White Sands Lake

There is a lake nearby, about 30 minutes away, called White Sands Lake. We spent a Saturday afternoon there and it was beautiful! They have cabanas, picnic tables, canoes, peddle boats, and inflatable slides and bouncers on the water. The kids are little fishes and any time they can be in water they are happy. =)

July 2011

she is so beautiful

best friends!

watching a movie

waiting for the pins to fall

bowling beauty

pretty girl with Nana's earrings

yard work can be fun!

building his new bike with daddy

good looks run in the family =)

pretty little swimmer

Ryan loves to be thrown off the floaties

Ryan's bar work

Sophia's bridge (back bend)

she loves gymnastics


good times at Zia's house! (that's me)

4th of July weekend

We had the pleasure of the company of family over the holiday weekend. My sis-in-law and her girls came down to celebrate with us. The best part was that the girls stayed here for 3 weeks!What fun! Daniel gets great perks from work and received tickets to the annual Seafood Festival, which was so enjoyable. The kids were able to ride their first roller coaster and were instantly hooked. They played games, swam in the lake, we ate great food, it was good times. My parents live near a river, so on July 4th we did some fishing. It was relaxing as well as exciting, mostly because the fish were jumping out of the water. Crazy! That night we lit fireworks, of course, and enjoyed our freedom.

festival games with daddy

First roller coaster!

I love this picture of the kids on the lakefront

my husband thinks he is so funny

my nieces!!!

We discovered this turtle by the river with a fish hook stuck through it's leg. My brother performed minor surgery to get the hook out and we set it free.

Ryan's face is priceless

Daddy teaching about fishing

Helping Natalie light her fireworks