Six Month Review

A have very few pictures all together in one place of the last six months, so the pictures I do have are kind of from all over the place.  So, here is a post of pictures to review the last six months.

 Lots of mall trips to play on the play ground and ride the train.  Maggie loves trains.

Ellie played soccer in the Spring but also is playing this Fall... this picture makes my kids look like babies... for some reason they look a lot younger in this picture... I think this was March.

Pat and I ran in several 5Ks, Evan joined us for his first 5K and I ran a half marathon back in March.

Ells got her hair cut.

Dad had major surgery to cut his cancer out...

Then made a miraculous recovery to get back to racquetball 6 weeks later.

Lucy passed puppy school... but has since digressed... though she is a perfect dog when the kids are not around.

LOTS of swimming and water play this summer.

Kids love the water and now Elise and Owen both swim on their own and Maggie is trying to learn... next year I bet she will get it.

Evan and I ate 50 wings at one sitting.

I love wings.

Erin went camping at Girls Camp with the youth at Church.  Look at me... I am so ready to get my camp on!

Dan got a new hair do.

We've been loving life and our family!!

Totally lame 6-month wrap up, I know... oh well.  Soccer pictures to come!

Haven't Blogged--- I've been cruising!!

Yeah, we went on a cruise but probably not a 5 month long so my blog drought has nothing to do with the cruise really.  Life just got busy and crazy and my time has been eaten up.  I hope to make blogging more of a priority but we will see how things go.

Well, we went on a cruise!!!  The stars aligned and Dan and I decided to go on a cruise with my parents and brother.  Dan's mom was so amazing and willing to stay with our kids for 6 days... bless her.  It was great to get away and have a vacation as a couple since we haven't enjoyed that luxury since we went on our honeymoon.  My mom copied the pictures on a memory stick for me but only about a quarter of them are on there so I will have to post more pictures later, but here are a few...

You may not be able to tell but this is the tannest I have ever been.  I know, I don't even look Caucasian. 

Evan... he's a lucky man!!  Evan has honed his mooching capabilities and was able to leech out a cruise on the parents.  I am a master myself, but even I could learn a little from him.  I think Ev had fun and didn't mind being the 5th wheel.-- The alternative was leaving him home with an empty house on his 21st birthday. 

 The men.

 Dan having fun.

 Mo and Pops.

 Our feet.  Dad had the camera.  Something some of you may or may not know is that us McPhersons... specific to Dad, myself and Evan... love to take pictures of random things and ourselves.

Me and Ev.

The cruise was fun.  We did a stop in Progresso where we did jet skis and then in Cozumel where we did zip lining and snorkeling.  Pictures to come...