Belgium in June!

We took a quick trip to Belgium once the kids finished school.  We took in the beautiful scenery of Gent and Brugge, enjoyed plenty of french fries, or "frites," and belgian waffles.  In Gent we took a canal boat tour, which the kids loved!  In Brugge we climbed a tower, went to a chocolate museum, rented bikes and took them for a ride into the country side, and finished the day with a carraige ride through town.  Brugge was my favorite, wish we had a little more time there.  The next day we met the Coburns at a zoo called Pairi Diaza!  The zoo was beautiful and the kids were able to have very close encounters with some of the animals.  Matt's close encounter was a little different than the rest of us...as he leapt into the merrkat habitat to retrieve eye glasses, he got bit!  Scary and funny all at the same time!  The day we left we made a quick stop at Waterloo, Shawn is turning into a history buff like his daddy!  Another fun adventure!

Alyssa turns 6!

Alyssa's birthday this year fell on field day at school!  Not only was it a half of day at school, but a day full of games!  She had a great time.  Both Shawn and Alyssa ran hard!  That evening we had a cookout at our house.  It took a little while for Alyssa to warm up, she can be so shy, even around her closest friends!

Twin Nerd Day

Shawn and his friend Charlie dressed as twin nerds for school one day!  They are the cutest nerds ever!