Jacob's 5 year Birthday Party

Wow, our little boy is already 5! He invited one other American friend and 5 friends from his class. We had a full house and a great time!

Thailand February 2011

This February we got to escape the cold winter to warm sunny Thailand and Jason's parents were able to meet us there - talk about a wonderful vacation!! The kids loved the beach and the swimming pool, they would have swimmed all day if we let them. We of course loved the sunshine and the water too! We also enjoyed not having to wear socks, jackets, or 3 layers of clothes! We had such a great time with Jason's parents and the kids really enjoyed playing with them.
The kids are excited about the warm weather!

Fun at the pool!




Pops, Daddy, Mommy, and Lydia went on a hike to a cave




We got to celebrate Jacob's birthday with Nana and Pops



Fun at the beach!

Mimi and Papa's Visit (October 2010)

Ok, yes I am almost 6 months behind on posting - sorry. I don't really have any excuses except that I have gotten lazy so I am going to try to do a quick catch up...October 2010 Mimi and Papa (Liz's parents) came to visit us - what a treat! We had such a great time with them here, they brought some fun dress up clothes for the kids, we went to the opera, they watched the kids for 3 days so Jason and I could go the beach for a getaway (now that was a treat!) and they got to go with Jacob and Lydia on their school field trip to the new aquarium here in town.

Lydia's 3rd Birthday

While Liz's sister's family was here we got to celebrate Lydia's third birthday. It was a great time together as a family and Lydia still brags that Connor and Katie got to come to her birthday party. Lydia is really into princesses and Meg helped me make Lydia a special princess birthday cake - such fun!

Cousins come visit!!

We were so blessed to have Liz's sister and her family come and visit us in September. Their oldest Connor is Lydia's age and their second child, Katie, is Julia's age. The kids had so much fun playing together and it was the first time we got to meet Katie. Meg was also pregnant at that time expecting their third. What fun times together!!

New Discoveries!

I recently was able to found "Mountain Dew" here- actually it's a little different and the translated name is "Turbulent Wave"- however it's only on the east coast so I've been ordering it online and having it shipped here. Pretty cool stuff- the bottle rocks.

Also- Lay's has a new flavor of potato chip- "Lemon Iced Tea"- it's really pretty good and it might knock off my previous favorite flavor- Blueberry.

Cool Welcome Sign!!!

When anyone arrives in our airport- these are the cool signs that greet male travelers in front of the urinals. So whenever any of you want to come and visit us, you will be welcomed by the friendly Panda saying "Please Aim Carefully". Pretty cool huh?