Florida 2009

Spencer is ready to ride the plane!

Dawson already doesn't want to sit down

The plane is so cool!

In Orlando, went to a street fair and Dawson loved getting wet in the rain

One thing Spencer did at the street fair was get his face painted.
There were also bouncy houses, slides, balloons, and live music where kids performed.

Rooooaaaarrrrr!

Tiger Rock Star!
Jill and Jim, who we stayed with in Orlando, have a Wii and Rockband games.
Spencer loved playing both of them.

Jim introduced Spencer to lizards!

Jill and Jim in front of their house

Jill and the boys at the park

Best Friends Reunited

Spencer and Dawson at Jill's Pool which they loved swimming in!

We went to an arcade with Jill and Jim at Disney. Here's Jim trying out a game.

Self Portrait

Dawson and Goofy at Disney. He's not so sure of this character!

Spencer and Goofy (the only character we had time to get pics with!)

Our littlest Mousekateer!

Spencer loves his new Mickey ears with his name on them!

Dawson's ears also have his name on them as well.

Hello, Buzz Lightyear!

Daddy and Dawson shooting their lasers!

Spencer going on the roller coaster...he's so excited!

Littlest Mickey getting ready to ride the train!

Momma and her Mickey's

Mickey's mailbox

Cinderella's castle at dusk

Dawson on my shoulders trying to see the light parade

Wow, the fireworks were awesome!

Our view from one side of our hotel room. The bay at Clearwater Beach

The view of the beach from our room

Our transportation to the beach

Dawson loves the beach!

My cute boys!

Dawson spent a lot of time at this kiddie pool at the hotel

Spencer had permanent goggle face all week

Mommy and Dawson at the beach

A parrot at our hotel lobby

Mom and her boys

Dad and his boys

Spencer's photography

On our last day at the beach we saw several little stingrays swimming by us.

Saying goodbye to the beach. We had so much fun there collecting shells and swimming!

Our rainy 4th and The children's museum

can you resist this face!?

Happy 4th!

rainy day fun

Dawson on the tractor at the museum

Spencer and Jake climbing

The race with the skeleton

D found the trains

D loves the cupcakes...

Avanti's chefs

D painting

Our Anniversary #12

Uncle Phil, Spencer, & Autumn at the game

Sunday at the game. S made a Build a Bear Fredbird!

Cotton Candy...yummy!

Downtown STL

The All Star Park

Ready for the Muny to see Annie. It was great and Jason even liked it, too!

Self Portrait

View from our hotel of the game on Saturday

View of the Arch from our hotel

We had a great anniversary weekend. We ate at Amighetti's for lunch and Trattoria Marcella for dinner (so yummy!). Toured the Arch and the Landing, went to the Muny, slept in on Sunday (the best part :) , and went to the game with Phil and Spencer. Special thanks to mom and dad for watching our kiddos and to Angie and Aaron for the Cardinal tickets. They were awesome seats! We had a blast!
It was an awesome weekend!

Emergency Expo and June photos

Spencer on a police motorcycle. He got to push all the loud buttons!

This life flight heli landed right in front of us at the parking lot where this was held. So cool!

Helmet boys-D has to do EVERYTHING that S does...total parrot!

The babies at the race..confined to the strollers.

This is D's friend, Brianna, they are 6 weeks apart in age.

The kids and their ribbons. They all decided to hold them with their chins.

The runner in action. The kids ran a 1/4 mile race and even got timed.
This event is sponsored by a local hospital in Peoria.
Kids ages 2-12 years all have their own race to run.
Everyone gets a ribbon, a cookie, and juice afterward.
It's a neat program. Great exercise, too.

Laura Wichael, Spencer, Bradley Wichael, and Lydia Wichael.

I've got my number and I'm ready to race!

Oh, the joys of summer!

A visit from Grandma and Grandpa to see Spencer's musical at church.

Great Grandma and Grandpa Dillow came, too.

Grandma, Abby, Autumn, and Spencer painted some pottery

All my little PreK and Kindergarteners at Musicamp at church. There were 42 total!

D had an ice cream cone at McD's. He says, "mmmmm" everytime we see McD's sign!

Spencer, Seth, and Bradley doing some tree climbing!