Some more pooltime fun!!

Last day of the trip. Some of the group had already packed up the car and headed back home. We decided to spent our last day in the pool, of course! I am IN LOVE with how great our kids are in the water. Two little fish! Miss M blew us away this year. N has always been great. She decided that he would not be showing her up this year and was a swimming, jumping fool! Off the side, off the diving board....swam to the side and around the pool all by herself(with wings obviously). It made this mom's heart burst with pride!

So brave! :) Watch me Grandma!

The kiddos, swimming with Grandma.

Just looking at this picture, I can hear her saying "watch me!"

And there she goes!

My other cute little fish! He also was amazing this year. He got to the point where he would take his wings off in the shallow end and go under water, trying to swim. Not a bad start at all!

And sadly, then the week of funin the sun came to an end. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for SO much fun!

Grant's Farm

On "guy's day", we ladies, took the kiddos out to Grant's Farm. Sadly, no pics of the guys golfing on their day away, but I do have many of us and the kids.

The definite highlight was feeding the baby goats. you can buy warm bottles of milk to feed them.

N loved this so much

For some reason, the goats really wanted to eat J's dress too!

Little Miss M got sick of being bombarded by hungry goats and went and found herself this little guy to visit. Nice and calm. :o)

N also loved the mister. He's a little hot head in the summer and pretty much just wanted to stand here. It did feel pretty nice on a hot summer day!

J and N were hilarious with this camel. They sat by him, chatting with him for a good 10-15 minutes, until we made them leave.

This picture makes me laugh so hard. At the end of our time, we wandered into the gift store. I asked N if he would like to pick something out since he had been such a good boy. As I was helping M find a little something for herself, N came from across the store, holding a huge box. It was a bog farm set and he yelled "mom, I want either this or a whistle." All the mom's there started laughing. Luckily, he made it easy and got a whistle....even got a bonus hat attached to it! Kid cracks me up!

Then off for some eats at DQ of course! :)

S, pretending to talk on the phone

Two VERY chocolatey faces!

After all the guys and gals found there way back to the house, we all had a swim and a family photo session!

The whole gang!

A little bit of silliness

Cake anyone?

Just a little project I made for an event for my Uncle John. I just really liked how it turned out.

Monkey diaper cake!

The benefit was for my Uncle J, who has Hepetitus and will be missing some work due to his treatments. My amazing family put together an event for them to assist them during this time. It is times like this that make me so proud to be part of such a great family! Here are some pics from the party.

Many of us made/donated gift baskets. You could then buy tickets and put them in the bucket by the items you wanted to win. If you bought $100 dollars in tickets, you got to ring the bell. Miss M was dying to ring the bell, so her very nice Grancy let her ring for her and then Beanie let her ring it again for her! The generousity in that room was amazing. Even people not closely related to them were so incredibly generous, My amazing friend TR2 put together a wonderful basket and donated it, my friend E's mom donated some darling cloth diapers for my baby basket, and my friend A came and worked a shift, bussing tables with me. We are so lucky to have such wonderful people in our life!

Me and my cutie

The other cutie with his Grancy

Girl's Day!

One of my favorite parts about our week down there every year is that my mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and I escape for a day to relax and be free of children! So wonderful!

We started out the day with pedicures....my fav!

Then, drinks in hand, headed out in a limo!

So roomy and comfy! We cruised around the city, drinking wine and relaxing.

Then we had some good eats and good drinks at various restaurants and bars. It was a beautiful day, so we made sure to hit all the good patios!

A visit to the Arch

We had a few people there that week that had never been up in the arch. So, after bit of a wait(impatiently for a few little ones), we went up to check out the view!

 Going up!

Taking a look at the view below

Cards stadium

A pile of kiddos!

Day 2...off to the City Museum!

This Museum was really fun! Crazy architecture and fun for kids and adults! We can't wait to go again!

Every area was unique

Kids checking out the serpent staircase

Wall made out of bread pans...made a fun sound!

People-sized hamster wheel!

Train that went around the museum....no surprise that N loved this!

A ball pit with real bouncy balls

Silly girls

Are you sure you should be driving this?

Big cement slides....they really flew down them!

The dads, playing on the rope swing

On the ferris wheel, on the roof!

Auntie A and J

J and N, in front of the praying mantis

A and N, way up in this tower....J was content to hang out below. :)

You could go in this bus on the roof....it hung out over the edge

Muscling it up to the top

To top off a fun day, it was someone's 6th birthday!

Vick Family Vacation 2012.....Day 1

We did actually arrive the night prior to this. Kids went right to bed and the adults went out to the pool to visit. Here is the picture that S sent to Uncle D, since he could not come for a few days yet.

Had to hit the pool right away the next morning! :)

Two little girls, easing into the pool

One little monkey, jumping on the diving board

Miss J, wearing M's hat

Troll, under the bridge??

Lurking...

It was a great day!