Uncle Dave

It is so nice that Chris's forever best friend Dave, is someone so wonderful! More importantly he married Lisa who is every bit as wonderful. I am an intravert so it takes me awhile to warm up to people. Ask Chris, it took me months to acknowledge that he and I were even dating :). However I must say I felt an instant friendship between the Brozenics and myself. Not because I knew I would be stuck with these people no matter how I felt about them but because I genuinely LOVE them. Yes by now I openly admit, I love the Brozenics. Each time we get together I like them more and more and I immediatley miss them when we have to part ways. Thank you for being such good friends to us Lisa and Dave. Love your little family, and I hope we get the chance to see you all again soon!

Naples Florida

Our one group shot and both kids are crying, of course! Mindy's (rock of love star) twin sister Cindy

One of the rare moments these two acknowledged one another

One of two days where it was warm enough to be on the beach
Tom reading his own version of, "Goodnight Moon" to Grady.


Brrrr our trip to Naples, Florida was a cold one! We still mangaged to have a good vacation eventhough the weather was crappy. Chris's parents joined us for a few a days at the beginning of the trip and then our good friends, the Brozenics, joined us for the last half of our trip. Chris and Tom almost spent New Year's Eve in Walmart but did end up making it back in time to watch the ball drop. Think this was the least productive New Year I have ever had. It was actually rather nice. I enjoyed not making a fuss over New Year's plans. Sitting around and watching the festivities on tv was good enough for me! We barely got out on the beach, and one day we had to have coats on when we were out there. We never made it to the pool but we did go to the park a couple of times and Lisa, Riley, Grady, and I went to the zoo one day! We ate a lot of nice meals and made the best of our time there despite being cold! The condo is always such a soothing place as it is right on the beach. The atmosphere alone was way better then being home in Cincy. Was hoping Riley and Grady would play better together, they pretty much ignored one another. Except Riley did like to pick on Grady. At the zoo she decided to push him down for no reason. It broke my heart to watch :(. Nobody likes seeing their kid get knocked down. I know she will out grow the "bully" phase and we will all laugh about it. Who knows maybe next year Grady may even push her down. Although I hope not because it is not nice. I am excited to watch the relationship grow between Riley and Grady. They are either always going to pick on one another or they will become best of buds.