Family Portraits and Favorite Pictures - 2012

We started the new year with a birthday party for Andy (yet again), this time at the Family Fun Center

Here is Lexi at a Girl Scout Artventure class on glass fusion.

Lexi has really enjoyed volleyball lately.  Her team even won their first tournament in mid-Jan.  Here is Lexi's team picture.

They also did very well in the Oasis Tune-Up tournament a week later.

Here are the cats waiting on Lexi to return.

The girl scouts put on a daddy-daughter dance at the end of January.  Lexi asked her dad to wear his uniform.  They had a really nice time.

Andy had a lot of fun playing on two teams in the Gretna Red Hot 3x3 Soccer Tournament just before Valentine's Day.

Here is a good picture of Lexi from another volleyball tournament in February.

We really enjoyed a weekend in Kansas City in early March.

After over twenty-one years active service, Nancy retired from the Air Force effective 1 June with a ceremony on 16 Mar.

Here are both sides of the family.  As you can see, all three grandparents attended along with Steve's Uncle Dennis and Aunt Cindy, who came in from Boston (while she was still recovering from a major surgery).

Here are all of the Feinds including Nancy's two brothers (David and Ken), sister-in-law Sandra and her Aunts Catherine and Fran (who drove in from Missouri).  Finally, here is all of the out-of-town guests.  We simply can't say enough about how special it was to Nancy to have them all here.

Here we are with the Bostons.  Finally, here is Nancy with three people from her time at Missouri ROTC.  Dave Rice (left) retired a little while ago, while Col Kevin Dixon (right) is now the vice wing commander at the 55th Wing at Offutt AFB.

To celebrate Nancy's retirement, we headed off for an extended vacation to Florida (and Grand Cayman; Cozumel, Mexico; and the Bahamas) for spring break.  Our first stop was Walt Disney World.

The kids did an awesome job with their HAL Snhowcase presentations.

Andy enjoyed spring soccer with the Bellevue U11 Sharks.

Lexi enjoyed a weekend at Camp Catron

Here is Andy's last home game.

We enjoyed a Mother's Day bikeride over the Missouri River and into Iowa.

Lexi sure enjoyed her Girl Scout troop this year.

Here is Andy with his soccer coaches (Leon and John)

Last field trip fo the year.

Here is Lexi with her grandparents at the sixth grade awards ceremony.

Here is Lexi on the last day of school.

Andy and Dan had a lot of fun kayaking

We had fun in DC for Memorial Day

With so many people to say goodbye to for both us and the kids, we invited all of our friends to a barbeque at the the park in Lakeside.  Each of the kids had a number of their friends come by.  Here is Lexi with her friends.

Here is Andy with his friends.

Here are some pictures from our drive from Omaha to Virginia, via Minnesota and Michigan.

These are from a tour of Quincy Mine.

Sunset at the cottage

Munising had some great waterfalls

Our kayak trip along Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore was simply awesome.

Here we are at the Soo Locks.

... and at Mackinac Island

After a while to get settled in, we started to find opportunities to enjoy D.C.

We went to Great Falls National Park the next day.

Here are the kids at Hershey Park.

Here we are in Annapolis over Memorial Day weekend.

Here is our very own brown eyed girl in front of the Brown Eyed Girl store in Annapolis.

Andy's class took a field trip to the Hemlock Overlook, an outdoor eduction center.

Here are some pictures from Andy's last game of the regular season.

After the game, here was his reward.

Here is Lexi in a CYA volleyball game.

Lexi had a lot of fun at Kings Dominion with Heather and mom.

For crazy hair day at school as a part of Say-No To Drugs, Andy and his friends all conspired to meet at the bus stop early to spraypaint their hair.

Here are the kids' school portraits from the fall.  Lexi is now in seventh grade, while Andy is in sixth.

Here is Andy in his last regular season soccer game.

We enjoyed meeting up with Nancy's aunt and cousin's family at the Baltimore Aquarium justy before Lexi's birthday.

Alexa enjoyed her birthday party with Heather and Kira.

We enjoyed the drive down to Raleigh for Thanksgiving thanks to bringing a dog down with us to deliver to her trainer.

Andy enjoyed helping rake up Aunt Cathy's leaves, although he wasn't very productive.

We had a lot of fun in Virginia Beach where Andy was playing in a soccer tournament.

Andy got involved with helping demolish his bathroom as part of the house remodel.  He also had fun with Tommy volunteering at the food bank.

Christmas, as always, was a lot of fun.

We sure had a lot of fun in Boston after Christmas.