Ethan starts Fouth grade!

The first day of fourth grade!

ANOTHER Disney trip?!

Yup, another summer, another Disney trip for the Andersons and the Daniels! Uncle Jared came along as well. We had a great time, as usual. The kids are at the Magic Kingdom listening to a Barbershop quartet and Jared, Ethan and I are standing in front of the Mexico ride at Epcot.

EPCOT

Here we are on our two favorite rides of EPCOT. Jared, Ethan and I on Soarin' and me on Test Track!

Big Thunder Mountain

Here we all are on our favorite ride--Big Thunder!

A Crystal Palace Breakfast

The boys in blue and the girls in pink!

We made friends with several Disney employees!

The Lego Store!

Here's Ethan racing cars and posing in front of a huge lego dragon at the Lego store in Downtown Disney--always one of our favorite stops!

Pirates!

We're stearing the ship from one of my favorite scenes in the Pirates of the Carribean rides-Ahoy!

The 4th of July!

We visited Nana & Papa's over the 4th of July weekend and our cousins Ronan & Etienne were there also. We all had fun playing together. We went to a 4th of July festival and ate lunch with Uncle Sam!

Swimming!

At Nana & Papa's the boys played in the lake a lot and had A LOT of fun playing in the sand and swimming!

Boating on Lake Monroe

Abuela & Jared came up for a visit and we all went out to Lake Monroe for the day to play on the Lake. We had a great time swimming and tubing!

Canoeing on Lake Griffy

Ethan turns 9!

Ethan had a grand birthday party at a local lazer-tag establishment. Everyone had lots of fun!

Here Ethan and Dad play some skee-ball before the lazer-tag games start.

Everyone is getting suited up and ready for play!

Ethan & a friend try to tag each other with their lazers!

The teams are done with their game (and Ethan is hiding behind a leaf).

WHAT? Aunt Michelle and Uncle Andre sent Ethan a Wii game. He doesn't even own a Wii--Bummer.

Another Wii game?! Something sneaky is definitely up!

Wii-hoo! Ethan figures out he just got his dream gift!

Talia's Trip to Argentina

I finally arrive in Buenos Aires! Here I am in the courtyard of my aunt's apartment and on the stairs leading to my aunt's apartment.

My great aunt Mary and me.

The apartment my mom's family lived in when she was very young in Buenos Aires. The fourth floor balcony was their apartment.

Here's a picture of my grandparent's wedding and a photo I took on my visit to the church they were married in.

Mom loved feeding the birds in the Plaza de Mayo!

Mom and me in Plaza de Mayo.

Argentine soldiers at Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires retrieve the flag at sunset, but take a moment for a photograph with us!

Me in Plaza San Martin, a plaza my mom played in as a youth in Buenos Aires.

At Mom's house in La Falda, Mom cleans the pool and then enjoys it!

I'm enjoying the warm weather and the pool!