We be Bahama'in!!!

What's up People! Well, we have had a busy summer! Steph and I just got back from the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas and now we are having family coming from both sides. Steph's family will be here tonight and my family will come Sunday. Both families will be passing each other on I85. Here are some pictures of our kid-less adventure.

Recent pics of the kids

Hadley's 3rd B'day Party - Princess Party

Picking Strawberries at Patterson - Thanks Agent Oso, she knew the steps!

More Hadley B'day party pics

Cooper at School
Summer at School in her recital
Cooper showing off at Nana's house

This is our trip to Orlando. We went to Sea World, Downtown Disney, and Cypress Gardens. Needless to say, we were very busy! There is also pictures from Bok Tower (the highest area in FL). We stay with Grandma and Grandpa a couple nights and the kids loved it!

If you need to look at a picture longer, just hit pause. These are in 2 second intervals. I am experimenting with the Mac.

Push the Button Cooper!

You would think Steph would learn. Her "famous" last words to me today was, "I better get the keys out of the car before Cooper locks himself in". No sooner than she turned around, we heard the "toot" of the horn indicating that the doors have been locked. Now, I know what you guys are thinking. Where is the spare? I told Steph where they were but she didn't see them. All the while, Cooper is having a great time climbing the seats and turning the steering wheel. He finally hit the button as soon as I found the spare keys. The picture is of her pointing to the unlock button. This happened to her also with Summer when we moved up here in 2006. I love to rib her about it!!!!!

Steph's attempt

Brandon always does these cleaver blogs that I think are hilarious. I have never been the funny one, but I have had several observations that I feel I need to share. I often wonder what my children's lives will be like with the new technology in their daily lives. Here are some examples....

1) They think a toothbrush is broken if it doesn't have a button on it or doesn't vibrate.

2) Waiting for a TV show to start is a thing of the past. They know that we have DVDs or the DVR to give them instant gratification. They even request certain episodes. "I want Minnie Mouse's Picnic" When she has to leave, you have to pause it!

3) Summer can click "47" on her own and know she is getting Noggin (cartoons, 24/7)

4) A home telephone is a play toy. We have only cell phones in the house. When we go to visit others, they treat it like a toy.

5) DVD's are portable. We take them everywhere. I can't imagine an 8 hr. trip without it.

6) Summer says "Ni Hao" instead of hello.

7) Summer can spend hours on the computer. She can work a mouse better than I can. She can already navigate websites and most of the time fix the problems she has on her own.

8) A cell phone not only is used for talking, but games. It even has a "pause" button as Summer likes to say.

9) Meals in minutes. We have become experts at the 5 min meal thanks to the microwave.

Annual Swindle Egg Stomp

We had a great Easter Sunday. Summer thought Santa Claus had come this morning, but no it was just the Easter Bunny. We went to church, then had an Easter Egg hunt followed by the Swindle Stomp. Summer started this last year on her own and we decided to keep it going. Summer really enjoyed it while Cooper tried to rescue the eggs and put them back in his basket. He is really good at Easter Egg hunting. He got more eggs than Summer. You can compare the video from last year to this year for fun. http://swindlenews.blogspot.com/2008/03/easter-egg-process.html

Easter Saturday

Well, the Easter weekend has already been a lot of fun. This morning we had Mickey Mouse Pankcakes, followed by an Easter Egg hunt at the church, and then a neighborhood Easter Egg Decorating party. We survived without anything on our new carpet, whew!