We spent four days in the Ozarks about a week ago. It was SO nice to get away and have nothing to do! I think this is one of the busiest summers we have had in a few years! We went with another couple, and his parents have a condo and boat down there. There were so kind in letting us stay at their place as well as use their boat!


Blake is actually flirting with a little girl here - it was quite comical. He had a couple of waitresses standing off to the side to watch him in action.

This is Ryan - He was such a trooper with all these wonderful stages Blake is going through...."mine" is a famous word of his. I've decided to tell him that it is a bad word b/c it is driving me nuts! He's also going through this rough-housing stage. And I'm afraid that we might not get out of this one all that fast.....he's a Chase...a boy...and two years old. He didn't quite understand that Ryan is only 11 months old and you can't jump on top of him!

For our anniversary, I rented a Harley for 24 hours while we were there. Zack was so surprised - and I was so happy that he was surprised! Jeff and Jaime's anniversary was right before we went....so it worked perfectly.

Here is Blake having his "moment" - well one of many - while waiting to sit/ride on the motorcycle. We're working on patience! Any suggestions......


Blake FINALLY got to sit on the motorcycle! He stopped crying until we had to leave. I'm just not so fun these days...unless it's bedtime.

He played with these helmets for the 24 hours that we had them! It was cute to watch him be creative in what he was doing with them or why he was wearing them!


This picture was actually on the way there. Neither of the boys slept much on the way home. :(

Just getting ready for our first boat ride. And he's not too sure as you can see!



It was a little chilly - so Dad was nice and shared his shirt! :)