Brian meets his hero!

Calling all race fans! The Andretti family just happened to be in town in May, and Brian and his friend Darrell met up with the famous Mario Andretti! Mario was at a local wine story promoting Andretti wine. Now we have a few bottles of Andretti's merlot, and these pictures to savor the memory!

Patrick's Gymnastics Show Day!

Patrick was in the FunnyBugs class at My Little Gym from January - May! He had a great time and was in class with his good buddy, Jake. Here is his "Show" from June 4. He smiled the entire time and it was so exciting to watch him grow.

His audience.... we're big fans!

Here is his class receiving their medals!

Here are Patrick & Jake, very proud!

This is Patrick with his teacher, Mr. Drew. Drew has amazing energy & spirit! He's wonderful at his job and for Patrick and Nathaniel.

That night we watched the video of the show over and over again! What fun!

Kindermusik

We've done Kindermusik since Patrick was 6 months old with my good friend Lisa, and her kids Elle (also born in August 2004) and Ainsley (August 2006). Here are some pics from the last class of our Family Session! The boys were as wild as ever - but oh so much fun! (Thank you Lisa for these photos!)

Wrestling is one of their favorite activities - whether at home or at Kindermusik!

Trying out new instruments is part of what's so much fun about K-musik!

Here are most of the kids from class with our teacher, Miss Stephanie! She had great patience with the kiddos and was especially good at reeling our boys in!

(Ainsley & Elle are sitting just to the left of Patrick & Nate - aren't they beautiful!)

Hilton Head - May 2008

We had a great time in Hilton Head this year! The boys loved playing in the ocean and with all of their cousins.

This was perhaps the funniest moment of the week for us - Patrick ran over to say he had to go potty, and then stood at the edge of the ocean and dropped his pants! He received a few cheers from some nearby beach-goers and we laughed til we cried! The best part - is Brian did the same thing on the New Jersey shores years ago, when he was the same age. At least we know where he gets it! Boys are so funny....

These are all 9 of the grandkids - ages 22 months-12 years!

Here's everybody - we stay in one gorgeous home on North Forest Beach! It's a tough life, but someone has to do it - right?!

Once we got Patrick in the water, we could not get him out! He LOVED the waves.

And Patrick and Nate loved chasing each other. They are quite a pair now!

We had a wonderful time! Thank you Memom and Gramps!

Florida with Mamaw & Papop

I know what you're thinking.... 2 beach vacations in 6 weeks! It's crazy, but true, and OH so much fun! In April we joined my parents in Redington Shores, Florida! The boys enjoyed their first flight and had a great time!

We played on the beach! Patrick's favorite thing to do was play football with Papop & Mamaw...They've created a sports-monster!

We visited the Tampa Aquarium!

We saw our Great-Great Uncle Chet! (He's 90 and as interesting and funny as ever!)

We went to Busch Gardens, where the boys LOVED the animal show! Both insisted on sitting on Papop's lap!

They also loved the rides at Dragon Land!

AND - Papop made breakfast every morning with the boys! (Now that's a vacation!)

It was a lovely time! Thank you Mamaw & Papop!