My baby is 2!

Today is Alyssa's 2nd birthday. Here are a few pics of the past two years:

Lil' 500

Every time we go to Florida we take the kids to Lil' 500 Go Karts. Dale and I went there numerous times growing up and it is definitely an Orlando novelty. Last year in October when we went down to Orlando for Dale's cousin's wedding Andrew was not old enough or tall enough to drive his own go-kart, so he reluctantly rode with us. This year, after riding with his Grandpa Steve, he told us he thought he was tall enough to drive his own. We told him he probably wasn't; it had only been five months; but he insisted. Sure enough, he was definitely tall enough. The proud smile on his face did not compare to the proud smile on his Mommy and Daddy's face. Here are some pictures:

Florida trip!!

This past week Dale and I took the little ones to Florida for a short vacation. About 5 hours into the road trip (7:00 p.m.) Andrew and Alyssa started to get restless. So Dale and I started a game. Think of the funniest words you have ever heard. It took Andrew a minute to figure out what we meant, but Dale and I were thinking of all kinds of words. Here are a few of our favorites: lickety split, hacky sack, guacamole, and our all time fav...drum roll please...crack-a-lackin!!!! Anyways, when we finally arrived in Orlando, we went to Fazoli's (a place we don't have in Atlanta) for some quick italian and then my Mom; who so graciously let us stay the whole vacation at her new apartment; suggested we go to Lake Eola and let the kids play at the playground to get all their energy out. The kids loved the playground so much, we ended up going several times during our trip to FL. Here are some pics of those crazy monkeys. If you look really hard you can see Dale relaxing, enjoying a much needed vacation...the first in four years.