Crazy Cakes Riding Her Strider Bike!

CC's loves her new bike! (aka her birthday present)

Spiky Doo & Star Wars too!

Pottery Barn had a Star Wars event recently and I surprised SD by taking him there for a photo op with his favorite characters! We were only expecting one character, but we were surprised with five of them...he couldn't believe Darth Vader showed up!!!

CC's Turns Two!!!!

We celebrated CC's 2nd Birthday Party on September 19, just one day after her birthday. CC and SD's Nanie flew up from Florida to celebrate this special day with us. Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster and Grouch cupcakes were a huge hit and you can see the evidence all over CC's face!! CC is such a girly-girly and she had so much fun dressing up in her tutu & tiara for her party. CC also love Nanie's gift of princess accessories, which were totally fun to play with too. Even Bud Light (our Bichon pup) got into the action, he thought he was the belle of the ball!

We officially have a FIRST GRADER!

SD's not too sure of first grade yet, he believes there's to many rules and too much homework! He purposely leaves his homework folder at school so he doesn't have to do it...smart kid to figure that one out so soon! :P

Visiting the Alantic Ocean

Our "shadow family" photo has become a family tradition for us since our military tour in the mid-west. This was the first one with CC!

The water was pretty darn cold so the kids had fun playing in the sand!

More Sightseeing!

Can you guess where we are?

We enjoyed a tour of this stadium!

China Town

We had a great time sightseeing! What a fun city!

Traveling Across The North East

Our first sight of the Niagara Falls. A cool photo of a tour boat with a rainbow overhead.

At Horseshoe Falls

The Niagara River (prior to Horseshoe Falls)

We spent an extra day on our journey east to see Niagara Falls. It's such a cool place to visit! The last time I visited the Falls was back in 1990 when "School Girl" was 6 years old (same age as SP on his first visit). Spiky Doo had a great time taking photos with his camera. Both SD and Crazy Cakes were able to stick their toes into the Niagara River prior to reaching Horseshoe Falls.

Saying Goodbye to Friends

Our wonderful church friends and their super cool kiddos!

CC & SP with Taylor and Brady. The first friends we met after our move to the mid west 3 years ago. Brady is SP's best buddy!

Lauren is SP's good friend from pre-school and kindergarten.

It's always hard to say goodbye and move on every couple of years. It's one of the pitfalls of being a military family. We had a wonderful time and made wonderful memories in the mid-west. We hope to see our dear friends again! Love you all! :)