Showing posts with label Summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Summer. Show all posts

Monday, July 13, 2015

The 4th...Fun, Friends, Family and Fireworks

In 2006, so 9 years ago, our 4th of July tradition began.  
The twins were born, but other than that no babies were in the mix.
Fast forward to this year, 2015, 
a lot is still the same.
Our friendship continues to be so special.
Each of these girls were bridesmaids in my wedding.
Some things are the same,
but a BIG change since 2006 is...
we have MULTIPLIED! 
A total of 15 kids now call us Mom.
It melts our hearts when we see our kids 
bonding with each others kids.
We pray our kiddos will have Godly, dear friendships forever,
just as we have been blessed with.




The Fourth of July never disappoints. 
It is just wonderful, family fun!

Jed and Austin 
 My cousin Luke and his adorable family
 My brother and his wonderful family
 One of the silliest boys I know.  :)
 Auntie Blair with her favorite niece and nephews
 Our family of 5!
 Dad's club
 See...I told you he is super silly.  
I said give me a pose and this is what I get. HA!
 Jesse and Jed
 Blake and Austin
 Dinner time!
 Cousin time!
 My favorite three fireworks.  :)
Our favorite 4th of July crew...

Friday, September 6, 2013

Quick getaway!

My parents were heading to the beach.
Blake is still busy in peach season, so I invited myself to crash the beach fun.  :)  
I asked in the morning.
We packed up and left that evening.
I brought my cousin, the birthday girl, along with me too!
Sometimes unplanned things are the best.
My sister and her hubby ended up joining too!
I love spur of the moment fun!
Uncle Aaron and Auntie Christy bought a new game for the kids.  
Trouble!  
Aubrey Rose LOVED the game!!
It was a perfect game for her five year mind.  
I was quite impressed with how well Aubrey handled it when Auntie Christy got the win 
even after Aubrey Rose was only one spot away from winning TWICE!
It is not fun to loose, especially when you are sooooooo close to winning 
and then add on being 5 years old.
She handled it great and just wanted to play again. 
It might help to have Auntie Christy who makes the game even more fun and silly.
These two are so blessed with the BEST auntie and uncles!

Uncle Aaron and Austin have quite the adorable bond already.  
"Whe Aain?  Whe Aain go?" 
He doesn't care too much about what Auntie Christy is doing, 
he just wants to be wherever Uncle Aaron is.

Opa and Oma took a walk one morning with the kids,
so the others could sleep a bit more.
Thank you Mom and Dad!

Before we headed back home, 
we snuck in a little more time at the beach,
and searching for treasures with sweet family.

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Our last, full day :(

The morning started with these silly kiddos playing with their new pirate toys they won at the arcade game at the Boardwalk the night before.
Do they scare you???
No??? 
A smile with a hook in hand.  So scary, right?  HA!
Then, we went for a walk to the pier to look for more sharks.
Mimi, being the most favoritest Mimi in the world got Austin Doritos chips at 9am for breakfast.
Oh, the life on vacation.
This was the moment we found out Chelsey (my cousin and Blair's roomie) was coming to the beach!!  
She came with Big Papa and we had not seen her for the whole summer since she went to Boston for the summer.
Aubrey Rose of course requested playing in the beach again.
She is quite the fan.  
Our girl who sits on the side of the sandbox at home 
sure loves to get all sandy and dirty at the beach.
This was definitely a favorite memory from this week.  
What started with Uncle Brad covering his feet, led to great entertainment.
You were a trooper Uncle B-Rad!
Aubrey Rose got a little more sandy too.
She loved it!
Then our favorite CC ARRIVED!!!!  
We were sooooooo excited she came to the beach house to join in the fun!
Uncle Brad showing off his skills.
Then, we showered, got cleaned up and had a yummy dinner at home.
I am soooooo happy she is home!! 
I am not the only one who is thankful she is home.  :)
Austin and Aubrey Rose came out with Mimi and BB's sunglasses on.
Then, they traded.  
These two keep us laughing.
Yummy steak dinner on the patio.
Austin took this pic of his favorite sissy...
Why do they think this is fun?
They have started wrestling and playing together so silly, so often these days.
They giggle so much together.
We got to come home with some new stuffed animals from the Boardwalk.  
There were actually three more that are not pictured.
Blake and I love filling the house with more things.  HA!
Okay...the kids LOVE filling it with more things.
 We loved our last evening in our home away from home.
We ended the evening with a little bonfire.
These two waited patiently for Daddy to get the fire started...
We roasted marshmallows, ate yummy smores and 
tried (and quickly squashed) a game of Truth or Dare.  HA!! 
It was decided Truth or Dare is probably better without family present or when Mom is not listening.  :)  
The next morning we cleaned up the beach house, packed up and on the road we went.
We got home and I kid you not our clean, spotless house looked like this within maybe 3 minutes.  Welcome home!!
It did feel good to be home though.
Thank you Mimi and Big Papa for the BEST summer memories.
It was an incredible week.
Incredibly relaxing.
Refreshing.
It was the perfect way to end our summer before our girl started Kindergarten.
We can not thank you enough.
These sweet memories will last a lifetime.
 We love you sooooooo much!!