Camp Minnie and (Little) Papa

While we were in Mexico, Caroline and Miles spent the first half of the week with Sherri and my dad (Minnie and Papa). Minnie kept them very busy! They went to the Science Place, the Zoo, the park, and lots more I'm sure...

Here are a few pics:

Somebody loves feeding the giraffes!

Hilarious...I can only imagine what was going thru Caroline's mind.

Minnie and Miles

Ha! 2 little monkeys!!!

Apparently Caroline is navigating...I am sure she was super-helpful :)

sweet bear

I love this pic. She looks so grown up...and so totally worn out ;)

Love the way Miles is looking at his Uncle Justin...so sweet!

Minnie got terribly sick the last day the kiddos were there :( Luckily, Uncle Brian was there to take over! I think he got Miles hooked on the iPad ;)

Seriously, how cute is that??

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to Minnie, Papa, Uncle Brian, and Uncle Justin!!!!!

I just found more cute pics on my phone! Had to share :)

Viva Cozumel!

After a fun-filled Memorial Day weekend, we headed to Dallas dropped off the kiddos, and set off for MEXICO!!! We were so excited to have a whole week...6 nights....7days....to do whatever we wanted :) And celebrate Halston and Abel's special day, too!!! Again, the pics are out of order...sorry.

The whole gang at the wedding. It was soooo beautiful. the ceremony was on the beach at sunset!

Brooke and Richard, Me and Jon, Jamie and Oliver, Kristin and Jared, and the bride and groom

They had a bar with swings at our resort. It was so random, yet very fun :)

Halston and I

It rained our last day there, so we went into town to shop and explore. We stopped at this tequila factory, where we did tequila tastings and of course played the classic...tequila pong. Think beer pong, but with tequila...in a fountain.

Us at the wedding :)








Kristin and I lounging on the beach. It was so awesome to relax and not have to think of anything. Really, my biggest "stresses" were whether to lay by the beach or the pool and whether to order a pina colada before lunch or after ;)

Us again :)

The group again :)

Me and Kristin again :)

Jon playing with the fans at the wedding. People kept telling hm he reminded them of "Cam" from Modern Family...How hilarious is that?!?! Its weird, because its kinda true...

They had a real monkey at the ceremony!!! SO cute!!!

The guys at the beach

Us AGAIN!

It was an AMAZING trip. We sailed and snorkeled (neither of which i got pics of) and read (3 books for me :)) and just relaxed!!! Wonderful!!

Big thanks to Minnie, Mimi, and gang for keeping the kiddos for us...more on that coming soon!

Memorial Day 2011

Memorial Day 2011 with the Erickson Clan was a blast as always! Plenty of swimming, boating, jet-skiing, eating, laughing, and playing of course! These pics are all out of order, but I am not patient enough to fix them :)

Sweet Whitney won the first ever Kidfest portion of our annual triathlon! And Jon won the whole triathlon this year :) Woohoo! Whit was sooooo excited when Uncle Clark said she was the winner...here she is posing with her trophy...LOVE that expression of sheer JOY!!!

Family pic of the 4 of us...not great, but these days, I'm not picky. Its a miracle to get all 4 of us in any pic at all! ;) Caroline was taunting Miles with her beads, so Jon is trying to hide them and hold her hands down, but obviously Miles is onto him...ha!

Caroline looooved swimming with the big girls!

Miles enjoyed his first jet-ski ride with Daddy

Somehow, Uncle Bryce corralled all of the kids and convinced them that washing the boat was FUN! Hilarious. This kept them busy for at least 30 minutes, which is a lifetime when you're talking about 5 kids ages 2-4 :)

Wyatt, Whitney , and Caroline posing after the "run" portion of the Kidfest. Seriously, SO CUTE (and hilarious!)

Grammy and Grandpa with all 9 grand kids!

Emma (4), Benjamin (2), Lainey Ann (11 mo), Wade (11 mo), Wyatt (2), Miles (1), Piper (10 mo), Whitney (4), and Caroline (2).

Ready to Race! The "bike" portion of the Kidfest

The 5 big kids got to eat together for every meal, which of course they loved :)

Splish Splash, Miles! Someone loves the water :)

Caroline had to sit in time-out...ha ha. I can't remember why, but everyone else was playing while she had to sit out (in the wagon that trails behind the mower ;))

Twinkie Boys :) The boy half of the Fab 4...Wade and Miles...Laid back, just kickin it.

Birthday Boarding...

For my brithday, Jon surprised me with wakeboarding lessons on Lake Austin! He lined up a sitter and arranged everything, then told me the night before. It was such a fun and random surprise :)

Waiting for our instructor to pick us up.

It had been a looooooooong time since I had wakeboarded, but I got right up!

I tried to do a 180 and fell. And tried again and fell. and again, and again...etc. Never quite mastered the whole 180 thing ;)

Jon had never wakeboarded before (that he can remember, although I am sure he has at SOME point! :)) He got right up,too!

Then he showed off ;) Going back in forth accross the wake, getting a little air, and even completing the dreaded 180.

Next, we tried wake surfing. I had never done it bfore, and couldn't quite get the hang of it. Plus the water was FREEZING cold :) Nice expression as I completely bust it...ha ha!

Of course, Jon was like a pro. He did great! I could tell our instructor was impressed :)

What a prefect way to kick off our 10 days of fun in the sun!!!! After our lesson, we headed home to load up the kids and hit the road to the Erickson lake house for Memorial Day weekend. Such fun! (I will post on that as soon as I get some pics:))