Vacation pictures to be posted soon. In the meantime be amused by my brother's current adventure.

Happy Day!

Being a January baby I always said I would do my best to not have my kids' birthdays in the winter. Well, so far I've struck out. No pool parties for Caroline. We'll just have to help Carson celebrate his every year in August like we did today in the sun and the water.


Caroline staring at Carson right after he threw sand in her hair.


Luckily, Chris brought another shirt...


Enjoying Carson's birthday present -- a swingset!

18 months, going on 30

Caroline turned 18 months a few weeks ago and today I realized I am more than half-way to 30. I'm not sure which bothers me more!

I have to use this post to give kudos to Chris and Ike...Chris has lost 20 pounds since April and Ike has lost 9 since May! Caroline is in the 22 lb weight class which is the 25 - 50% percentile for her age. Here's a few pics from her recent modeling session...

A $30 upgrade

We've been craving another float trip since canoeing back in June so this weekend we headed back to Hardy. However, we decided we just couldn't return to the Spring River Lodge. Thirty dollars goes a long way in Hardy -- we upgraded from the lodge to Biggers Bed & Breakfast. Great view, great garden, great dinner, and (minus our dorm-room decor) nice country-charmed guest rooms. Oh yeah, and great company with us too!

After he realized that staying in a Bed & Breakfast didn't mean community bathrooms, Willie embraced his African Queen themed room...

The view from the top and also where we watched a girl pee behind a tree from very far up! Sorry!

Caroline had a girls weekend while we were away. Thank you Ma and cousin Milan for coming to visit and play baby dolls!!