chicago pictures...finally!

Here are our Labor Day weekend pictures...

finally!

Popcorn on the pull out sofa after a long day...






The boys loved the view from the hotel room...











Their favorite ride at Navy Pier...they rode it over and over and over again

On the ferris wheel at Navy Pier

Awww...so sweet. This moment lasted about a 1/2 second though, despite having bribed them with ice cream!

A giant crab at the aquarium- it's Sebastian! (you little mermaid fans will get that one)

Wild animals at the Rainforest Cafe. The snake popped out at us from the ceiling (much to Eli's dismay)!

We're back!!!

Alright, well we are back from our trip out East to visit our Adams side of the Family...and we had a great time! We had a condo on the beach and filled it to capacity with family for the week. The boys had so much fun and even the 11 hour drive was not as painful as it could have been. A few of the favorite activities of the week included fishing, crabbing (yes we actaully caught LIVE crabs!), rides/games on the boardwalk and, of course, the beach & pool. I think the best part of the week was seeing the boys have so much fun with their cousin Jaylen though. They were like three little monkeys running around the condo all week long. Jaylen is 18 months now and could keep up with Caden & Eli with no problem at all. There are many, many, many more pictures than these...so if you are interested then let me know and I will send you the snapfish link. :) Hope everyone had a great week, we are all happy to be home!

Our first crab! The boys were not too sure about the whole thing, and Eli kept wanting to know if it was "dangerous". (this crab eventually had a standoff with Mommy and escaped- Daddy was not happy about losing his prize catch, though it was quite funny!)

Eli fishing off the pier...below is video of our first "BIG" catch! LOL Notice that when Jerome asks them if they caught a fish, they instinctly say "CHEESE" because they think he taking their picture.

Bathtime!!

Caden loved Jaylen so much...sometimes a little too much!

Believe it or not, this is about the best picture that we got of the three of them together...it's hard getting three three boys to sit still and smile!

It's been awhile!!

Okay, I know it has been a long time since I have updated. I am starting to wonder if I really have enough time for this blog thing. Okay, yeah sure, my sister who also has two young kids and works full time does it...but I am having a hard time! LOL

Anyhoo....well, the reason (excuse) that I haven't posted for awhile is that we left our camera battery in a Chicago hotel room, so I don't have any pictures to post! I may include a couple gratuitous photos of the boys just for the fun of it, buy they will not be recent. (update...okay didn't find any really cute pictures that I took recently, so I decided to put a pic of Carlie and both of the boys when they were babies...since I really think Micki and I are the only ones really reading these things, I might as well make her smile too!)

Don't let my lack of posting think that we haven't been busy though! Starting way back with Labor Day. We took the boys to Chicago for the weekend and had a great time....we went to the aquarium, Navy Pier and several parks around downtown. I have some really cute pictures...but you will have to wait to see them!

Next, I had my "girls trip" to Hilton Head planned for last weekend. But then, Hurricane Hanna changed our plans so we had to cancel. I was very, very, very sad about this...just ask anyone around me last weekend.

Besides that, things are the same around here. The boys are enjoying the weather cooling down and bit and we are big into bike rides now. Nevermind that it takes at minimum 45 minutes to make it around the block, but it's still fun.

More later...with pictures!

Love,

Lacey