Spring!! 2014

 For Spring Break we headed to Tennessee and the beautiful Smokey Mountains.  Dollywood was also a big hit!  Declan loved the hike up to the waterfalls and especially throwing rocks in the creek.  Everybody had better watch out as the sideways arm swing is very...shall I say...hit and miss ;).  When I remind him to throw it like a football--arm cocked over his shoulder ("like this" I would say as I demonstrated), his aim is spot on and boy does he have an arm!

Who would have thought a 1 foot slide could be so dynamic and fun!!

 THE EASTER BUNNY CAME!!!

Assume the mommy-helping position!!

The cuteness is just...too much!

Declan LOVES babies..."bay chute."  Tatiana's baby Isabelle.

Happy 13th Birthday Lorin!

Brothers at the Bar!

Friend, Clay Ludlow.

Monkey see monkey do...even on a bed of rocks!

The sock gang!

More Cousins came to visit.  Welcome Spencer and fam!

Such luscious kissy lips!

Enjoying each other during FHE dessert.

Embarrassed being caught as a student of Graf's "cool" teachings.

All he needs is a basket of puzzle pieces, and the boards laid out.  No more help necessary!

 Going to New York with 5 kids is quite the rush.  Keeping Declan alive was the main goal!  He desperately wanted the $17 school bus he saw in the gift shop.  When he sees the girls get on the bus he says "I doe bus!" so I had to indulge him.  Only problem?  He wanted to drive it on the sidewalk the whole 20 blocks back to the hotel room!!!

I LOVE that he enjoys creating with blocks...always a different look too!

A day at the beach finding shark teeth fossils with friends...

ends somewhat like this! (Declan, Michael Baird, Clay Ludlow)

Drew Healy and Declan

This boy loves his Daddy and tries to be just like him!  In the mornings he wants me to stand him on the railing in the garage so that he can cheer as the Carolla comes to a squealing start and then say "bye Dad...I wuv you Dada" about 20 times while he backs up. 

The skateboard crew tries to kill themselves daily riding down our super steep driveway!!

Goof balls!!