Murray Nature Center

Today I went on a field trip with Paige's class to the Murray Nature Center. It was a pretty cool place, and I didn't even know it was there. The lady teaching them was great. They learned about the local birds and dissected owl pellets. They were grossed out, but thought that it was so cool too. Thanks mom for watching Alli so I could go with Paige. I love being able to go on these school outings with her.

Oktoberfest 2010

Paige did an awesome job at the Oktoberfest competition! She has really been working hard. She took the Gold with her Dancing Queen program! She was so excited! It makes me laugh how nervous I get for her when she is out there. I think I am more nervous than her. She told me that when she is on the ice she isn't nervous at all.

I watched her competition video from Oktoberfest last year (her pink panther program) and I can not believe how much she has improved in one year. She has an awesome coach that helps her. We love Kelly!

I'm so proud of you Paige and all your hard work! You are an amazing little girl!

Sorry for the video footage shaking back and forth. I had little Alli hanging on me and it made it really hard to keep the camera still. I love that you can hear Alli cheer for Paige in the background when she's finished though. She loves her big sis!






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Family Photos 2010

We had Yvette take our pictures again this year. They turned out awesome, I love them! Alli certainly was not in the mood to have pictures taken, but she still got some really cute shots.

Thanks Yvette!

Tortola 2010

Tortola, what can I say about it other than it is an amazing place. This would be a place I could easily call home. In fact we were tempted to have the kids shipped down there. I have always had a love for the ocean and I'm glad that I can share my love of the ocean with Mike. I hope that one day this could be home. For now, I love that we were able to spend the time with those we are very close to.

We had a great time swimming in the blue water and hanging out on the white sand beach. We were also lucky enough to go sailing and scuba diving two days. We dove a spot called the Indians and the RMS Rhone, which is a British Naval ship that sunk around 150 years ago. The diving was amazing. I must say that I am very impressed with my brothers abilities as a Captain. Nice work Mike!

We also had a great time at the house. I don't think we can ever thank Keri and Richard enough! Their house is beautiful and the view could not be better.

Tortola residents are very nice and I would say I understood about half of what they said. OK... maybe that's a little optimistic. The driving was a little insane, but it added to the adventure. They drive on the left and make one lane roads a two lane roadway. Their roads also go straight up or down and are a series of hairpin turns.

Here are a few (of the many) pictures we took. We are going to get together and combine our pics into one slideshow. I will post that when it's complete.

Big Girl Bed and Birthday Celebration

On Saturday we converted Allison's bed to the toddler bed. She is so proud to be in a big girl bed and has done really well in it. She doesn't even get out of bed in the morning. We still here "Mommy" and "Daddy" very early in the morning.





On Sunday we had a get together at our house to celebrate Alli's Birthday. The kids played in the water and had a great time. Alli was hilarious when she opened her presents. With each present she had to walk around and show everybody what she got, even the cards. Needless to say it took awhile to get through her presents, but she loved every minute of it.

When it was time for cake Allison just could not wait. She stuck her hands in the middle and pulled off some frosting before we even got the candles lit. What a crazy kid.