Ohio!

A quick trip to Ohio for President's Weekend . . .

Rich had a 4 day weekend so we decided to go and visit his sister Lacey and her family. We also stopped in Cuyahoga Falls where we lived for 2 years and visited our medical school friends (pictures to come later!!). It was a long trip for a short weekend but we still had a blast. We drove 10 hours to see SNOW and it just happened to snow in Evans, Georgia for a day while we were gone (the first time in like 8 or 9 years). I am very bummed that I missed out on getting snow pictures and a picture of our house with snow. Of course it melted in a day and we missed everything. The kids sure had fun playing in the snow in Ohio with their cousins. I realized how much I love living in Georgia after a weekend of cold weather and snow in Ohio though. I am not sure Lacey will ever want us back considering Parker passed on pink eye to all of her kids on top of Ty (the perfect baby who sleeps 12 hours every night) being a little fussy at night cutting his first tooth while we were there. Sorry Lacey . . . but it was sure fun to see you guys!!! Most of us managed to get pink eye after getting home. Not fun!!

Ty lasted about 10 seconds sitting in the snow . . . not long enough for a cute pix. Lacey & Stew have all boys too. We had a house full of wild boys!!

THANKS Lacey & Stew for letting us come and visit!!

Wow! I have a 7 Year Old!

Jay saw an army cake last summer and couldn't stop asking for an army birthday party! I had fun planning it and finding lots of good ideas on the internet. We did some fun games. We still had a blast even though it rained throughout the party. We were still able to do the obstacle course that was set up in our backyard . . . I even borrowed some real tires from the car place. This party will probably be a tradition for all of our boys! Rich enjoyed being the drill sergeant. We all had a blast!

HAWAII

Rich got accepted to present research at a military convention in Hawaii. He and a few others from his ortho program were going the week before Christmas. I decided to tag along and make a fun vacation out of it! Had to take advantage of those military covered expenses!! And we brought little Ty with us while Grandma came to watch the rest of the boys. The entire trip was a blast. Ty was an amazing baby like always. We went snorkeling at Hanauma Bay, kayaked at Kailua Beach, saw the sites at Pearl Harbor, hit some fun stuff on North Shore, etc.!

THE LUAU

Ty just loved all the attention he was getting and lots of time with Dad!

The military had a few fun games planned throughout the week. There was a big contest between the Army, Navy, and Air Force.

Hiking Diamond Head!

Fun with GRANDMA!

The boys had a fun week with Grandma & Aunt Lacey and her boys! Grandma came to babysit the kids so Rich and I could go to his work convention in Hawaii! We are excited that Lacey's family lives in Ohio now (much closer than Colorado) so they drove down to spend the week with Grandma too!

The cousins had a blast together!