Mediterranean Cruise

This was our first formal night. Nate looks like he is having a dandy time, doesn't he??
We took over 250 pictures, so this is just a sample of our cruise. We had a great time.

Each night they had our towels in the shape of an animal. I guess this is a monkey!

Another formal night on the ship.

A view of Sicily from our balcony as we left for Barcelona.

Palermo, Sicily

A view of Mt. Vesuvius in Naples.

The Voyager of the Seas - Our ship

Our ship again

After we toured Pompeii, we relaxed on the ship.

Pompeii - the ancient Roman city covered in ash by Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

This was an amazing place that has been excavated.

A Roman preserved by ash from the Mt. Vesuvius.

Mt. Vesuvius and the ruins of Pompeii.

The pots that soups and other liquids were sold in Roman times along the city streets.

Pompeii

Pompeii

The Coliseum in Rome - We didn't have enough time to go in which was a disappointment, but it was great to walk the perimeter.

St. Peter's Square in The Vatican City in Rome

Rome

A little Smart Car which many drove in Europe

A view of The Vatican City and the icky Tibre River.

Nice, France - I am in the white shirt looking like a tourist!

This is Pisa

The famous leaning tower

This is Villefrance - the port city to Nice and Canne in France
- Very picturesque

The County Fair

We took the kids to the fair on Thursday. They had a lot of fun. Aida insisted on riding the teacups by herself!

We saw Hayes (a friend from school) at the fair, so Henry rode the teacups with him.

Aida on the choo choo train

Henry on the swings

This little ride was so cute! Henry really liked it.

Henry and Daddy waiting on us to get off the carousel.

Aida rode on a pig on the carousel.

Soccer and Princesses

Henry had his first soccer practice. I was the only mom taking pictures so I kind of felt like a goober! Oh well! There are 6 boys on the team all age 4 (almost 5). They are called Charge and have green and navy jerseys that are so cute. Henry is #5. Here are Henry and Aida before we left for practice.
Henry is on the far right holding the soccer ball in his hands! No hands in soccer!

The little princess rolled around in the grass and acted like a frog and pig during practice...Very princess-like. See below for princess pics...

Henry concentrating hard on kicking the ball!

Daddy and Henry

The little princess in her dress up clothes for her close up.

The full body shot in her feathery shoes she got from Alyssa!

Aida's 3rd Birthday

Here are some pics from Aida's 3rd birthday party. It was fun!

Present time

The great waterslide, and Henry in his goggles!


All of the little grass monkeys climbing up the slide.

My masterpiece!

Florida Trip

I have finally gotten back to putting some pics on the blog. We went to Navarre Beach, FL with my parents and sister's family and had a great time. Aida didn't really like the water or the sand, so she spent most of her time under the umbrella in a beach chair! Henry had fun in the water and the sand especially when Pat Pat arrived.

A family picture taken in the condo. The lens kept fogging up from the heat when we went outside.

The two people you can see on the pier are Daddy and Nate. Henry was out there too, but you can't see him. I took this picture from our back patio at our condo overlooking the bay.

You notice Aida is sitting on a kick board. Normally she was in a beach chair and RARELY did she sit in the actual sand. She is playing with a little water fan of Nana's.

Silver Dollar City

We took a trip to Branson with my parents this past weekend. We went to Silver Dollar City and had a nice time. Here are a couple of pics of the kids who normally throw up on the trip to Branson. This was our first Branson trip where no one got sick!! We didn't even use dramamine! One for the record books for sure.

We took the kids to the Branson Landing (a new very nice shopping center.) We looked at the fountains and the river.

Aida in a little boat at the Landing play area.

We tried to get a good family picture, but Henry got weird and wouldn't look at the camera.

Aida and Daddy(Papa T) at Geyser Gulch

Momma and Daddy and Aida

Henry and Nate rode these little worms. Nate barely fit! Henry rode several rides. Aida was pretty scared of most rides. She rode this one and the carousel, but that was it.