Our Summer Vacation

Feeding the hungry children after a busy day! Aren't they cute?

From far left to right: Matt, his brother Jimmy, our nephew Alex, Matt's sis Martha, and Matt's dad.

The 2 stroller buddies! They were such good boys in their strollers ALL day at the theme park.

Jackson started walking while we were on vaca. We think that it was my nephew, Logan who is several months older than Jackson, that gave him the inspiration to get walking.

Matt and Matti. She is definately her daddies girl. She has him wrapped very tightly:0

This is Matti getting her ears pierced while on vaca. She is the bravest little thing. She has been soooo proud of those earrings.

Cute little Stacey posing at Claires. We went here on our shopping day.

This is Matt and Matti on the scariest roller coaster there. I rode it with Matti and was so afraid she was going to fly out. Yep, that's my 5 year old.

This is Stacey with Matt's sister. They look alot alike too. Her name is Martha, she just graduated from college. We love her and my girls are CRAZY about her!

This is a view of our condo as you come in. I did all our laundry before we came home. It was great.

This is Stacey and Matt's mom. Isn't it precious how they look just alike?

We had a wonderful family vacation this year. We started out by heading to Arkansas to Matt's brother, Jimmy's house. It was a 12 hour drive and the kids did remarkably well. We enjoyed seeing their new beautiful home. They live up in the Ozark mountains. It is just gorgeous there. I took some pics of their place and deleted them on accident. They have 2 boys, Alex,10 and Logan,1. We then headed to Branson, with Jimmy and family, where we met Matt's mom and dad and little sis. We all stayed in 2, 3-bedroom condos, where we had plenty of space for everyone and their families. We had season passes to a theme park there. We also took a day for shopping, and of course the kids enjoyed the pools that were at our condos. The week went so quickly, and we were exhausted after the 12 hour drive back home. It was one of our favorite vacations so far.

My 6 unimportant favorite things!>

1. The hour every morning with just Jackson while the girls are still asleep.
2. The time in the evening with the girls when Jackson is asleep.
3. Fresh bed sheets on Monday nights! I wash our bed linens on Mondays and I don't know what it is about climbing into those fresh soft sheets, but I always look forward to it.
4. Almond m&ms. I have to go easy on them now that I have stopped nursing.
5. Lighting some scented candles after cleaning the house and just taking it in for the 5 minutes it will stay clean.
6. Watching House Hunters.