There is a new addition to our family!!!

No it's not a dog, and it certainly isn't another baby. Last week we welcomed a new boat to our family!!! We are so excited to be able to take it to the lake and let the kids go tubing and eventually teach them how to ski! :)

Ryan came home with it last Thursday, and we took it to Michigan on Saturday! We launched it for her first maiden voyage, and we had a blast!!! It's really going to make for a great summer!


We decided to suprise the kids. So, when Ryan came home, we told Chloe to go outside, and she was so excited, she ran right up to it!


Of course, she had to get right inside, and when I asked to take a picture this was her pose! :)


And here's Chloe with her cousins Tim and Josh ready to go tubing! On the back of the boat, Ryan put the words "Good Times!" For those of you who don't know Ryan too well, his saying is always "Good Times," or "Good Times with good people" so it was inevitable that the boat would be named "Good Times!" And that's what we intend to have ~ good times!! :)

Chloe was all set to go tubing, she had her wet suit on, (seeing that is was only about 60 degrees) and she got right in!


Brett on the other hand had shorts and a sweatshirt on. I had not anticipated that he would want to go, so I didn't even think to put his suit on. Nonetheless, he had to go, and he loved it!!! It was great!


Owen missed most of the fun ~ he was too tired to enjoy it all! :)


And here she is! :) We are just so thankful that we are able to provide this type of fun for our kids! It's memories that'll last a lifetime, and that's really important to us!!

There should be a law....

That one should only be at the ER with one of their children, say, once a year. Yeah, no, that wasn't the case with me. After having Owen at the ER last Tuesday, I had Brett in the ER on Monday. He fell out of the cart at Target. He was in the back of the basket, and he just flipped right out. At first I didn't think it was that big of a deal, and he just bumped his head. I tried to buy him an ICEE and he wouldn't drink that. We got into the car, and he just didn't seem right. I called Ryan, and told him that I was going to make my way to his work, so he could check him out. Well, while on my way to his work he started vomitting, and couldn't stay awake. I called the doctor and they told me to take him to the ER. After what seemed like the longest car ride, we finally got there, and I brought him in. I couldn't keep him awake, and he kept vomitting. It was pretty scary for awhile, but his CT Scan came back clear, but he wouldn't stop vomitting. They ended up keeping him overnight, and re-do the CT scan in the morning. He woke up wanting water, and to watch T.V. Thankfully the CARS movie was on (his favorite!) The CT was clear, and we were able to come home. Thank God that everything turned out O.K. This is definitely an eye-opener for me, because I ALWAYS put Brett in the back of the cart. Never again!!!