Friday, March 17, 2017

Arizona Trip 2017

Mommy, Carter and Jayden took a trip down to Arizona to visit cousins with Grammy.
We had a blast!!

Two of these kids are not too excited about going to the zoo.

"Guys, I think we are lost"

Mommy taking pictures...again!

Here we see the Jayden-bird.
She enjoys spending time in a hollow tree, waiting for tourists to bring her food.

Here is the giant Carter-tortoise.
He pretends to be slow and harmless, until his victim is not looking; then he strikes.

Carter: "Help I've fallen into a hollow tree!"
Jayden:  "Run!"

Best cousins

She is so proud of her rocket

Hula hooping is hard!

What could cause this gripping terror in a small child?
.......

Behold the monster!

Code blue
Dr. Batty to the rescue!

Craig's three favorite people.

The one not-silly picture of this photo shoot.
Practicing their graffiti skills.




On our way through AZ we had to visit our old stomping grounds.
Sliding down the yellow slide near are apartment.

So little

Climbing the trees near our apartment.

So little


And no Arizona trip is complete without a ride around the golf course with Uncle Danny!

Or a ride with Grandpa Batty






Back at home.....

A tribute to uncle Kyler.
It's hard to see the black yarn, but Carter has tied himself to the couch and can't get out.

First step, this small rock...
Next step, that big mountain!

This little girl wants to save the environment and not waster paper.

Ta-Da!

Shake and shake the ketchup bottle,
None will come and then a lot'll.
--Chuck McKay, of the McKays of Schenectady.

Residency polar plunge.
During retreat we all walked through 2 feet of snow to jump into a pond at 11:30 PM. 

She's a lumberjack and She's okay! She sleeps all night and works all day!

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Vacation time!


You'll shoot your eye out!

Bulls eye!

Adventure is out there!

Our kids during the entire 6 hour drive.
(What do you mean you don't believe us?)

Practicing for Disneyland

Are we taking a caboose the rest of the way?

Our tiny hotel room.
It comes with bunk beds!!!!

We woke up ready for adventure Monday morning to find it cold and rainy.
The kids insisted we still go swimming.

After one foot in the pool, and plenty of rain on our heads, the kids decided to relocate the pool party.

The kids' perfect vacation: watching tv in a hotel room.


Infrared family photo.
Preview to this year's Christmas card.

The kids were running out of gas, but Daddy demanded we go see this.
Carter is better at his fake smile than Jayden is.

Carter asked if we could take a seed from this tree and plant it at our house.

Carter has taken up photography.
His finger has made a subtle cameo in this piece.

Batty vacation 2017:  The Hollywood sign
(yes it's there)
Batty vacation 2015:  The Grand Canyon
(yes it's there)

Rocky Jr.

Wiped out from a full day of adventure.

And now for the moment we've all been waiting for.......

DISNEYLAND!!!!

Jayden: "The e-fent one!"

Jayden:  "Want ye-yo one!"
Mommy:  "We might not get yellow, we might get another color"


Jayden yelling across the ride to Daddy:  "Daddy!  Got ye-yo one!!!"
(she literally yelled this across the ride to tell Daddy that we got the yellow one)


Best ride ever!!!!!

Disneyland power nap

Chilling at Goofy's house

It's always Halloween at Goofy's house.















Our cute valentines

Happy Valentine's Day!
Jayden loves markers.

Our little engineer.
This would have worked better if our pool noodle wasn't full of holes.

Going spelunking in the basement.

Our office gets a little chilly.

Carter's kite.
It's camouflaged!

Flying kites:  Sometimes it works

Sometimes it doesn't

Introducing Robie the robot.