm not!

This little lady loves swimming!

This little boy does not
(this picture is actually of his first bee sting.  Poor boy)

Jayden takes after her dad, she does not like snakes!

Wrapping up

Yeah, we are a little behind.  We know.

We were hoping to get this batch of pictures posted before the move, but we ran out of time.

This post will be followed by cruise/graduation/move pictures later this week (hopefully).

Girls Night!
Jayden and Mommy having fun while the boys were at Fathers and Sons.
These girls love their ice cream!

And it came to pass......

.............that I passed out.

............and so did the eldest.

Homework with Daddy

Our new friend.  We call him Stanley.
(Jayden is a little unsure of him).

Jayden wins the flexibility contest

And the style contest.
(She found this bra and walked around the store with it on her head saying "Roar!!")

And more style from Jayden

After 4 years, Carter has finally learned to appreciate the splash pad.

After 18 months, Jayden has not.

Helping skeleton use the potty

July 2012, night before med school starts.

May 2016, night after med school ends.

Remember her friend from the last post?
Well he moved.
Sad girl.

Collecting pinecones.

"These will look great at our new house too!"

Getting Ready to say Goodbye

One of our last visits to Midwestern.

Goodbye reflecting pool.

All the things the kids have collected.

Goodbye friends.
This was one of the last times these kiddos played together.

Goodbye swimming pool.
Last time swimming.

"That's our new house?"

Aww.  We have to put the pine cones back.

The Easter Bunny hiding pine cones for the next kids to discover.

Can we get a puppy?

Trying to chase out another round of neighbors.

We noticed Carter was abnormally quiet in his bedroom one afternoon.  When we went to check on him, he was asleep in his closet on top of his toys.  He plays hard.

Carter's stew.
All natural.
Free samples anybody?

Enjoying a Sunday walk......or sit.

"I didn't do it!"

We have traded our daily play in the sand, to a daily run in the sprinklers.

Super-baby in pig tails.

Jayden playing with a clay elephant Mommy made for her.
Elephants say "pbbbbbtttttttt!"

Jayden's best friend.  We visit him every day and blow him kisses when we say good bye.

Carter has a new best friend too.  This puppy absolutely LOVED Carter.  It wouldn't pay any attention to anyone else.
It was the first time Mommy and Daddy were tempted :)

Blast these straps!!

"Tzzzzz!"
(aka, Cheese)

This is what Jayden did today instead of going to church.
She's feeling better now though.