scenes from Curacao

Jake and cousin Zen racing around the pool on borrowed boards.  

Fun times!

Quinn displaying our first day's harvest of beach glass from our hotel sand strip.

Enjoying an outdoor breakfast courtesy of Grandma.

Enjoying our lodging.  Thank you Michael and Christina! 

Random pictures

Can anyone tell what size clothing Q is wearing these days? 

Mommy's first day of school with students!

Ready for church! 

Touch a Truck 2013

Styling in a limo...

Playing "suitcase" in the Mega Bus

Great views up here!  

Sweet old Ford

Happy chance encounter with a classmate!

I think we've found our big Christmas present for the kids...

"Before" picture.  Time for a haircut!

Legomaniac

I love this stage of Jake's life.

Jake's 6th birthday

Grandma gifted Jake with a kit he's been eyeing for nearly a year!

While Jake assembled his Lego piece, Quinn built a castle with Daddy.

It's like 6 a.m. so forgive the crazy hair. 

A gift from KJ and BJ...

Can you tell how excited he is about this one?  How did they know?  :  )

But first he needed to finish the assembly of this one!  Wah-la!

We invited four of Jake's friends to see a matinee of Disney Pixar's Plane's movie.

Beautiful Abigail!

Jonathan!

Daddy assembled the cake!

A frenzy of gifts.  (When does it become a calm affair?)

Hard at work.

We built this one together and laughed a lot.

It was challenging...all those black odd shaped pieces. 

I will cherish this memory forever, Jake!

Wonder how long it will stay in one piece?

Sweet Q

Quinn, I love that you have your own sense of fashion.  It doesn't really matter that fairy wings aren't that practical for a hike, or that your shirt is backwards.  You are an independent spirit. 

We were delighted by a copious amount of tiny frogs near the pond. 

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I should add it's the start of MY school year, too!  Another year of 8th grade Language Arts!