Lake visit with Mimi and G-Pa!

This past weekend we headed to the lake with Mimi and G-Pa! The boys loved getting some one on one time with them. Dylan was so excited to show Mimi all his favorite fishing spots! Jackson was playing with the dirt that the worms were in (I so have boys!). I think he got a little of it on his face...
Mimi getting pointers from Dylan on fishing!
Noodle buddies!
G-Pa and Jackson!
Dylan caught a catfish. He was fishing by himself. He can reel in his own fish, so I wasn't too concerned about him. Then all of a sudden he goes "I need help! I need help!" I could hear the fish pulling the string on his little bitty Lightning McQueen pole! It was a chaotic couple of minutes trying to reel the fish in, but we got him! Dylan was a little nervous about the fish, I think because he was so much bigger than the normal little fishes we catch, but look how proud he is too!

Pool Party!

We always have so much fun at the Pitkin Pool Party! How could you not have fun? Food? Check! Swimming? Check! Great friends? Check! Dylan and Brooke had a blast swimming together. They were putting Paul in jail all afternoon! (Thanks for being such a good sport Paul!)
The Pfeuffer boys!
Scott and Josh relaxing.
Jackson waving to the camera.
Talk about being a proud mama! Check out this action. Dylan jumps in, ON PURPOSE, and goes under, ON PURPOSE! I know I keep talking about how much he is improving this summer with his swimming, but I can't get enough of it. He is doing so great! He's turning into my little fishy!

New York!

Most of the people I work with are in New York so I took a trip there to put some faces to names. It was a 4 day trip, which was just long enough. On the last day I was really missing my boys. I stayed at the Hilton in Times Square! Sounds fancy, right???!!! We (I went with a colleague.) got there on Sunday and spent the afternoon hitting some of the tourist spots. We took a ferry ride out to the statue of liberty.
Here's the skyline from our ferry ride. That tall tower that is still under construction is the World Trade Center Memorial Tower. The two towers were right to the right of it.
There was a little memorial store/museum. This is made out of material from the towers.
M&M's store!
Empire State BuildingTimes Square!View from my plane on the way home. I was trying to capture what it looked like from in the plane to show Dylan. He's never been on a plane. The guy next to me on the plane must have thought I was just some crazy camera lady! I was taking pictures of all the airplanes while we were waiting to take off too!

Happy 4th!

Happy 4th of July! We had a blast at the lake. We swam, did sparklers, and wore our festive sunglasses! Here's Dylan swimming in the lake...all by himself! I'm so proud of him!
Jackson and Evie hugging. Too sweet.
beautiful sunset
Mama, Papa and their grand kids.
Peace.
Sparklers!
Isn't his shirt super cute? His teacher made it for him!
All the kids by the flag. They were watching Papa drive away on the jet ski.
You ain't cool less you got Statue of Liberty and Flag sunglasses.
Daddy Sandwich!
Hope everyone had a happy and safe holiday!