Labor Day - Out on the Boat!

My brother Jon and sister-in-law Ronell (who also happens to be the Deal Finding Mom!) recently got their first boat!  Growing up our father was big into boating and I have some great memories of family weekends on the CT river and in Long Island Sound.  We also took lots of trips to Block Island.

So, when they asked us if we wanted to go out on the lake for the day, of course we said Yes!  What better way to spend a beautiful day?

Here are some pics:

We were actually anchored out here, but Ben had a blast thinking he was driving the boat.

Here are my two handsome men!

Ronell and Eric went swimming and Ben loved watching but he freaked out as soon as Eric tried to bring him in.  Uncle Jon is making sure he doesn't take a dive off the side.

Ben and Jacob always have a blast together.

Of course, he can't go 10 minutes without wanting his "nack" (translation: snack).  Daddy happened to have some cheese puffs so, of course, Ben wanted some too.

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Backyard Playtime with Ben

We've gotten a few new things for Ben to do outside in the yard recently. He loves to be outside...he asks to go out constantly! Here are some pics of his playtime recently:

This is Ben and his cousin, Julie playing on the slide. We got this whole thing at BJ's . It has a slide on one side and a ball pit on the other. It came with only 50 balls so we bought some extras to fill it up more. They both love this!

Here's Julie with a big smile ready to go down the slide.

Here's Ben and Grandpa (Eric's dad) playing with the sand and water table. He loves to just throw the sand in the air. He ends up with it all over his face and in his hair.

We modified the slide a little bit. lol Eric got a pool at Walmart for cheap and then we moved the slide/ballpit so that the slide ends in the water. It's not what it was made for, but we only use it like this when Eric or I is right there helping him. He has a blast!

He thought the water coming out of the hose was the coolest thing! He kept tossing the hose to make the water fly in the air. We were just filling up the pool and he just couldn't wait to get in. It was FREEZING but he wouldn't get out! We finally had to decide for him and make him get out when his little lips started turning blue.

These were just taken this afternoon with his new basketball hoop. (Click here to see the deal we got) Daddy hopes he's a future NBA star.

After playing basketball, he decided to throw the ball in the pool. Then, he decided to go in after it...clothes and all. I just stripped him down on the spot and let him go in his diaper rather than dragging him back inside to change him.

This is what his poor diaper looked like after about 10 minutes! LOL! It must have weighed 10 lbs!



Our little fishy just loves the water!

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Sweet Sixteen

My sister Jessica had her Sweet Sixteen party on Sunday, May 18. These are some photos from the party.

This is Jess and some of her friends. (sorry,but I don't remember their names!)

This is my brother Jon and my nephew Jacob.

This is my brother James and his girlfriend, Katie

Jessica's grandparents and some other family members.

These are of Jess and her friends playing darts.

This is my brother Tim and my sister-in-law, Erika.

This is a cute one of Auntie Jess with Ben.

Here are a few of the pinata.

The cake


And, what did she get for her birthday, you ask? What does every 16 year old girl want?
A brand new car, of course! lol

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