The kids had Feb. vacation this past week.

No big plans for the week, but on Friday we left

for NY to go to an indoor water park. (pictures to come soon)

We met up with Bella at lunch time last Sunday and

she came for a sleepover.

(Dress up is always so much fun!)

Lucille & Annalise came for a night with us last week.

The kids are always so excited for them to come.

Playing outside in the snow,

rearranging the living room to make forts, actually

it was a library that they made. It was pretty fun-

they made me a library card so I could go and

get some books out.

On Tuesday we met up with Janice and the kids at

the mall to do a kid swap. Braden went home with

David to have a sleepover and Bella came back with

Breanna to have a girls only sleepover.

Braden & David are all set & ready to go, Breanna &

Bella on the other hand were a different story.

Making a GIANT cookie.

Before & After.

These two are pretty good friends.

On Wednesday we met up in Manchester again to

do another kid swap this time at friendly's for ice cream.

Breanna having fun with Luci in the stroller.

A Quick Trip.

Tuesday Morning we flew to Niagara Falls with

Mike & Janice. We spent the night tues. and flew

home Wed. evening. We had a great time!

Here we go!

When we arrived we drove to Niagara on the lake a beautiful

area, lots of vineyards. (Must be gorgeous in the summer.)

We had lunch at Hillebrand and then enjoyed a neat tour.

The falls were an amazingly COLD sight!

Mike & Janice were from this area so it was fun to be with

them. Great tour guides. Tues. night we went to their favorite

restaurant - Zest, the main purpose of our trip. Wow was

it amazing! Thanks guys- next week same place, same time?

I snapped a picture of this bag lady we saw.

A GREAT TIME!

but we were all ready to head home & see the kiddos.

Weekend with the Zals

Friday night after Bre's snowboard lesson we headed to

New York to spend the weekend with Dave, Sandy &

Sawyer Zal. A really fun weekend - Thanks Guys!!!

Saturday we went to Kandy Kraft to get a little tour and

watch some stuff being made - YUMMY!!!!

(Kevin & Sandy ready to do some sampling.)

Lots & lots of chocolate!

Breanna & Braden Liked helping Bob with the pretzels.

Going back thru to get double dipped!

Here they are the kids took them of the belt & boxed them up.

Sawyer slept thru the whole thing.

Saturday afternoon we went bowling - that was really fun!

Sawyer really liked it to.

Action shots of the kids - they had a blast!

After bowling we went to Red Robbin for supper.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Honey you have a little something on your tooth.

Breanna snuggling with Sawyer.

Fun with puzzles!

Happy Valentines Day!

On Valentines Day I went to Breanna's school to help out

with her class Valentine Party - Ice cream sundays. Lots of fun!

The next day (fri.) I was going into Braden's school to help

out with his ice cream Valentine party, but I decided that

it would be a little bit funner to sit in the dentist chair - YUCK!

Breanna's class made these really cute mail boxes.

Happy Valentines Day !

The kids wrapped up these books for us - pretty cute!

Shaelyn Jolee

Brent & Johanna's little girl arrived Sat. 2/9/08.

Shaelyn Jolee 8 lb. 12oz.

A silly big brother - Paxton.

Breanna can't wait to hold Shaelyn again!

A Winter Warm-up!

We enjoyed a winter get-away with 3 other families on

a seven day carribean cruise: Jan. 27 - Feb.3

Darryl, Melissa, Melina & Jenna deGroot,

Tim, Shelly, Karsh & Max Borys, and

John, Jelaine, Anya, & Josh van der Meulen.

All ready to get on that big ole boat!

A pretty fun spot to play!

Splashing Around!!!!

We captured them all, just long enough to snap a picture.

Next to the kids pool area was self-serve icecream machine-

how great was that!

A round of mini golf.

John, Jelaine, Anya, and Josh - beach photo shoot.

Tim, Shelly, Karsh & Max - 1st night.

Darryl & Melissa - one of the formal nights.

Beachin it in St. Marten.

Huddle - Uncle Kevin talking over the next move.

The ice arena - we watched a great ice show here 1 night.

The 4 girls.

One of Bradens faces during the week.

Surfer girls!

The flowrider.

Lots of rock climbing during the week. This is Melina & Breanna.

A hot tub full of kids!

A day at the beach in St. Marten.

A picture of all of us just as we were getting off the boat.

Great trip everybody - lots of fun!!!