Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Vacation - Dale Hollow Lake

Mark and Bridget have a houseboat on Dale Hollow Lake, so we took the girls for a family vacation! I was nervous about being on the water with 2 - 2 year olds, but it went great. The girls loved it and were very good listeners about the "rules" on the water. We had planned to take them tubing on Saturday (our last day), but the hi temp was only about 74 degrees and there was not much sun, so we decided to save that for next year! Zion and Isaiah were there with Grandma and Papaw. Eli, Casey, Dallas, and Laney went down too, but Laney wasn't feeling well, so they cut their trip short. We overlapped with Scott and Danielle on the first day, but I didn't get any pictures with them in it!

The Marina

The boat... Bridget, Mark, Isaiah (I think..), Taylor, Hannah, and Greg


Cousins. They had a lot of fun with Zion and Isaiah!

They really are best friends!

Searching for shells along the shore.

They found a handful and played in the water some more!

The kiddie pool was on top of the boat, more for Laney, but the girls enjoyed it too!

Swimming behind the boat.

Hannah, Zion, Taylor, and Isaiah in the speed boat.


Love you Sis!


Sitting on the front of the houseboat.

Looking for fish with Daddy.

Taylor driving the boat with Papaw Mark.


Hannah driving the boat with Papaw Mark.


We had a great trip and plan to go back next year!


Chillicothe Pool

We went with friends to Chillicothe (where our last house was - about 30 minutes away), to swim at the new pool. It was a lot of fun and a really nice pool. We even swam with our old neighbors, Megan, Drew, and Ali.

Taylor walking the edge!

Hannah after the slide!




Tuesday, July 7, 2009

"Spray" park in Pekin

We had a blast running through the fountains in Pekin with
our friends!



Thursday, June 25, 2009

Peoria Zoo!

We had a blast at the zoo! The lion was great - just a glass wall between them and us at one point. The male was pawing at the glass and eyeing everyone. Greg was amazed!

Looking at the giraffes.







We will defintiely be going back!
After the zoo, we had a picnic in the park.
What a great day!




Friday, June 19, 2009

Beautiful Girls









Madi's 3rd Birthday

The girls and I drove to Ohio with Grandma Rose and Great Grandma Ruby for Madi's Birthday.
The drive was long, but went well.
The kids were so excited to see each other. Overall they played pretty good together.


Reading in Madi's bed.

Food!

Dora the Explorer - Madi goes first.
Taylor is next..


Hannah doesn't waste any time....

Candy

Lots of kids! Lots of fun!




SWIMMING!!

We thought they would love the water... and they do!
Taylor was even jumping in from the side - no problem!