Frank Family

Frank Family
December 2014

Sunday, March 30, 2014

18 months (plus a few more...)

Well, I meant to do an update on Will at 18 months, but time got away from me and he's now 19 1/2 months! So, here's a little info on our munchkin... 

William is such a lovable little boy - one look at him and you just want to squeeze him!!  He's very mischievous and will get into just about everything.  He still loves to take the toothbrushes from the bathroom and bite on them and loves our iPad.  He can't really do anything on the iPad, but loves to pretend he knows what he's doing and click on the buttons.  He's not as much of a lunchbox as he used to be, but he still loves his food.  Not so much the vegetables, but just about anything else.  He's a huge fan of ketchup, so one night we put ketchup on his carrots and then he ate them!  
He's very independent and can be a little sassy if he doesn't get his way.  He will insist on feeding himself, even if it's spaghetti, so supper time can get quite messy!  

He loves his big sister will try to do what ever she does.  It's pretty funny to try and watch him hop on one foot!  He loves to try and wrestle and tackle Jules too and it's so sweet when he has to give her a hug and kiss before bed.


William loves to get into Julianne's things too -see above!  He uses whatever he can - a toy rocking horse or his riding airplane - to get into her stuff!  He must have been feeling really mischievous this day- these two photos were taken on the same day!


Saturday, March 29, 2014

Cousins!

A couple weekends ago, Shay and Bree came to visit!!  
We had lots of fun spinning on Grandma Sheri's chair! 



Bowling

A few weeks ago, the kids had their first experience at bowling at a friend's birthday party.  It was quite fun - and pretty wild with 15 5-year olds!

Will is all smiles! 

 Jules' first attempt at bowling

Pizza for all the kids! 

Julianne and her friend Mara 

Getting ready to bowl! 

The cake - Happy Birthday Luke! 

Will trying to bowl.  He could push the ball of the ramp really well, but then was more interested in climbing on the ramp than seeing where the ball went! 

Luke - the birthday boy! 

And no party would be complete without a Monster Truck pinata!

Sunday, February 16, 2014

MEXICO!

From Feb 2-9, we were in the Rivera Maya in Mexico having a BLAST!!!  All of Nick's family went and stayed together at the El Dorado Maroma resort, which is south of Cancun, but north of Playa Del Carmen.  The weather was amazing - hardly saw a cloud - and the company was even better.  This will definitely be a trip we won't soon forget.  Lots of fun memories were made.  Below are just a few of the pictures I took (I took 133 of them!). Enjoy!

Waiting for the shuttle at the airport - first beer of the trip! 

The beach - where we spent most of our time.  The sand on the Maroma Beach is amazing.  The best part we didn't have to fight or get up at 5:00 am to get a beach chair.  There always seemed to be plenty of open ones around. 

Chillin' in the pool 

Steve and Jessie playing a little ping-pong 

Jessie and Tony 

We had a lot of fun at Rick's bar.  This was the dancing spot at the resort.  I'm pretty sure someone from our group closed down this bar at least half of the nights!

Hey Ash - who's dancing with your mom? :-) 

Steve and Sheri 

Dan and Nick


We got in a couple games of beach volleyball. 

Nick and Steve in the ocean.  There is a small man-made sand bar just in front of our resort.  

Boys doing what boys do best - Tequila shots! 

At the Asian restaurant for supper.  Sheri's sister Penny and her husband Kevin arrived on Wednesday and spent a few days with us. 


Jessie and I - guys went golfing so we were beach bums for the morning.   We are sitting right in front of our suites - they were beach-front!

Sheri and Jessie 

Nick and I  

Jessie and Tony 

The Frank family 

On Friday, the 10 of us rented a catamaran and went cruising for a while and then snorkeling in two different areas.  It was a fun time and special we got to have the entire boat and crew to ourselves! 

On the catamaran 

Ash and Dan being silly 

Even Ashley got into the Tequila spirit! 

Sheri and Nick 

 Sheri and her sister Penny

 More pool time


Michael Jackson even made an appearance!  Every night they had a show in Rick's Bar.  The Michael Jackson show was awesome - they can dance!  The Circus show was our other favorite.  There were some very talented and strong acrobats in that show.

 
Saturday we took a short trip to Playa Del Carmen to do some shopping 

It was so hot, so we has to stop for a few refreshments! 

In Playa 

Part of our "package" was a candlelight dinner on the beach 

Our dessert during our special candlelight dinner.  The food at this resort was amazing!  It was all really good and the presentation was also great! :-) 

And in Frank tradition, the guys had a cigar on the last night.

So there you have it - 7 days of fun!!!  Thanks again to Steve and Sheri for taking us vacationing with you!!  Can't wait to go back!

Happy Heart Day!

We had an at-home date with these two love bugs for Valentine's Day this year.  


We had chocolate fondue with bananas and strawberries by candlelight. 


Will was loving the chocolate.. 

And so was Jules! 

Then they snuggled on the couch before bedtime.  

A PERFECT Valentine's Day for this momma!