Baby girl is walking!

Lauren's been taking steps for about a month, but last night (June 15, to be exact), she just took off! Now she's walking everywhere...look out, world!

Just like daddy

I LOVE THIS PICTURE.

Kids and dogs

So today was an interesting day. We got home from a playdate to find a house covered in flour. A whole bag of flour. Murphy had pulled it off the counter and the dogs had a blast with it. Of course, when they licked it, it turned into paste. So far, impossible to get out of the carpet. Wow. As I'm dealing with that, Brady calls me into the bathroom to say "what's THAT?" It was two green turds on the floor. He apparently couldn't hold in the poo-poo while he was going pee-pee and it just popped out. So I spent my day with poop and flour! Gotta love kids and dogs! Here is a picture of only a portion of the flour mess, Brady deciding to sit naked in his closet (why not?) and a picture of Lauren deciding to lie down on the deck.

Carmichael family vacation 2009

The kids got their first taste of the beach this year as we headed to New Smyrna Beach, Florida. The waves and sand were a little scary to the kiddos at first, but by day 2, they were complete surfer babies. Our dear friends Paul & Marci Patterson and their beautiful kids Sherilyn & John live close by, and we got to spend a lot of fun time with them too. It was all too perfect, from the amazing views from the deck of our "pink conch house" to the weather to just the simple family time. We watched dolphins swim two different mornings and had a huge sea turtle swim up to shore about a foot away from us. We took some great pictures and made some great family memories. Enjoy!