April 2-May 3
Trip to Pensacola, FL
April 28
How cute is that?
April 29
Day at the beach and pool
Getting buckets of COLD ocean water to make sand castles
Flying a frog kite
Perry flying a kite while Daddy checks his Blackberry
Ella flying the kite
Luca shoveling sand into his Lightning McQueen bucket
Digging with Papa
Perry doing some crazy exercises on the beach
3 of the 5 Portofino towers
3 kiddos by the ocean
Swimmin' and hot tubbin'
Gorgeous infinity pools overlooking the sound
Working on their back floats
Dinner at Flounders
Luca thought this junky truck was Mater so he wanted a picture with it
Playing on the playground
Papa Steve sliding down on his belly
Grandma Deb opted for the regular slide method
April 30
Indoor pool
Not so good weather = indoor pool day
Wedding rehearsal and dinner
Getting ready to go to the rehearsal
Getting instructions from the coordinator
Ring bearers and flower girls
Luca loves kiddie cocktails and blowing raspberries
WHAT?!?!
Luca and Ella lining up the shamrock confetti pieces
Cocktails and cake
Luca opening his ring bearer gifts
Ella displaying her flower girl gifts
Perry opening her gifts
May 1
Courtney and Andrew's wedding
Ella's hair do
Perry's hair do
Daddy walking Grandma Deb and Papa Steve down the aisle...Great Uncle Marvin leading the boys to the altar
Aunt Angela...Mommy
They did such a good job!!
Here comes the bride!
Ceremony...short but sweet!
The happy couple
Trying to get a family pic
Rogan family...cute kiddies
Wedding party
Kiddie cocktails and cookies!
Re-enactment from Angela's wedding
Not 1, but 2 suckers!
Perry is a dancing machine!
So is Ella
We love to dance!
Luca made some new friends
Having fun with Tommy and Daddy
Drink break
Ham bone
May 2
Luca's THIRD birthday!!
PRESENTS!
Naval Air Museum
Ella has big hair in Florida humidity!
Ella and Perry flying a plane
The birthday boy!
He really knows what he's doing in there!
My future Blue Angel pilots
Gotta put the seatbelt on!
I let my kids play with heavy artillery
Blue Angels...Daddy with one of his idols
Someone's in heaven
Birthday party back at the condo
Racecar cake by Grandma Deb
Luca loves "cob corn"
Happy birthday my sweet boy!
Mmmmm cake!
Luca is ALL about the cake
More presents
Mater book and money...what more can ya ask for?
Thanks to everyone who came!
May 3
We were all ready to go but Luca was still sleeping (turned out he had a sinus infection...poor guy!)
A few more presents
Perry and Ella scored some too
May 4
Mother's Day Tea at Perry and Ella's school
May 6
Ella has been wanting her hair cut short for a LONG time now...I finally gave in and cut it
I'm sad, but she loves it. She told me she wanted it "like Perry's". Now we'll see how many people get them confused...LOL!
May 7
Jakob's cowboy birthday party
Ella agreed to wear the vest and Perry wore the hat and neckerchief...Luca would not wear any cowboy gear
Pinata!!
May 9
Mother's Day at Grant's Farm
Riding the tram
Longhorns and buffalo
Riding the carousel
Daddy, Mommy, and Luca fed the goats from OUTSIDE the pen
Papa, Grandma, Uncle Julio, Aunt Angela, Cousin Noel, Perry, and Ella went INSIDE the pen
Feeding and petting the goats
Sisters...Luca looking at the elephant
Riesy foxes
There's a smile from our crabby boy
Elephant show...Mickey provided some good entertainment
Papa and Perry
Petting the donkeys
Trying to get a shot of the mamas and the kiddos
May 11
Cardinals game
We were the first ones there, so we helped ourselves to the food and put Dora on the TV
We even saw batting practice
A picture of Teppie with ALL the grandkids...Emily, Zach, Ben, Courtney, and Mommy
May 17
Ella spotted this owl in our backyard while we were eating
dinner
I have never seen a real live owl before!!! So pretty!
May 20
The kids (and Morgan) with Miss Virginia...the kids with Teppie
May 22
Luca's 3rd birthday party
Wall cling decorations
Cupcakes...made by Mommy
Lightning McQueen cake...made by Daddy
The favors and the food
Some of the funny food names
The gifts
The guests
Kiddie tables
Swingin' and boucin'
Luca hitting the pinata
Ella and Perry
Noel and Cate
Drew and Jack
CANDY!
Yup that's Ella eating a Blow Pop
This is what I get when I ask for a smile
Had to re-light it because he blew out the candle too soon
There's a better smile!
Eatin' cake
Opening presents
With Lightning McQueen
And Mommy
May 23
Six Flags
Bugs Bunny
Getting ready to ride the balloons
During the ride
Tazmanian Devil ride
Tugboat ride
Small choo choo ride
Swings
Tweety bird ride
P&E rode it over and over and over again!
Perry and Ella also rode the Mine Train roller coaster!!
May 24
This picture is sponsored by...Capri Sun!
May 28
Park playdate
May 30
Sleeping on the way home from Champaign, IL
Passing through downtown...snapped these with my phone
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