fun in the sun

Well, it's been almost two weeks since we blogged, so here's all the stuff we've been up to:

As you can imagine, things have been crazy for us the past couple of weeks. Here's a "before" picture--the "after" ones will have to wait, since we're still not quite done getting settled into the new house.

Last weekend we were in Arizona to see my brother Rob, who just returned from Brazil, and the rest of the family:

Rob really enjoyed getting to know his nieces and nephew:

and we had a great time with the family:

it was about 480 degrees in Arizona so we spent a lot of time in the pool (here I am pretending I can still do all the stuff I could do in high school, like the double flip. Now it's more like a flip and 3/4, which hurts):

Marc mostly hung out in the shallow end, but we're looking forward to some diving board action next summer:

Abby had a great time with her cousins and enjoyed all of Grandma and Grandpa Ryan's fun toys:

and Marc really liked playing drums with Uncle Rob (I have some hilarious video but I need someone to teach me how to edit it and add music and stuff. Any volunteers?):

Marc had the first of what turned out to be several birthday parties (and cakes):

and another one in Texas:

and, of course, he loved his balloons more than the presents:

Thanks, everyone, for such a great time. We had a great time with the Ryans, and Steph and the kids got to stay an extra couple of days and spend time with Spencer and Rachael and their kids. I don't have any of those pictures, but Steph will blog that part of the trip. Marc and Abby are lucky to have four wonderful grandparents who love them, and we're looking forward to seeing Steph's family in Utah soon.