Emily, Jake, and I went to the pool today. Jake was having a great time diving and
doing tricks off the board. Emily was playing with her friend Hannah. We are
missing Austin who is at scout camp and McKaila who is at Young Scholars...but
we did have a great time without them. Summertime is fun today!

Hi again. Tonight I went to Kindergarten Graduation with Emily. This is her teacher Mrs. Mull. She is nice! There was really good cookies and punch afterwords. I miss you Nicholas.
Well- keep scrolling down and I will tell you more about my trip. dont forget to read comments on the sunset picture!
Stanley

Here I am riding along in the Hutchinson's truck. I love this place! Rome is Beautiful and green and the kids are real nice. I pretty much am riding up front because if I am in the back with the other kids I might get squished!
Talk to you later!

Uncle Mike and Jake

Uncle Mike and Jake(and McKaila and all of the neighborhood girls!) are playing basketball. We are about to take you home and Jake does not want you to leave. We LOooooooooooooove our Unkle Mike! Thank You for taking care of us while Mom and Dad wnt to Cancun!

Stanley's last known location

This is Stanley Lambchop. He came to visit our family via air-mail from Utah. Our Nephew Nicholas cleverly crafted him and sent him to visit our family. We spent a few weeks together in Georgia riding carpool, attending Jake's baseball games and even going to the airport.(He tried to get on the flight to Italy with Mrs. Elena but we restrained him) He obviously has a wild spirit. Little did we know that he was a wanderer. Unfortunatly this is his last known picture. He fell in love with the chrystal clear water and the cool summer breezes. Hi current whereabouts are unknown.....We will miss you Stanley. Maybe we can hook-up again next summer.

Jake has a mohawk. well really a fo-hawk because I was not going to shave his head bald and then expose him to a week at the beach. I know you are all shocked I did this to my boy but John promised him he could have it for the week we were at the beach. I have to admit however that he still has it because it has grown on me. Jake can just pull it off and it gives me a bit of evil satisfaction for the peeps at church to be shocked and horrified that I let him have it. heeheehee. Love you buddy- Rock on!

Austin enjoying the waves- not real waves like on the west coast but the only kind we get at AMI. It was really rough this morning because of the weather in the gulf.

Ahhhhhhhhhh Anna Maria Island. A week of sunshine and Family fun. This is an indulgence that I pray I will never have to stop! The Bentti's and Hutchinsons sure do enjoy the peace and quiet of the beach and of our children playing so well together that they give us much less... hmm how do you say...whining then we ever get at home.

I have always believed that the water and the beaches in Anna Maria Island Fl were the most beautiful I have ever seen. Cancun was the closest I have ever witnessed. Cancun was remarkably turquoise and because we were on the tip of the coast the water was also pretty calm.

Cancun

John and I were very lucky to be able to go to Cancun Mexico this spring. Michael came and watched the kids so that we could go. We had a wonderful time visiting the Talum(Mayan) ruins, snorkeling, dining, golfing(of course), shopping, dancing(a little), swimming, and just enjoying the wonderful 5 diamond resort.