Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Beach 2010

Four families (and another down the road at a nearby beach) ... eleven children ... four cars LOADED down with beach chairs, umbrellas, sunscreen, food and enough beach toys to supply Toys R Us ... lots and lots of laughter, squealing, eating, bike riding, boogie boarding, play watching in the amphitheater, game playing, shopping, staying up late, rocking the pool and Frost Bites sno-cone eating -- whew! We had an amazing time Seaside, Florida.





Big kids were helping the little kids
eating at the Back Porch on our Destin night before riding the wooden go-cart roller coaster
the boys had to carry their stuff this year -woo hoo
Caleb got a skimmer and much to our surprise he rocked it!!
The parents? not so much!
Josh loved building sand castles!

Beach 2010



Crab Hunting at night on the beach
gettting ready for a 6 mile bike ride
to the beach, sunglasses, sunscreen and friends ...

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Katie-bug is Four!!

FYI: These are so out of order. Scroll down to the Six Flags pics and read "up" if you are one of those types that need order :). It's summer so I am just glad I got them all on here ...

We had fun swimming with Kate's friends to celebrate the big 4! The Bryans and the Mainords joined us from out of town making our weekend complete -- why don't you guys move back so we can do this more often?!
the Adams, the Mainords and the Glenneys
friends since birth
Caleb, Luke and Jake (also friends since birth)
Best of Buddies - miles cannot separate how much they love each other
fun girls
the first cake for one of my kids that I did NOT make ...
poor third child
MoMo (Molly) and Kate
They wore these pajamas the last time they were together two years ago - they were laughing that they could still wear them.
Kate has prayed for Molly living in Ecuador for two years and said the other night "I CANNOT believe I am playing with Molly IN MY HOUSE!" It has been so fun and so sweet to have the Bryans family home for a few weeks.

Summer Fun

Katie-bug is four!! My "little buddy" is growing up so quickly. On the morning of her birthday Chris pulled out her American Girl doll (given to her by grandparents ;) ) and left a note inviting her to lunch at the American Girl store. So, away we went while the boys went to Pine Cove for the day.

breakfast of donuts (pink ones, too)
Kit, Kate and Daddy in the bistro
check out her lemonade smoothy -huge!
ice cream that tasted JUST LIKE cake - seriously weird
a wonderful afternoon

Summer Adventures

at the kids park inside the Rangers game
Caleb pitching
Kate at Bass Pro Shops
Josh
Caleb
lots of family fun...

Summer Adventures

the boys on Cravens Field where Chris played high school football
Uncle David and precious AUdrey joined us for the Rangers game
all geared up for the game
the last Six Flags ride of the night -we went on it several times without even getting off
SOAKED
Kate taking pictures