We went to Disney in October '09 and it was a great time to go (free dining plan, great weather, no crowds) We stayed at the Yacht and Beach Club and the kids loved it. Here are a few of their favorite things from this trip. The pool and the pirate ship slide probably ranked the highest. They also loved the "soft and squishy" beds.
... the family bike ride, HSM3 (of course), occassionally being at peace with your siblings, and eating dinner at a drive-in movie (steak again for Grant).
We went to SC to visit for GiGi's birthday. Les decided that she had to have the right amount of candles on her cake... so we put 85 candles on the cake!
Check out the size of Dad's chainsaw blade. (That is for the men who care.) 
The sound the tree made when it it the ground was pretty impressive. (Brian, I really did this post for you. I thought you might appreciate it.)
So, here in the first photo is a front view of what was sitting right where my new house is now sitting. The huge oak (I counted 96 rings in the trunk) is about to fall, at the hands of Dad (on the chainsaw), and Les (on the Bobcat). 
What a great shot of Dad! I think after clearing this lot, he and Les are actually good NOT cutting anymore trees for awhile. This lot definitely gave them their fill of tree-cutting.
I really love the beach in all the seasons. We went to Andy and Alex's for Ethan's birthday last year and stopped at the ocean for a few minutes. It was so beautiful! At Ethan's birthday, I got so busy chatting with everyone and watching the kids have fun, I didn't even take any pictures. I was so bummed after we left and I realized that.
I am back to updating my blog and I found this from August of last year when Andy and Alex came to visit. I love it! Ethan and Evan in the bath. They are so goofy.
So this is all we've been doing lately... Going to baseball games and building a house. Grant is in a fall league and loves baseball. He plays catcher, second base or center field. I just thought this was a cool shot with the dust flying out of the glove. And this is what the house looked like on Saturday after we did the clean up. The shingles started going on today. It is amazing to watch.
