Sunday, August 26, 2012

The Dixson's are with child!


As requested, this is our first baby bump posting.... Rhea's art is in my picture so I thought I'd share a few pics of her first painting experience, she loved it of course! (And I made her a cute little art smock to wear but she was too busy painting to stop and model it for me)





Mommy with child.....
... and Daddy with child




Sunday, August 19, 2012

Bunch of crazy animals!

Here we go... photos galore!
A fun filled day at the zoo, then back to our house for some pizza and a boat ride!
Grammy Kay, Andrew, LoriBeth, Alie, Jake, Sarah, Luke and us....our group is growing!

Rhea and her Grammy : )

In the Desert Dome, a rough idea of our convoy... plus one more stroller

Bestest cousins, neither looking at the camera, typical!

Awww.... love!

Penguins!!

LoriBeth and Baby Luke


Cool shot of the jelly fish.

Girlies lookin' at the sea turtle with Grammy

Takin' a rest

Butterfly Pavilion. You know she wanted to touch them,
but she did very well just looking


Train ride!! Choo Choo!!



Our group, Rhea forfeited her stroller to ride in the wagon with Alie
(and eat Alie's popcorn)

Feeding the Koi fish our stale Rice Crispies

Wee!


Zoo's new remodel area, includes a fossil dig site.
We were too late for the petting zoo and Budgie birds this time : (

Ready to head up the big hill all by herself!
She made it half way up before she tuckered out a
nd even then she was strollered against her will

BOAT RIDE

Our goofy babe thought she needed her Hoo-Hat. 

Playing 'Night Night. Awake!'

Fearless Captain letting the 2yr and 18m olds drive the boat.
Alie ran the wheel and Rhea ran the speed.
LB got it on video... it was HILARIOUS, we laughed SO hard!!!

Always having fun!!


Saturday, August 11, 2012

Full House Fun!

It felt like a weekend but it was Mon-Tues.... Grandpa & Grandma came up from Amherst and Uncle Matt had those days off too.... so we officially unofficially 'celebrated' Rhea's 18mo. birthday (just a good excuse to get together, really). As usual I took a zillion pictures, after deleting and editing I think we're down to less than 100 from the 2 days combined (I'm obsessive, I know). Thus, many pictures will follow, I'll try to be selective and MC via captions...


Helping Mommy get the supper going on Monday night
Helping taste-test the black olives, and feeding them to everyone off her fingers.
Mmmmmm... refried beans!
An enchilada feast!
After supper we headed over to Pirate Cove Waterpark for 'family night'
It wasn't super blazin' hot that night so we didn't stay more than an hour or so...
....but boy did we have fun while we were there!!

Kersploosh!
Joe didn't get the memo here that we should all sit between the fountains...
he decided to stand on one instead, goof!
and Rhea was having none of the 'sitting' stuff

Rhea really enjoyed swimming around in this little life jacket they issued to us
and after she swam to me and was shivering and her teeth were chattering as she told me
about the airplane overhead.... Mommy decided we'd pry had enough for one night
And what better follow-up to swimming???? ICE CREAM!

Here Gramma, try mine!

Aww.... so sweet : )

Grandpa and Matt trying the 'S'more Sundae' = yummy!

Then home to read a few books with Gramma before bed

After Rhea was asleep we broke out the UNO and Joe got to experience our more
"competitive" sides... entertaining all around

Good morning! Rhea and Grandpa played 52 card pick up while Mommy worked on breakfast

General playing and hanging out in the morning then after nap we headed for the water!

She's so cool, I can hardly stand it.

Uncle Matt havin' some fun



He's so fast it's scary!

Back home to help Mommy whip together sandwiches for a crowd

Then back to the water to get in this time!!

"Catch Papa!"
(Eeeew, the water looks really green in this shot)


Vroom vroom Grandpa!

Splashin'

Relaxin'

Walkin' with Gramma
Burgers, fries, & sweet corn yumminess!!!

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And Gramma made yummy Carrot-Cake Cupcakes for the occasion!
(it's a vegetable, right?!)

Well for being selective, I think there's 20+ pics here.... but oh well, makes it easier for everyone else to share in the fun we had!