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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Vacation

This year for my side of the family's yearly vacation we stayed close to accomodate my sister-in-law who was 8 months pregnant and 3-month-old Carter. We rented a house for 6 days on a lake and enjoyed lots of fun activities together. Matt and Caleb enjoyed fishing together several mornings, we played lots of games even into the wee hours of the morning, and as always there was lots of yummy food. To make up for our guilty pleasure of eating a lot, my dad and I also went running together amost every morning. Here are some pictures of the other fun things we did:


We went on a 3 mile hike and the rain caught us on the way back. It was quite the downpour, and Carter was such a trooper. Good thing that it was warm outside so he didn't get sick. I carried Carter on the first half of the hike, and my mom helped out for the second half. Matt and Caleb headed back early because Caleb had an accident towards the beginning (he was afraid to go #2 in the woods), so they stayed nice and dry in the car while they waited for us!


Canoeing with the alligators (we only saw one)


Swimming in the neighborhood pool


We spent one day on the lake riding Jet Skis. Everyone was a little scared riding with Matt because he had one objective only: throw the other rider as quickly as possible! I had Matt give me a nice ride before he tried to throw me. I also took Caleb out for a fun ride.


Halfway through the vacation, my sister Ariane and her family were able to join us with their newborn. Gavin is the newest addition to the family (atleast for the next month). For those that know my sister and haven't heard the news, you can read all about Gavin joining their family here. He is such a sweet baby and Carter is so glad to have a best friend!


Uncle Clayton and Carter lounging around at the house.


Can I just say that I love having a photographer in the family now? Kara, you're the best! Here are some family pictures she took:
The entire gang minus Lindsey who is on a mission.


Daddy and Carter

Love this picture!

Caleb loving on his baby brother.

7 comments:

JeSsIe and Alma said...

those are some cute cute pictures of your little family! looks like lots of fun!

Jared and Kari said...

You got some great pics! Love the one of Caleb in the pool!

Anneliese said...

I love the family picture, both of them. Talk about great fashion taste, I used to have that exact same skirt. I think I gave it away a year, maybe two ago. Looks like you all had a fun time!

Love Sweet Love said...

How fun! I SO miss rain like that! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the picture of you, Matt and the kids-it's so not fair that you do not look like you just had a baby 3 months ago! You should totally use that for your Christmas card picture; although, now that you have a photographer in the family you'll probably get pics like that all the time! Carter and Caleb are adorable as always!

Unknown said...

I LOVE the pictures!!!! What cute kids!! And you look amazing!!! I second Angela - love the pic of the 4 of you guys!

Megan said...

sounds like a good vacation! the pictures are awesome! Carter is getting so big!

Laura said...

Look slike a great vacation with the family, and you look fabulous.

I'm so happy for Ariane! What a sweet new baby boy.