Sunday, September 2, 2012

More fun and more trips!

We are hopelessly behind on the blog... something about mom not having a chance to sit down at the computer. It's a smartphone thing. Once your phone does email and takes photos and links them to Facebook and all that... well, the blog is forgotten :-(. She says she's gonna try harder....

So to catch you up on my summer before it's entirely over, let's talk about my visit from my cousins in July! P-Rock and I-boy came to hang with me for a few days- we rocked it.  We had a sleepover every night, played at the pool, went to the childrens' museum, played with dirt, rode in the wagon, rode a train and went on rides at Heritage Square.... and so much more. It was SO MUCH FUN, I thought I was going to explode!



handsome in our suits!


train rides are AWESOME





bumper boats with daddy


we miss you!!


When my cousins had to leave, I was suuuuuuper sad and lonely without them.

Thankfully, my parents had a "recovery" trip planned to see Grandma and Papa! There was much fun to be had in their pool (where I spent most of my time), on Papa's "tractor" and with aunt Laura, too! We also celebrated my birthday early with a fun McQueen cake and lots of presents! Needless to say, I was spoiled rotten :-)


helping papa mow the lawn



swimming with grandma


jumping off the diving board


blowing bubbles with aunt Laura


quiet time with my new coloring book


lounging in the pool...



i had to take a break and refuel every once in a while


birthday fun!



and lots of "thank you" hugs




It was SUCH a fun time, the only thing that could pull me away was the promise of an airplane ride.... I can't wait to visit again!

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

DR trip!

Once again, we've gotta do some catching up on the blog, here... starting with our trip to the DR in June! My mom and dad let me go with them and a group of awesome people from church to visit our friends in Puerta Plata. My favorite part may have been the airplane rides- oh, wait, maybe swimming? Or, no- it was meeting tons of new friends! Or maybe helping build a new house? No, it must've been hanging with Sandra and her family at the beach! Oh, man... I can't decide... And I can't wait to go again!


walking in the community with new friends


Sunday service at the "rainbow church" in Aguas Negras



helping build


the heat required some regular cooling off...


daddy talking with 


too hot to wear clothes!


team awesome!

we took a cable car ride to the top of the mountain 
(i liked to call it a "car on a string")



with miss Mandy, getting off the cable car


hanging with my man Rex



exploring with Daddy


wandering around...


waiting for the "car on a string" to come pick us up, miss Mandy let me play on her phone- big hit!


my friend, Adrian! (oh, and McQueen, too...)


taking McQueen's wheels off... and getting help to put them back on again... over and over...


I liked to pretend to help with the construction project :-)


more of my buds!


playing basketball with the big kids 


more Adrian Q-time!


Tony!


and then basketball inside when it was just too hot...


miss Mandy, drawing a map of the community so we know our way around...


visit to the beach

 

... but we didn't get to play and swim at this beach


sitting in the shade with more buddies


and when it got to hot to do much else, we would draw and color inside


watching a show with my main man, Benne!


lunchtime in the school



did I mention how awesome Adrian is??



team awesome hanging out at L'Oase


my favorite spot during team meetings


our last day was beach day!


chillin in the carribean with my friends!


and mommy, too!


back at our "vacation house", as I liked to call it, cooling off with Tim