The Men in My Life

I am blessed to be surrounded by good men--I'm so thankful for each of them. Happy Father's Day to all of you Past, Present and Future.

My Busy Boys

Colton PLAYS and Blaine STUDIES all day, every day lately it seems. Blaine has been working diligently to wrap up his concluding course for his Master's program and will submit his final paper this week, hopefully. He has performed well in all of his classes and we are so proud of him--way to go Gator!
Colton has been busy too going to playdates, making frequent trips to the swimming pool and doing what every 'almost' two-year old does (get in trouble!). Somedays it is enough to wear a little guy out.

Happy Birthday Mason

Today Colton's only cousin Mason turns two and we hope he has a wonderful birthday. We miss you Mason and cannot wait to see you again!

What is he thinking. . .

I've often wished for the ability to read my nearly 2 year-old's mind. He does some weird stuff, and it makes us laugh (i.e. having to wear dad's shorts as a makeshift dress of some sort) He has officially transferred from the baby to little boy phase and I'm sad about that but excited that he's learning more each day and gaining greater understanding and independence (I think!). His newest words this week are 'choo,choo' for train, elmo, and bob (bob the builder). The days when he does do naughty things like unroll an entire roll of toilet paper or dump Gold Bond all over himself, I remind myself that he isn't just my child--he's Heavenly Father's and that it is a priviledge to be his Mom.

Walk Until Your Feet Bleed. . .And Then Walk Some More (compliments of Wolverine)

Anyone who has attempted to cover the four parks at Disney world in a week's time knows exactly what I'm talking about. Actually, we walked our newest family member Ashley to the point that her feet really were bleeding--poor girl. Blaine's entire family along with his Grandma Calaway flew down last week to vacation with us and by the end of the week we were happy, worn out, a little sun-burned and wishing we had a few more days to do more. We covered a lot of ground the seven days they were here; from touring St. Augustine and Gainesville, to the four Disney Parks and a day at Cocoa Beach to finish it up. (oh, and of course a couple trips to the Outlets squeezed somewhere in there) All in all it was a wonderful break from the same ole' and we enjoyed having everyone here with us. Thanks for spoiling us Mom and Dad!

A quick stop at Daytona and then on to St. Augustine we go.

Blaine enjoying touring St. Augustine -one of his old mission areas.

Inside the Matanzas Fort at St. Augustine re-enacting the cramped quarters once endured there.

The Bull Gator pic. One more semester to go--HOORAY!

"I miss Gator Football". This is what Blaine admits to me in quiet moments when I think he's really upset about something.

It was scorching hot the whole week. Colt was so good for us--he couldn't get enough of the water fountains.

Grandma Calaway, Colton and Devin

The whole group at Animal Kingdom

Colton enjoys the slides (if you can't tell!)

Colton and Hillary

Colton LOVES the ocean--he'd walk straight out into the waves if you'd let him.

Blaine and Colton at Cocoa Beach

Devin, Bradley and Bryce playing a little football.

Nice throw Bradley--how's that sunburn coming?!. . .

(p.s. thanks Grandma Valerie for the monkey backpack. Colt literally goes everywhere with his new favorite buddy. He slept with him yesterday for his nap and if you try to take him away he acts like a crazy monkey!)