Reese's Birthday(s)

Three words. Best.Present.Ever.
My parents deprived me of little (although, had you asked me that 20 years ago I would have had a fantastic case to present to DSS- I mean, really, where was my shineynewbeemer on my 16th birthday?). They did, however, deprive me of a Snoopy Sno Cone Machine. I can now count my life as complete.

Our neighbors decorated the flowerbed outside Reese's window with three pink flamingos (per Reese's request) and a balloon the morning of her birthday.Then we celebrated with friends later that weekend. After a week of calling for constant rain that day, we managed to get sliding, bouncing, dinner and cake in before the weather won. Good times were had by all!Check out the full-body launching into the pool action:

Frisbee

Thanks to our new best friend, Shane the computer man, our computer has been resurrected from the grave. Praise be to Shane. Hallelujah, Amen. (please step away lest the lightning meant for me hits you)

Now that things are running faster than before (which resembled turtles stampeding through peanut butter), I can post more! Aren't you thrilled!

Here are a few shots of a very serious frisbee "tournament" we had a few weeks ago. Makena got this frisbee from a friend for her birthday and it has gone with us on every lake/beach trip we've taken ever since. They've both gotten pretty good at throwing it and Makena can catch it pretty well, too. Although sometimes "catching" looks like accidentally shoving her arm through one of the slots. Whatever works.
Reese works under the theory that yelling at it and leaning will affect where it goes. Strangely, the same theory applies to Wii Bowling.

September 16

Happy Birthday, Reese!

Beach Trip 2009

This year we headed out to Holden Beach again. Our friends the Eichs joined us and we had a great time! We had a few days of not-great weather so we had to spend more time/energy than we would have liked trying to figure out how to entertain the kids. We bowled (see below) and went to the USS North Carolina one day...but for the most part, we played in the sand and swam at the pool. Here are a few pictures.
Reese on the bridge of the battleship
Makena headed into one of the massive forward gun turrets
A quick nap in the enlisted men's bunks.