Remember Me?!

Oh hi. Remember me?!

It's been a while . . . it's been a busy while. Lots of things went on. Super busy at work. DIY remodel of our living room. Trip to Germany & Paris. Lots of family get-togethers.

Here are some fun pics of my nieces & nephew from Thanksgiving (yeah, I know that was 3 months ago) . . . .

More Lake House!

Over July 4th weekend, we headed out to the lake house again! First stop . . . flea market!


A couple toys were bought, but nothing big.



Next stop . . . boat! Aly loves the boat almost as much as I do!


Ooops! Brian & Bibi fell off and we didn't realize for a while . . .


Livin the life! Paddle boating in the canal!


Brian & Bibi


I just LOVE how little kids interact with each other! Aly & Bryce are so stinkin cute!


Captain Bowen & Captain Don!


Amazzzzzing place in Bemus Point called Village Casino! Super yummy food and you can order it, eat it, and pay all right from your boat! Definitely recommend this place!


After dinner and some playground fun, we headed over to listen to the cover band singing Billy Joel & Elton John songs!


So awesome. It was like we were on vacation all weekend. I loved it.

Memorial Day Boating Adventures!

Memorial Day we went to the cottage in Chautauqua to enjoy the fam and some sun! Here is Shaney with his wonderful mommy!


We also got to see the new 22' aqua patio pontoon boat! Very fun!


Brian & Bibi kayaked for their very first time.


As we headed out on the boat to Chautauqua Lake through the canal, you could really see how much the water levels were raised!


Aly was soooo excited! This girl has no fear! She wanted to go tubing by herself and swim by herself (don't worry - we didn't let her)!


Brian & Aly heading out!


Bria's first boat ride was a little exhausting for her!


After 20 minutes of twisting Shane's arm, he finally agreed (I pushed him out of the boat) to go on the tube with me! We had fun!


No swimming for Shane or I, the water was FREEZING, but Brian, Bibi, & Aly were brave souls!


As were Bria and Majr! Bria was soooo excited after her swim. She got on the boat and was running back and forth and jumping up and down and wanted to go back out there!

Until next time . . .

Easter Goods!

We celebrated Easter with my grandma on Saturday this year. We picked her up from her new home and brought her back to our house for dinner and some cake!


Bria got a new toy from Grammy & Grampy that she was super excited about! (she really was excited about it)


Sunday we went to church and got to spend the day with Shane's family. His mommy and Bowen being all cute!


Bryce searching for eggs!


Who's bright idea was it to bring the kiddos ring pops. . . . . .

Especially when their mommy wanted to get some cute family pictures . . . .
Oops!

So we had a fashion shoot with little Bowie instead!





We tried to take the remote away . . kid wasn't having it.





We did finally manage to exchange it with an egg though!

This was cute . . . Aly was looking through her Easter basket and Bryce just stood there and watched the entire time.


Bryce sporting her new shades:



Don had too much excitement for the day . . .


And later on we walked in on Aly reading Bryce a book. They were literally in there for a good 20 minutes just "reading" to each other.

Love this age!!

Love my family and God as well!! Thank you for a great Easter!

Chautauqua Lake - 4th of July!

We spent part of our 4th of July weekend in Chautauqua! Shane's mom and step-dad have an awesome lake house there. We drove up Friday night after work, and headed to Watermark for dinner on the lake. Then we took the boat back to the cottage.


Here is Bryce all bundled up. It was cold on the boat at night!


These were so fun! Jamaica Me Happy was my favorite.


Saturday we got up to go to the big parade they have. Here is Bryce & Aly waiting for more candy to be thrown.


When we were in Disney, they had these awesome bubble blowers that I wanted to get, but they were like $15 bucks and I didn't know how I'd get them on the plane with all the liquid laws.
But then when I was at Walgreens to get some cards, I found a bubble blower for $3! It was quite the hit!


Bryce decked out in her red, white, and blue for the parade!


After OD'ing on candy and getting way too much (and sweating profusely in the 90 degree sunny weather), we decided to head back to the cottage so we could get ready to go out on the lake.


We drove around for a bit on the big boat, then had a relaxing cruise in these boats.


Then we went for a little swim (it was still FREEZING in the water)! So we didn't stay in very long. It was a great weekend and we had so much fun! Next year we will have to stay for the fireworks on the lake!