Free food day @ Chick-fil-a if you dress like a cow!

is it possible to have cuter kids?

Caroline celebrates summer; goes swimming

We [still] rock

Sure, we are nearing or slightly "over the hill" but we still love to rock. Tonight we headed out to a Skillet concert in Orlando. The show was HOT!!! ...in more ways than one. I'm pretty sure that the AC was not working, so it was more than slightly warm.

Jen Ledger, Skillet's drummer who stole the show all night long, improvised with an amazing drum solo to fill the time when one of Ben's guitars broke. Below is a small sample of the show...

Many thanks to Shelby for watching the girls while we went to the show. Jodi - YOU MISSED OUT!

Bekah and Caroline give cards to Tammy on Mother's Day 2009

Bekah catches a BIG BASS!

While spending a day over Grammy and Pappy's house, Bekah landed this HUGE bass!!!

1st Dance Class

Today was Bekah's 1st dance class. She seemed really excited all week, but anyone who knows Bekah knows she needs lots of encouragement to do anything she doesn't want to do! So I was concerned that she would get in there and freeze. Or maybe even want to quit entirely. We talked and practiced all week, and I let her wear her dance clothes the other day and got some great videos of her "dancing".

Dance #1


For more of her dances, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZEX6Nadd4U (notice the tongue) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJG6iTa1eIE

All my fears were for nought! She did amazingly well at dance class! She listened to the teacher, obeyed, and generally had fun. When we were getting in the car, I told her how good she did. She said, "I know. I didn't even cry. It's because I loved it." :) Later in the car she said, "but now I know how to dance, so we don't need to go back." That lead into a great conversating on practicing things to get better and better. Here are some pics of her in dance class.


Left: All dressed up with her shoes in her bag Right: Trying to stand on toes like a "real" ballerina


Above: All girls are at back of class facing the teacher, but Bekah decided she should stay in front next to the teacher. :)

Trip to Brazil

In January Justin took a trip for business to Sao Paulo, Brazil. Below are some of the pics. I was really impressed by the architecture of the city, its pure size (bigger than NYC), and how nice the city was. Sure, there were poor sections of town...but overall it was a very metropolitan, modern city. Abraços!

Bekah Catches Her First (10) Fish!

Grammy and Pappy kindly took care of Bekah on 12/21 while Tammy and I hosted a Christmas party at out house. Grammy and Pappy just bought a new home by SR 675 in Myakka City that has a pond in the backyard. No one knew if the pond had fish and if it did how many fish it had. Bekah and Pappy were determined to find out!!!

Bekah quickly snagged her first fish (pic below) and subsequently went on to snag NINE MORE FISH over a period of about one hour!!! Her perspective on fishing will be clearly jaded for life!

Fun at Hunsader Farms!

Bekah, Parker, and family made our annual trip to Hunsader Farms this weekend. Bekah especially enjoyed riding on the pony with her mommy!

Teri and Adam kissin in a tree...

This weekend Teri and Adam tied the knot in Tallahassee! Tammy was a bridesmaid while Bekah was the flower girl. A beautiful wedding that I wish I actually got to see...Caroline and I spent the ceremony "bonding" on a long drive. Well, I was bonding with her...Caroline was screaming at the top of her lungs! :)

P.S. Many thanks to Ken and Diana for letting us borrow their ride for the long haul to/from Tally. The DVD player and the extra luggage room was unbelievably helpful!