My amazing hubby!

One thing (of many) that I really appreciate about Paul is that he is so willing to help out, and he does so without me asking :-).  When he sees a need, he just steps in and quietly does what needs to be done.  Grandpa T. snapped this picture of us when Paul jumped into the kitchen to help make grilled cheese when the Tommerdahls were here over Christmas.  We don't often get pictures of just the two of us together (as usually one of us is taking the picture or else has one or two kids with us) so I figured I'd post this one with a shout out to my amazing hubby.  I love you, honey!

(**I worked as a waitress at Perkins in high school and college.....and that is still the apron I use in the kitchen!)

Summer's Sidekick

It has been SO much fun to watch Summer and Colton together since Colton started crawling!  He will follow her all over, and she LOVES it!  Playing hide-and-go-seek has been really fun lately because when Colton and I find Summer, both kids squeal!  It is fun to watch Summer enjoy Colton as a playmate rather than just a baby.  Here is a cute video of them playing together.  Summer is still learning how to play with Colton (i.e. how to be gentle) yet it is pretty cute to watch her try and make him happy if he is fussy--she will get him a toy, sing and dance, or in this case, turn on some distracting music :-).

Florida!

My parents rented a condo in Florida last week and we had a blast being almost 100 degrees warmer than it was back here in Minnesota!  Colton loved his first time swimming!  Here are a few pictures I stole from my mom :-)

On our early morning flight, ready for Florida!

Summer coloring with Daddy (see Colton in the corner napping?!)

Colton stretching his legs

Summer hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa

Ready for Florida!

My parents rented a large vehicle, in which all 8 of us and our luggage fit!

Bathtime = two tiny kids in one large tub!

On the glass bottom boat ride

Summer and Grandma

Grandpa and Summer

Colton skipped his morning nap to go on the boat ride, so here I am trying to get a fussy Colton to sleep :-)

Victory!  (For at least 10 minutes.....!)

We could see a lot of amazing ocean floor scenery through the glass bottom boat.

In the background you can see what the glass bottom of the boat looked like.

Daddy and Colton

Napping :-)

Awesome hot tub with a waterfall!

The view of the back two seats of our vehicle....girls in the back, boys in the middle :-)

Out for dinner

Colton LOVED splashing!

Summer and Uncle Eric

Playing in the water---GORGEOUS pool!

Summer and Auntie Kristin

Daddy and Colton

Summer and Grandma

Daddy and Colton

One of the restaurants we went to had live music.  Daddy and Summer danced :-)

Click here to see videos of Summer and Colton dancing:

Dancing!

Grandma loves doing matching shirt pictures :-)

Us :-)

Summer and Daddy watching the sunset

Summer with her "Summer-sized" ice cream cone in her "Summer-sized" chair.

My favorite two boys, just chillin'

Paul took this awesome picture!

Another one of my hubby's pics---beautiful!

My favorite pic--cool perspective--nice work, Paul!

We had so much fun being together as a family and enjoying the warm weather!  Thank you, Grandma and Grandpa Kirkwood! :-)