Summer so far

I realize it's been a while; I'll make no excuses, we've been busy having fun! Since my last entry, we've had Easter (3 egg hunts), Mother's and Father's Day, Swimming lessons, Dane's 1st school performance, Thomas the Train came to town and so did the Circus, Dane's preschool gradutaion (during their performance they sang their ABC's and a number song in Spanish and rehearsed the Pledge of Allegiance, so cute!), went on a 2 week vacation to St. Pete Beach, Florida (we drove and hit all kinds of places down and on the way back. It helps that we are Zoo members and have Six Flags season passes which means we get in free to all the others around the US. FYI, the Atlanta Six Flags is HUGE), our trips to the St. Louis zoo and Six Flags, our long Lake Weekend when we rented the 24 foot pontoon boat for the weekend, Uncle Danny visited and in 4 short days we leave for Washington DC. Here's a few (ha ha, a few, ya right) pictures of us enjoying our summer so far:

Dane's preschool graduation, I can barely hold him*smile*

Drake sleeping with some of his cars

"It's safe, mommy." Dane assures me...so I let them ride a couple more rounds so I could get some pics and a short video, then they had to get down!

The infamous "take it yourself" picture on the Train at the STL zoo

I'm a butterfly!

During Intermission at the Thomas the Train show

Easter Candy before church, bet their teachers had a grand morning with all the sugar high kids hunting for even more easter egss filled with candy

Sharing Raspberry Oatmeal

Drake potty training, he likes to wear my winter snow boots

Napping on the boat


cuddle time with Dane

indepth talk with Drake



Uncle Danny riding with Drake

Uncle Danny riding with Dane

Short break on way home from Florida at Chatanooga Choo Choo


Aquarium at Tampa

Riding scooters at the beach front

Ready to go in their Monster Truck shirts

Pirates on the Pirate cruise...well worth the money: 2 hours of water gun fights, treasure hunts, pirates telling stories, shooting off canyons and getting tattoos before walking the plank!