Wisconsin Dells

Last weekend we went up to Wisconsin Dells for a long weekend.  We were just in Florida, but Rob's Aunt and Uncle invited us up to stay in their condo while they were going up for a wedding we couldn't resist!  Luke was sooo excited!  We went there last year for our family vacation, and Luke loved it!  When we pulled up to the sign that said Wisconsin Dells Luke started screaming he was so excited, so Gabby started cheering too!!  We stayed at the Wilderness Resort in a condo there.  They had a lot of water parks indoor and out, of course Luke had a blast!!  We got to spend a few days with Rob's cousin Kayla too, before she had to go back to school.  Luke and Gabby love her!  Donna and Jeff were so sweet to invite us up, I'd say the kids have had a pretty awesome summer so far! 

Outside the living room window was a view of one of the outdoor waterparks

Jeff,Kayla,Donna and Gabrielle

Luke proud of his bunk bed

Luke and Donna at Buffalo Phils

Gabby playing indoors while the guys swam

Luke at Buffalo Phils

It's a bird, It's a plane.....

It's Superman!!! 

Luke and Gabs sure look tiny!



Gabrielle is Superwoman at almost 18 months July 2011.



Where Superman changes!

Every time we head down south for a vacation we have to stop in Metropolis to take our pictures by the Superman statue.  Here are some pictures from when we took Luke there in July of 2008 on our way home from Gatlinburg.  I have older pics, but they are before digital cameras. haha.

Luke and Daddy with Superman!

Luke is Superman at 14 1/2 months July 2008!

Happy 18 months Gabrielle Susan!

My little Gabby Sue is 18 months today!  She is an awesome little girl!  She keeps us entertained all the time with her crazy personality and new words and phrases all the time now!  She had her ear tubes around a month ago now, and is doing really well with that! 
Height-33 inches
Weight-26 lbs.
teeth-finally catching up in that department all top and bottom front teeth and all 4 molars poking through now.  Working on eye teeth now.
favortie phrase- Whoa Baby, and Cooool baby.
favorite person- Daddy
favorite things- still carries around her little blankie square she calls baybay, Dora, baby dolls, getting in her brother's room to play with his toys, Caillou, Sid the Science Kid. 

Gabby's 1st movie

In front of the Cars 2 display

In front of the movie theatre, I think Rob was thinking just take the picture!

On Thursday while we were in Florida we were in the pool and it started to get rainy, so we decided it would be a perfect day to bring the kiddos to a movie.  We were unsure how Gabby would do in a theatre at only 17 months, but she did really well, she was very entertained by the movie!  She only missed about 15 minutes of the movie while she had to run in the hallway.  It was a really sweet movie, and both the kids loved it!

Daytona Beach/ St. Augustine

Dad and Luke at Johnny Rockets

Posin on the boardwalk

Gabby tilting her head to the side saying "cheeeese"

World's Most Famous Beach!

famous boardwalk

view out my window on the way to St. Augustine

Beautitul St. Augustine

Luke at the over priced cafe we ate lunch in!

Fountain of Youth

Luke taking a sip of the water!

only pic of all 4 of us the whole vacation!

Pictures from FL

view from our balcony

kids sleeping on the way down

ready for the beach/pool on the first full day!

Get us out there mommy!

He loved the ocean!

In the pool with Dad!!

Sun bathing baby! haha.  Gabby was a celebrity at the condo, everyone knew her name! People I didn't even tell her name to, would be calling her by name at the pool. haha

I love this shot!

Florida Vacation 2011

We took our family vacation to Ormond Beach FL this year.  We left Friday June 24th and got back July 3rd.  It was a great trip! Rob of course took us on the most random route down there that I had ever seen.  The Jason Aldean song "Dirt Road Anthem" became our theme song as we drove through Georgia, we were on the only paved road in site, every other road was dirt!  It made for quite an interesting trip down there!  We will never forget the town of Waycross, GA. haha.  Anyway, it was a long 18 1/2 hour car ride, but the kids were troopers, and it was a lot of fun!  We got to the condo on that Saturday, we stayed at The Royal Floridian which was very nice!  Most days we spent relaxing, swimming in the pool and ocean, and playing in the sand. Rob didn't get his dream of building a sand castle, because Luke and Gabby both loved knocking over everything Rob tried to build haha.  Maybe someday, Rob! Monday night we went to Daytona Beach and walked on the boardwalk, went to all of the cool shops, and ate at Luke's pick of Johnny Rocket's. That was really fun!  I think it was Wednesday that we went to St. Augustine, which is America's oldest city.  Very cool, you would think that you were in Europe.  Then we went to The Fountain of Youth, very awesome!  The water tasted like sulfur, but it was still cool to say we drank water from The Foutain of Youth!  We took scenic A-1-A all the way to St. Augustine, so we were right next to the ocean the whole way there, pretty cool!  That Friday I got the great idea to say in the sun the whole day and I got fried, Luke even had his first sunburn, poor guy.  Such is the life for red heads though! haha.  Saturday we headed back home and stayed again at the half way point in Chattanooga.  Sunday we stopped in Metropolis to get the kids pictures with Superman (a family tradition for us).  When we were in the Superman museum and Luke claims he sees something The Incredibles, we didn't believe him, but sure enough there were some really sun bleached boxes that contained an awesome Incredibles piggy bank.  We had to buy it, because this stuff is hard to come by!  We made it home by 8:00 on Sunday night, and were happy we had a safe, fun trip!