Sisters!

My sister Lois and I at Kristina's bridal shower.

Our Freedom of the Seas Cruise

Ted, Bradd, Heather,Taytum and Kaelan.


Our little Adventure Ocean pirates.


The H2O Zone was sooo much fun. It also had a (donut shaped) whirlpool pool that was really fun.

Knoebels With the Grandchildren

Yesterday we took Jul's kids to Knoebels Amusement Park. We loved the park and had a great time. Both parking and entrance to the park are free. For the rides you can either buy an all day pass or tickets. There is a large picnic area and lots of good reasonably priced food choices. Alot of trees provide shade on a hot day. Check out http://www.knoebels.com/ for more info.

Freedom of the Seas

Here's a picture of Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas. This is the ship we are cruising on in September. As we were tendering ashore and watching the "pirate ship" we were able to get this interesting shot. The Freedom of the Seas and it's sister ship Liberty of the Seas are currently the largest cruise ships ever (154k ton). Next year Royal Caribbean is launching another ship in this class called Independence of the Seas. The following year they launch a Genesis class ship that will be 41% larger (220K ton).

Shower and Pizza

Yesterday we hosted a baby shower for Brett and Jenn's baby with Brett's side of the family. We had a lot of fun and Jenn got some great gifts. Julianne came up with a fun game where everyone was given a common baby name and we had to refer to each other by that name. If you messed up and used the person's real name you had to put some change in a bank for the baby. Needless to say, the baby has a nice little bank started for her. For more pictures visit Brett and Jenn's blog at http://www.brettandjenn.blogspot.com/. This picture of Jenn and I is from a previous shower that we attended together.

The shower was also the occasion for my first and last foray into creativity - a diaper cake. While it was fun to put together, for me, being creative is more stressful than relaxing. My desire for order and preciseness gets in the way of the freedom of creativity. Here is a picture to commemorate this occasion.

The second thing we did Saturday was get pizza. Not just any pizza, but a Vince's Pizza. For the past few weeks Brett, Ted and I have been craving pizza from a pizzeria we used to go to when we lived in Philadelphia. So on Saturday, after we took Ted's mom home, we went and picked up pizza from Vince's on Grant Avenue in Philadelphia. Since we moved to Morgantown 6 years ago we've tried many different pizza's and have yet to find one that matches our favorite. Vince's Pizzeria is owned by a cousin of the family that ran Charlie's Pizza. Charlie's Pizza was a family treat on Sunday nights after church when we were growing up. We passed on the tradition and raised our kids on Vince's pizza. Saturday night Brett and Jenn joined us for pizza from Vince's and a few rounds of Sequence. Mmmm!