Friday, February 20, 2009

family time

"Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing."-- Jim Rohn
















It has been such a treasure having Ty home more over the last few months. While Tyler was working a temporary job, Noelle asked where he was, and I said he was working. She said that we should both be home all the time. If only that could be! And while we know that this special time can only last so long, we will treasure it. So much family fun and times to connect with each other! What better place is there to be than with your family:)
"Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible -- the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family."-- Virginia Satir:
"What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life - to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories." -- George Eliot

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Our Very First Roadtrip!


Our first hotel: the CastleThe underwater aquariums at Sea World were awesome
We spent two days at an amazing waterpark called Aquatica...it's part of Sea World. We had tons of fun!!
Us by a tree full of Macaws
Playing hard=Sleeping hard :)
A really pretty flower butterfly
Noelle feeding a bird at Busch Gardens
Tyler feeding the birds
Noelle getting her face painted
They had awesome rides for little kids at Busch Gardens...it was really fun!
We celebrated Elliott's second birthday!

On one of the cooler days we went to an indoor kids play area where they had tons of blow-up slides, obstacle courses, and bouncy houses.

Our last day we went to Clearwater Beach near Tampa...the kids had so much fun collecting seashells and exploring on the beach. It was a nice relaxing ending to our holiday.