Summer

Mindy and AJ had a beach house out on Anna Maria for a week with AJs family, it was so awesome to see these guys, those Wheeler kids are stinkin adorable!!

Clayton, Bailey and James chillin out after a hard day of swimming in the pool, what a life...
I can't even take this picture...

Me and Mindy, I kidnapped her one night for dinner and drinks at the Tiki bar.

Check out these monsters!

I just love this picture of Max and Cappy. Max drives Cappy absolutely CRAZY, but he loves him so much, he always wants his picture made with him.

Summertime!

We spend a lot of time at the ballpark in the summer, the kids love it and so do we!


Check out these boys, they love trying to catch foul balls.

James and his best bud Devin

Trip to Pennsylvania

The Kimmels had a BIG party for Elyse's highschool graduation and Chris' 21st birthday, we couldn't miss out on the celebration so we flew up and stayed for a while, what a great time. I love PA, its so beautiful up there and so great to have some time with Jims family.

Boys checking out the boats at Penns Landing in Philadelphia

We made sure to eat plenty of pretzels while in Philadelphia, yummy!!!

Jim and I had seen Dinic's on Man vs. Food not long ago and had to make a special trip to check out a sandwich from the Reading Terminal Market, it was the best thing I've ever eaten! Thank you Aunt Cheryl for being our tour guide!

Knoebels fun

Trip to Pennsylvania

Michele and Christian

Max and James LOVE their cousins Christian and Caterina, they are such sweet kids, we just love that we've been able to spend some time with them this summer.

Uncle Rob and kids at Knobles, what an awesome amusement park, we are definitely doing Knobles again!

Mikey and Robbie live in Colorado, it was so great to catch up with them, we are hoping to take a trip out West next spring for some skiing fun

Aunt Cheryl and Uncle Rob throw the most unbelievable parties at Club Kimmel, I love this picture of them!

James Pre K Graduation

Its hard to believe James is starting Kindergarten in the fall, we are really excited about the school he is going to, it is Rowlett Elementary which is a Magnet school, it has a fantastic reputation and we are really happy that he got in.

Big Graduates

James w/out training wheels!

Last night we took off James' training wheels and wow did he take off! He did great, he is such a little daredevil, plus Nathan now rides without training wheels, thats all the motivation he needs, if Nathan can do it, so can I!

He did so good, he has one battle scar under his chin but he's tough and I'm sure we'll be out practicing again today after school.

My mothers day gift

For Mothers Day Jim worked on the stairs that drive me crazy with their nastiness.......

Look at Cappy at the top of the stairs, I think he's afraid to walk on the new stairs, they've been off limits all weekend..

Just some trim pieces to add and wow!

What a transformation!!

Before: Old, beat up, brown and UGLY

It was a huge job, we stayed up until midnight all weekend sanding, staining and varnishing the new steps, but man was it worth it, they are gorgeous!

I'll post another picture as soon as they are officially finished.