Lesson #1 What happens when the steering goes out when going around a curve...

Thursday night, the steering went out on the Piece Of Trash

(or P.O.T., as I have called it for some time)

while Ed was going around a curve on the way home from work...

He is fine, but the POT did not fare as well... The rear of the car
Not sure it is supposed to bend that way
the license plate number is embedded in the car???
I am not sure the gas tank is supposed to stick out that far...
The front doesn't look too bad

Floridian Fun

Here are some pictures of our fun week in Florida... Katelynne and Mimi in the pool...she loved it!!!
Jumping off the side...she is fearless
Abbie waiting her turn
Abbie swimming with Auntie Bethany
Lounging after a long swim??!!
Abbie loved the floaties and the noodle...
It was great to see her so confident

Kate had a different way of riding hers
Kate in her cover-up
Kate and the turtle (and Auntie Bethany)

at the loggerhead refuge

My sweet girlies

On Friday, we went to the Playmobil Fun Park...
basically it is a big room with Playmobil toys set up in "centers"
for kids to enjoy...
Abbie loved it...

Kate did for about 20 seconds...

sitting and playing isn't really her thing

This is more of her thing... :)

Dressed up to go to dinner

Sweet Kate and her "bea"

Fun with Family in Florida

Our first day in Florida started with a trip to the ocean to go see

Uncle Dwee, Auntie Cindy, and my cousin's kids, Dawit and Timothy.

Here are some pics of the fun...Kate struggling with the sand bucket
Putting sand in the water...

making a mess...

Abbie with her "Uncle Dwee"...

she loves him!!!

Kate loves to help cook...

here she is helping Mimi make chili

After dinner...Kate liked her ice cream
Abbie did too, but all went in her mouth
Timothy...my cousin, Sarah's son
Dawit...Timothy's older brother
Josiah, my cousin, Rebecca's baby

On the road again

We arrived home the afternoon of the 10th of August,

and left again on the morning of the 11th.

This time it was to spend a few days with Mimi,

Grandad and Auntie Bethany in Florida.

We rode down with them and once again,

we took a few pictures to dialogue our trip.... Abbie sleeping in the car
Kate being silly and sweet in the car
Hi everyone
My sweet baby

And on the way home...

What else are you supposed to do when you have lots of hours in the

car and you are tired of being there???

Take pictures of your kids, of course :)

At least that is what I love to do...

so here are the pictures from our return trip from WNY Abbie cuddling her beloved Ping in her hat...

she won the hat at the Chinese auction at the reunion the day before...

along with box of other goodies she really didn't want...

she just wanted that silly hat :)

my sweet baby

attempts to drink her juice while riding in the car

almost there

SUCCESS
Abbie's sweet smile
another sleeping shot
we're ALMOST HOME
YEA!!!

Family Reunion 2008

The real reason for our trip was to go to Ed's family reunion on his mom's side.

It was a really fun day and we all had a great time.

This was the first time we had been there since we got married

(we went the year we got engaged/married).

It was also the first time all four Keesler boys were together in 5 years!!! Ed's cousin, Becky surrounded by the kids...

Abbie is sitting on her lap with the hat on and

Kate is standing with her back to the picture

The grandkids...

L to R, Abbie, Arreil, Makayla, and Katelynne

The Keesler brothers..

Andy, Gordon, Raymond, and Ed

(in reverse order of age)

Abbie sleeping in the car on the way home...

Kate sleeping too... the result of a fun day with no nap :)

A visit to Houghton

On August 7, we headed out on a whirlwind trip to WNY to see Ed's family.

While we were there, we took an hour and walked around our alma mater,

Houghton College (it was at Houghton where we met and became close friends/fell in love).

It was a lot of fun to walk around and reminisce as well as see all the changes that

have been made since we were there last.Kate on the path heading toward the chapel
Ed in the newly renovated chapel...it looks so much different...
The girls headed to the science building
Ed and the girls in front of the library
And as usual, a picture of my girlies...

Our 10 year reunion is next July and we are looking forward to it!!