Monday, July 12, 2010

Garrett checking out the birthday cake

Caroline, Jane, Grandma and Garrett

Caroline and Garrett decorated the birthday cake for Grandma (July 2), Grandpa (July 8), and Patrick (July 9). Glad we could celebrate all the birthdays!

Caroline cuddling with Grandma

Garrett and his buddy, Aunt Jane. :)

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Edisto Beach, SC

We just got back from a wonderful vacation in South Carolina with my parents (we were about an hour from Charleston). The weather couldn't have been more perfect. It was over 98 degrees everyday and HUMID! Great beach weather and the ocean felt wonderful. Patrick and my dad got to golf everyday and they were the only crazy ones out on the golf course at 1 pm and in the scorching heat! My best friend, Lara, came to visit with her husband and daughter from Hilton Head. We got to see my Aunt Dee Dee quite a few times and my cousin Anna too! Caroline had a friend that moved to SC from her preschool, so, we got to see them too! It's amazing being that far away from home and seeing so many friendly faces.

Little Frisbee Player

Pure joy!

Simple things are so much fun

Putting on their grumpy faces!

Garrett, Anna, and Caroline

Anna and Caroline

Anna came to visit us too from CA. Caroline loved playing with Mommy's cousin!!

Sadie and Caroline

One of Caroline's friend's from preschool moved to Charleston, SC. She came and had a play date at the beach! The girls had so much fun.

He's loving this!

Garrett in another pool. This did end up filling up with water. :)

Wearing Garrett's Little Swimmers as hats. :)

Grandma, Grandpa, and Caroline

Having fun in his little "pool"

Patrick dug out little pools for the kids almost everyday. They loved jumping in them.

Lara and me

Lara, my good friend from High School, came to visit us for the day with her husband Wagner and daughter Delaney. It was so fun having our kids play together!

Delaney

The kids had so much fun on the beach.

They weren't too sure about the ocean though. We got Caroline to go in a few times and she did pretty well. Except one time she tried the boogie board and got a mouthful of salt water, so, that was the end of that!

Buried in the sand

Garrett's turn!

Garrett and Grandpa

Walking to the beach for the first time with Grandma

Caroline and Cora playing soccer

They held hands during the game...so cute!

Garrett, Daddy, and Caroline before the big game!

Caroline and Daddy at her first soccer game

The fairy princess and puppy!

Friday, May 28, 2010

Garrett showing off his "skills"

Skida-marink-a-dink-a-dink...

Locks of Love

I donated my hair today to Locks of Love in honor of Gracie Bennett. I worked with Gracie's mom, Stephanie, at Eagle Creek Elementary in Indianapolis 4 years ago. Gracie was diagnosed with a brain tumor and just turned 4. I wanted to do this in honor of her. :)

It also reminded me that 4 years ago (almost to the day) I had my thyroid removed due to cancer. So, I didn't plan to cut my hair off on this exact day, but, thought it was significant. :)

Before

Before

Back view

Side view

After

The flowers I made for Caroline's teachers

Caroline decorated the flower pots. :)

Sibling Love

Caroline and Mrs. Kordovsky

Caroline LOVED her teachers this year (and so did we).

Mrs. Sanderson, Caroline, and Cora

We could not have asked for better teachers for Caroline. Mrs. Sanderson and Mrs. Kordovsky were WONDERFUL!! I have referred a lot of my friends to Calvary because of them. :)

Cora, Ava, and Caroline

Caroline and Cora

Caroline's parent day at preschool

Sleepy Caroline

Big boy hair cut by Daddy. :)

Helping Daddy give Garrett a bath.

Happy Mother's Day

Caroline and Garrett decorated the cakes for me and helped Patrick pick out the flowers.

Happy Girl

Rookie of the Year