First Day of School!

Well we finally did it. Savannah had her first day or school and she loved it. Of coarse she has been waiting and ready for this day for years, but we just needed time to let her go:) She gets to go all day, have lunch and recess and do all sorts of other things that she is excited about. Here are a few pictures from her first day.

Savannah before getting on the bus.
Talking with some neighbor kids at the bus stop, aka the corner of our house.
Getting on the bus. (There are about 20 kids that get on at our stop and then two blocks down is another stop, and between the two stops we fill up the bus. I love how many kids are in our neighborhood!)
Peeking out the window.
Getting off the bus after her first day, and look at that smile, it says it all:)
Here's a cake I made for her first day of school, I love to be festive!

We're still here

I've decided I'm not a very good blogger in general, but especially during the summer. We've been everywhere this summer and have a ton of fun pictures, but they are all on our laptop that just crashed, and so hopefully we have them backed up and I can get them on here soon. Other then all our travels this summer we've been sitting by the pool everyday enjoying a Florida summer. Savannah starts school in a couple of weeks and so we need to get ready for that and make sure she doesn't jump out of her shoes with excitement!

I also noticed that I never posted that we are expecting again! It's a girl and she will come around Thanksgiving this year. The kids are thrilled and have been calling her Mei Mei which in Chinese means little sister. I am happy to see what everyone has been up to and hope to get some pics up soon:)

Orlando

Last week Dan had a conference down in Orlando, so we decided to bum off of his resort and go play for the week. We had a great time swimming and we also went to Sea World for a day. I don't know how people can do amusement parks in the summer, but I don't think we'll be back there until the fall:)

Some of our pictures from Sea World didn't turn out because the humidity got to the cold lens and clouded it up, but I'm going to post them anyway.

First thing we saw was Shamu, which the kids didn't really get, but they wanted a picture with him anyway.

Then we saw flamingos walking through the park and we had to get a picture of that!

There was a dolphin show that we loved and the shamu show was great as well, but next time it's hot like this I think we are going to sit in the splash zone!

Here are a few rides. The one with all three of them, I was a little worried Jack wouldn't like it, I wasn't sure if he was very adventurous, and the little girl before him screamed the whole time, but he giggled the whole way through it and wanted to go on it again and again.

The rest of the time we were swimming. The kids were so tired out, but we had so much fun!

Savannah loved the water slide, and we all loved the lazy river around the pools.

Jack's birthday

So our little boy is two! We even had him saying his age by the end of his birthday. We love him so much and he keeps us on our toes. He is so sweet, though all boy.

Here's his breakfast in bed, even though he didn't really eat it in bed:)

For his birthday he wanted to go to the park and play. We went as early as we could because it has been so hot here.

We couldn't ever get him to look at us while he was opening presents, so this is as good as it got.

Blowing out his candles, and yes he came close to getting burned, but he blew them out:)

Our little graduate!

Today was Savannah's preschool graduation! She was so excited, but a little nervous to up on stage in front of a lot of people:) Here are a few pictures from that day.

Jack waiting for the show to start.

A few of her friends and teachers.

Dan's Birthday

Here are a few pictures from Dan's birthday. Here is everyone getting ready to open presents, of coarse, Jack had already opened one and I had to re-wrap it.

Here's the family ready for our first bike ride together now that Dan has a bike. We had a lot of fun.

Garage Sales are great!

I took the kids to a few garage sales yesterday and we came out with one of our best finds!

Also, I took the kids to a Princess and Pirates party at Chik-fil-a. The kids loved it. They had face painting, balloon animals, nail painting and bounce houses as well as a treasure hunt. They were so good and especially loved their faces, and Jack loved his balloon sword.