Nauvoo

From Nauvoo

Our annual Lake Family Vacation was to Nauvoo, Illinois. We met Andy's Family there and toured church historic sites, went to the Nauvoo Pageant, and had lots of fun :D

Perks of working in OB

This is my cousin Karen and her family (Barry~her husband, Jayden her newborn and Mason~her oldest)
When Karen had Mason, I was living in Utah. She was extremely disappointed that I wasn't there to help her through her childbirth.
When she found out she was pregnant with Jayden, I promised her that I would look out for her during this childbirth experience.

She had a false alarm early on the 8th...
So when she started experiencing Active Labor later in the day, she made sure to call me first before going in.
We discussed her symptoms and decided that she should go ahead and go to the hospital.
She was only there for a few hours before
Jayden Andrew Armitage was born on July 9th, 2009

I looked out for her in Labor and Delivery and made sure she got sent to North once she recovered. I was lucky enough to be her nurse on one of the days during her stay.

Everyone loved taking care of Karen and continue to rave about how sweet she is.
I don't think she has a mean bone in her body.
Jayden you are lucky to have her for a Mommy...
and I know she feels so lucky to have you :D

Monsoon Lagoon

Jonathan spent the entire week last week parking cars in our yard for the LPGA...
We suddenly were considering moving into a bigger house (making for a crazy summer)...
Kyle turned 13 years old...
Soooo...we decided to allow him to choose a little more extravagantly for his "birthday activity"
He chose to go to Monsoon Lagoon
Monsoon Lagoon is located in Port Clinton, OH...
It has Go Karting, Putt Putt, Bumper Boats, and a Water Park.
Sounds like a perfect combination for the first really warm day of the season ;)

Go Karting!!!!

Mom and Nicholas were the first to try Go Karting out

We showed the boys how it was done ;D

Luke is considering NASCAR as his chosen profession...once he got started on the Go Karts, we had a difficult time persuading him off of them

All of the kids loved racing the Go Karts...I think they could've spent the entire day doing just this ;D

Go Karting is right up Jonathan's alley :D

Luke thought Go Karting was AWESOME!

They all thought they were HOT STUFF :D

Dylan on his Go Kart

Jonathan speeding along

Luke coming around the bend

Kyle AKA Speed Racer

Dylan coming up behind Kyle

Nicholas and Daddy racing on Bumper Boats

Dylan coming

Nicholas and Daddy bump

They didn't go very fast, but they sure were fun :D

Dylan

Jonathan on Bumper Boat

Nicholas and Kyle ready to bump

Kyle

Nicholas on Bumper Boat

The Boys play together

Kyle and Dylan ready for some Putt Putt action

Daddy and Nicholas played together

Luke played with Mom

Dylan Putts

Kyle Putts

Luke ready to Putt

Nicholas Putts

Jonathan getting on the Lazy River

Maxing and Relaxing

Jonathan on the Lazy River

Dylan and Luke went on the Water Slide many times

Luke coming down the Water Slide

Kyle coming around the bend

Maria thoroughly enjoying the Lazy River

Dylan and Luke waiting in line for the Water Slides

Daddy and Nicholas

Kyle on the Lazy River

Kyle coming down the Water Slide

Maria floating in the inner tube

Sweethearts

Water Works