Family Pictures... These were all taken at the lake house in Minnesota... Fun times!

Sorry for the Delay!!! We were on vacation and had a great time. Below are the pics and a quick re-cap.

Great Grandma Jean... She's so awesome... Carter was all smiles listening to all of her great stories.

Just a little family pic in the woods... We took a billion of them and plan to enlarge quite a few.

And another... Carter seems pretty used to the camera flashing in his face... I think he got pretty bored by the end of our photo shoot.

The grandparents with Carter at their lake... Carter swam in it quite often and loved it... Can't wait til' next year!

Andy and I were able to get away for a couple of days to the beautiful North Shore of Lake Superior... It was such a nice time. We thought it was a bit weird at first not having to unload two dogs and carry a baby, but we managed to adjust pretty quickly :) We got home to Carter as soon as possible though.

Look at that face... He melts my heart on a daily basis!

Summers in Minnesota... gotta love em'... I hear this is what y'all were wearing down in Texas :)

Carter confused himself with the dishes... He's so big, the sink was hardly big enough... He loved splashing around and making a bubbly mess.

Its the summer version of A Christmas Story...

A beautiful double rainbow at the lake...

Focusing really hard on sitting up by himself... He tipped over a few moments later... but he is getting better.

Baby Banz... too cool for school... Thank you Grandpa Jack. I love my new shades.

SUPER cute pic of cousin Sully smooching Carter goodbye. She was just precious.

Hey guys... sorry it's been so long. Andy, Carter, and I were on a 3 1/2 week vacation. We started out in Arkansas at my family reunion. I haven't been to one in over 10 years, and it was a lot of fun! Carter got to meet lots of family and he and his sweet cousin Sullivan really hit it off. Her mom and dad generously gave us a place to stay and we were very relieved that they didn't kick us out after our two dogs decided to mark their territory all over their living room floor... Toby and Ally, if you are reading this... again, sorry and thank you! :):):)

Next, we made it up to Minnesota where we spent the majority of the time at Andy's parent's lake house. It is so beautiful up there. We got to see friends and lots of family and had a really great time. We spent the 4th of July with Andy's aunt and uncle and their kids, and Carter met even more of his little cousins... It was really fun to see all the kids playing together, although Andy's brother, Ben, and his grown cousin, Steve, were quite entertaining as well... Just think family style Mixed Marshall Arts between two thirty-something year old men...

We spent many long and gloriously lazy days at the lake, enjoying the mild weather and cold water. Though we had to get back to the blazing heat of Texas, we are glad to be home and are looking forward to the rest of our summer vacation. We have about 4 1/2 more weeks to soak it all in.

I hope you are all great and God bless!