Flip

Click here for a video of Reese's latest trick -- flips on the hanging bar.

Wedding

Congratulations to Brian and Becky!  We had an amazing time in North Carolina for your wedding!

This is the way they roll.

All the kids were excited as we took off and saw the earth and clouds below.  Reese and Lauren were big girls sitting together during the flight decent into NC.  Emmy didn't cry or nap on the plane or 2 1/2 hour car ride to beach house.

Once we arrived, we toured the huge beach house and hit the pool (there were 3 pools -- 2 on the roof and 1 on ground level).

The beach was right across the street, and the kids loved it. They saw dolphins jumping just off shore and Reese and Lauren spent hours with Daddy getting blasted by the big waves.  As they jumped, they would say, "Is that all you got?!?!"   Emmy liked to run on the shore and run up the sand dune hills.    Here are some videos from the beach:  video 1, video 2, video 3.

Of course, Reese and Emmy found animals.  They played ball with little dogs on the beach, helped a little duck that couldn't get out of our beach house pool, and listened to the frogs make crazy noises.

For the groom's dinner, we want on a boat cruise and were attacked by pirates! 

The pirate captain was pretty freaky with his red eyes!

When the pirate boat pulled up, Reese was scared at first, but we just kept telling her that it was just a pretend show.  

 Emmy, on the other hand, was not scared at all.  She told me she squirted the pirates with water and went "bam, bam, bam" waving her arms like she was fighting them.  

The pirates tied Grandma up!  And Lauren cried when they tied Brian up - so cute!

The beach wedding was beautiful.

The only minor incident was Emmy peed in the beach sand during the ceremony and then lifted up her dress during pictures showing off her buns.  Ha!

Then we all went back to the beach house for good food, drinks, and dancing.

After 5 great days, it was time to head home.  The girls took a shot at flying the plane.

Then decided to go back to their seats and sit together all in a row for take-off.  They took the safety warnings seriously and read their pamphlets.   

Throughout the trip, Reese was told that she looked like Drew Barrymore and Emmy was told she is "SO CUTE" more times than we could count.

Leeo

Leeo has been such a great addition to our family.  We were devastated when we came home from work one day and he could barely walk up the hill outside.  We rushed him to the emergency pet vet and an x-ray showed a broken pelvis, likely from being hit by a car.  Poor baby!  He broke it in a "good" place (not on a growth plate or anything), so he was sent home simply with pain medication and  instructions to rest.  We kept him in the master bed/bathroom for 2 weeks (away from Libby who kept trying to attack him - terrible!) and gave him lots of love.

It's unbelievable how quickly Leeo has recovered.  After just 2 weeks he would not stay in the master bed/bath any longer, and even went outside.  Just a week later he was climbing trees!  He's on the fast road to a complete recovery.

Also happy to report that Libby is no longer trying to kill Leeo.

Last Day

We enjoyed a field trip to Como Zoo for Reese's last day of Pre-K (ever -- makes mom cry!!).  Reese had such an amazing pre-school experience.  She grew from a very shy little girl to someone who is comfortable and confident with lots of friends.  We could not be more proud.  And now she's happy to everyone that she's a kindergartner!

Rainey

Reese and her American Girl Doll named "Rainey Rainbow".

Hailed

Quick note that it hailed today, May 19, 2014

Finally

Finally... warm weather, sprinklers, sidewalk chalk, sunglasses, and flowers.