Skylar and Carter accompanied their parents on a summer vacation to Daytona Beach, Florida. They had a lot of fun. Here was a sample day -- wake up, go to the ocean, go to the pool, head inside to escape the midday heat, eat lunch, rest, go back to ocean, go back to pool, shower, eat, sleep, repeat! Enjoy some great photos:
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Here is a photo of Skylar and Mommy posing. We were all about to go to the photo studio to get a family photo made, but Carter decided once we got there that he didn't like to have his photo taken! It was like he had "photogphobia". Sure he's fine at home getting his picture taken, but at the portrait studio he got really upset. Oh well, there is always next year.
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Skylar was working on quite an amazing piece of art today. She is painting her head in silhouette. Her head is blue and the background will be yellow. She was a puffy pony tail. It should be finished by the end of the weekend and we will then share it with all of you. Stay tuned.
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Skylar and Carter visited Roma, Italy back in 2006. This is a photo of Skylar at the Roman neoclassic Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II. It has the Italian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier commemorating the World War II dead. 
It was a wonderful trip to the ancient city, with Carter riding around the bumping roads in a stroller. He was certainly a shaken up kid those few days, but he still managed to sleep. What a baby.