Monster Truck Show

Well, I did the Princess show with Macy so it was only fair to do something with Ben. My good friend Molly mentioned she had tickets and her son Evan is just a couple of months younger than Ben and t hey get along great, so....off we went!

Look how cute these two are!

Yah, this was pretty cool the first time we saw it, then you pretty much see the same thing repeat itself for about an hour!!

Check out Ben's face - totally frightened! This was early in the night. He got used to the noise pretty fast. It was really a great fun time with my sweet, fun boy!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Macy and Ben made this special bracelet all by themselves. Macy even found a special little box to put it in and a birthday bag to wrap it in. She brought it down to Chad with a big "tah-dah" - I think they were more excited than Chad.

Happy Birthday Austin, Morgan, Amy, Ryan and Chad...whew!

The Feb-March birthday celebration was a doozy. There was great food and lots of laughs, thanks mainly to a new game the Boren's found. We learned that the whole family thinks about "bathroom" habits A LOT, that we all love Subway and were even asked to think about "cup sizes" and I don't mean a drinking glass. ;) It was a great weekend!!

Fight for the ice cream - look how patiently Ben is waiting.

The game is on!

I think Grandma Scott just made a funny.

I didn't edit this picture because I cracked up when I saw Macy in in. She gets this honestly, Chad has been responsible for jumping in and ruining perfectly good pictures for years so I guess the trait will pass on to Macy now. ;)

Disney Princesses on Ice

I will sum up this post with the exact words Macy told me when we got in the car after seeing this show, "All I can say is WOW!"

Not sure if you can see it, but this is Aladdin and Jasmine on the magic carpet.

Snow White

Cinderella's carriage - this was really cool!

Even if the show had been a stinker, the kids would have been thrilled so long as we kept them in snacks!

The girls made suckers of their mama's and they all got a souvenir!

Happy Birthday Sohpie!

Now this is a face you can't help but love!!!

Everybody helped blow out the candles.

Puerto Rico

This was our 4th annual Lawson family vacation and our most exotic to date. It was also the first time our kids had flown. Bless their hearts they did great. It was a fun week and went way too fast! 

 Here they are at the Fort Wayne airport getting a look at their first plane.

 Killing time in O'Hare during one of our many layovers.

 Welcome to San Juan! Our first day at the hotel pool.

 Our home away from home for the week, Humacao. This fountain was at the entrance to the city.

 Ben's sandcastle. It lasted long enough to take this picture and then he trashed it.

 Macy was an absolute fish the whole week. She ran right into the waves with no fear.

 The pool at our house.

 Our trip into the rain forest. We look like a band of lost jungle people.

 These orchids were growing out of the side of the building at the El Yunque rainforest ranger center. There was no pot or dirt and the stem was sticking straight out - one of the craziest things I've ever seen.

 We hiked for like an hour it seemed to reach this waterfall, Diego's Falls. All the kids were disappointed that we didn't see Diego himself. :)

 This shot is for all my fellow Lost fans. D.oesn't it totally remind you of the island

This was taken from the top of a tower (can't remember the name) at the El Yunque park - very cool views.

 Macy carried Jesse up with her and insisted on a picture. Thought it was adorable!

 Blumes on the beach, from a distance, in the morning the sun really shined off the water.

 Macy in my hat headed to the beach.

 Dad doing the Heisman pose with a coconut.

 Adults night out!!!!

 Our day in Old San Juan. Jeff and Amanda pose with the paella.

 Mom and Dad.

 Hide and seek at the fort.

 Lookout tower - what a lonely job, but a great view.

 A little morbit since this is a cemetary, but the white against the blue ocean was gorgeous.

 Statue across the street from the fort, it was so intriquing, but all the info was in Spanish so I have no idea what it is.  ;)

 Hard to grasp the size of this place - it was massive. Total building time from start to finish was 250 years!

 
 Such a view!!

This was the end of a long travel day. We left the house at 6am and landed in Fort Wayne about 10:30pm. The kids were waiting for us to gather luggage and head home. Ben fell asleep before he could eat his popcorn. So cute!

Lawson Girls Weekend

The five of us took a quick weekend for just girls down in Indy. We did a little shopping and a lot of eating and laughing...note all 5 of us tucked into one room!!