Swim Sarah Swim!

Sarah had her first swim meet with Lifetime during our Jamaica trip. She place first in the 11+ 50M backstroke and fourth in the 11+ 50M freestyle. Her freestyle relay team also won first! She was so happy, and we are so proud - even though we missed it. : (

Jamaica Me Crazy!

Mark and I traveled to Montego Bay, Jamaica, to watch my elementary school girl friend get married AND to celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary. We honeymooned in Jamaica 15 years ago so it was a special treat to get to return. Cynnamon came back to watch the kids. 

The ceremony site.

31 people in the party!

These fun photos are by my friend Sarah's husband - Daniel Soderstrom. He's a fantastic portrait/wedding photographer in the Twin Cities!

Friends since elementary school!

The view from our room.

Missed these cuties. Yeah mon!

Winter Fun

Birthday parties ...

Pool parties ...

General shenanigans ...

Happy New Year!

All four Nault kids made it to midnight!

American Girl 2014

Sarah's friend, Grace, celebrates her birthday each year with a trip to the American Girl store in Dallas. We've tagged along for the past two years, staying in the Galleria hotel with Grace and her mom. It's a treasured time and experience for all of us.

The hotel has an American Girl package that gives each girl a bed for her doll (that she gets to keep) and cupcakes and milk before bed. I think they have seven dolls between them now, so the rest sleep on the window seat!

Ethan and the Bee

Ethan won his class spelling bee and got to represent his class in the school spelling bee. He was in the front row, so it was great for pics! He got his practice word: FAKE and aced it.

Then during the first round, he got his real word: PLANET. He spelled it: P - L - A - N - T ... E. Wrong. According to spelling bee rules, once you say a letter out loud, you can't take it back. As soon as he said the "T", he knew he forgot the "E", but since he couldn't go back, he added it on to the end. Poor guy. He was the first one out.

Still a handsome good sport though.

Lucas' Face Plant

You know when you hear a thump in the night, then crying, then footsteps running down the stairs? Yeah. Except this time, the runner was not the crier. The runner was Ethan, reporting that "Lucas is bleeding all over the place!"

Reason # 493 to have this hip surgery: I can't go flying up the stairs to help Lucas. I have to wait until Mark goes up, assesses the situation, cleans him up, and brings him down to me. It feels like an eternity! Two eternities! 

While Mark goes back up stairs to clean up blood, I snuggle with my baby. Turns out, Lucas rolled out of bed on to the corner of his night stand. Busted a hole right through his lip! Luckily he didn't knock out any teeth. It's a facial wound though, and they bleed like crazy. 

Reason # 494 to have this hip surgery: I can't drive him to the ER. Mark has to do it. At 4:00 am.

Can't go back to sleep. Waiting for updates. 

Surprisingly, no stitches. Just glue. Follow up with dentist but teeth were intact! Relief!

Aviation Camp Flight

Jacob participated in an Aviation Camp this summer. One of the perks was a flight in a WWII C47, however, the cross winds were too strong the day he had camp so they gave us a voucher for a later flight. The bonus was that a parent could ride along on the make up flight. So Mark and Jacob toured Ft. Worth from the air.