Chris' 34th Birthday

As a family we believe that birthdays are to be celebrated for at least a weekend, and sometimes an entire week.  I had a great end to my birthday week (trip to Green Bay was the start of birthday week) with a birthday pinata and homemade calzones.  Below are pics and a video of the birthday celebration.

Chris

Spring Break 2012

We spent two days of Spring Break in Green Bay.  We spent time in the hotel's water park and we went on a stadium tour of Lambeau Field and went through the Packers Hall of Fame.  The stadium tour and Hall of Fame were great.  We had about 15 people in our tour group.  States represented in our group were Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, and Missouri.  Below are pictures of our trip.

Chris

Cabin Vacation 2011

Below are pics and videos from our cabin vacation. The pics of baseball are really a game that we came up with last year: 'Marshmallow Ball'. You take giant marshmallows and use them like a baseball.

Chris

95 Degrees (Heat Index 109)

When it's 95 degrees, with a heat index of 109, it's a great day to run through the sprinklers. It's hard to believe that in six months the temperature will be 100 degrees colder. Pics and video below.

Chris

Letter Writing

Check out my guest post on a fellow Compassion Advocate's blog. Link below.

http://compassionfamily.blogspot.com/2011/06/guest-post-chris-payne.html

Chris

Our Two Little Smurfs

Here's what you get when two kids find a nice big piece of blue chalk.

Chris

When you give the kids the camera...

...you never know what you're going to get.

Chris