Three

Matthew is now THREE!!!  I can not believe it!  Time has flown by so fast!  These three years have been such an adventure!  We are all so blessed to have him complete our family!  We love you Matthew!

Matthew and I on his birthday!

Matty on his 1st Birthday

Matthew sure loved his 1st Birthday cake

Matty turning TWO

Matty turning THREE

He is such a handsome boy!

so excited!!!

Matty posing with his new Mater fire truck!  He loves "Cars" so much!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATTHEW!!!

1st Degree Brown Belt

 

 Sydney performing her Kisos

 Sydney performing her Kata.....108 moves in this Kata!

 Sydney receiving her belt!!!

She's a 1st degree brown belt!!!!!!

Zoo Trip

Today, the older kids and I went to the zoo for the first time this year!  It was a very hot day too but it was beautiful!  We met up with some friends and everyone had a blast!

Sydney and Will with the Scarlet Macaw's

Sydney and Jhera

Will trying to take a look at the monkeys 

Rae and I

Sillies 

beautiful elephant

beautiful giraffe 

Will and Sydney intently watching a show

Max and Will loving the animal show

Sydney with the flamingos 

Sweet William 

After the zoo, everyone came over to play in the sprinkler!!!

Fun Times!!!!

Organic Farm Adventure

Today, we had the privilege to see a working organic farm.  It was breathtaking!  We saw sheep, chickens, cows, dogs, barns and tractors!!  The kids LOVED every second. We will definitely be going back! Here are some pics of our adventure...........

The beautiful farm

Will and his friends on the huge combine

Matty and the combine

a beautiful free range chicken laying an egg

Will thought the coup was a bit stinky

cows

Will next to an old tractor

beautiful organic corn

The boys taking a peek at the sheep

Sydney looking at the sheep

They loved this!!!

Sheep

Sydney by a huge bale of hay

a compost pile

They loved the wide open spaces

future farmer

Will hanging from a tree

What a great day!

Like Two Little Old Men............

relaxing in their rocking chairs!  Thanks Grandma!!

Spring Break 2011

We headed down to the beach this past week!  The weather was UNBELIEVABLE!!!  It was perfect!  We all had the best time and we were not ready to come home!  Here are a bunch of pictures from our trip..........

Beach Fun

Matty

sweet Sydney

beautiful boat in the beautiful ocean

Sydney and Will

diggin' to China

playing ball on the beach

This says......."We love you Daddy"

two hang gliders......beautiful

a portuguese Man O' War.......YIKES!

A beautiful dolphin........we saw many dolphins this trip!!

Pool Time

Matty resting after swimming

Matty sleeping after swimming......He would usually end up like this!

Pier Park

Matty loved this parrot!

Will relaxing before riding the train

The little train......They rode this train about 4 times

Beach Pictures

Mom and Bri

Mom

Beautiful Sunset........God is so good!