Florida Vaca 2010!!!

Another nice week in Florida with the Brown Family. Again, thank you for your hospitality and putting up with the McWhorter/Ericson clan. We were extremely fortunate in beautiful weather while we were there. It only rained once during the day! We were able to put in a great deal of time at the pool and the beach!! We did take a time out, one afternoon to take Morgan and Derek to see "Despicable Me" Cute movie, slow at times...but a cute movie nonetheless....there were some parts where even I laughed out loud.

Morgan...wow...what an improvement. She would swim in the ocean without goggles, dove under the waves and learned to float on her back. Such a huge improvement from years past!! Brody did great on the beach with all the sand sticking to him and also did well with the ocean. When the wave would roll over him, I taught him to "pphhhllltttt" to get the water out of his mouth. It was very cute. Bobby's dad came up from Tallahassee to visit with all of us. Sandy wasn't feeling up for the trip...we missed seeing you. Here are some pix of Grandpa Bob.Brody blowing a kiss...

Annie and Morgan (Derek and Annie did a great job in entertaining Morgan for the week~Thanks you two!!)Brody loves his sister...Aunt Nancy showing Brody how to make the wind chime move.

Yes Mom...I am on vacation... :)

Update...

Lacy has found a new home. A nice couple who live in Soulard came over to see her last night and decided they wanted to give her a home. They did say that if we changed our mind in a few weeks, they would be more than happy to return her to us. I thought that was really sweet and generous and shows what kind of people they are...I hope.

She was a good girl...well loved, high energy, very intelligent and will be sorely missed.

Morgan still wants to know if we can get a cat...OY!!

Sad times...

Well, I am extremely sad to say that Lacy needs to find a new home. She snapped at Brody on Sunday and got his face. He had to get a butterfly stitch in one of the two marks. Thank heavens it wasn't worse. Brody isn't scared or bothered by dogs/Lacy so it didn't phase him. Morgan was very sad in the beginning but then after about 10 minutes, said, can we get a cat? I am struggling a LOT with this...she is a member of our family, she is a very sweet dog and I love her but I love my son more...so she has to go. We are putting feelers out for anyone that doesn't have small kids and can handle the wisdom/high energy of border collies. I don't want to have to put her down...she's a good girl... I will miss her terribly. I have trouble keeping it together whenever I see her or talk about it. So basically I am a mess...this too shall pass...but she will be greatly missed by all of us...

Fishing...

Catfish...about 7 lbsBob took some time off of work and have some fun. He and my uncle went fishing at Kentucky lake this last week. Bob's cousin Phyllis lives there and let them stay there and put up with them!! They had a good time and caught many fish. Here are just a few of their haul!!

Kindergarten Graduation

Today was Morgan's Kindergarten graduation. The children sang songs, and there was a slideshow of the AM classes throughout the year. And cookies and juice to boot!! (On the video...don't shoot the videographer...I was too busy watching Morgan instead of the camera.)

Notice how many girls vs boys. Seven girls, twelve boys.

Morgan, Peyton, ??, Hallie

Morgan and the twins Peyton and Kaitlyn

Finally...a nice warm day

The kids were able to get outside and play in the sprinkler for a bit and then played in the backyard.

Happy Birthday and Happy Mother's Day!!