Happy Fourth!

 

lots of changes to come...been busy working on photography and a new site and doing shoots. fun! Hope you have a wonderful Fourth and be safe!

watermelon

Adelyn had her first taste of watermelon today. yum....

 

 

so proud

this little guy won an award at school: Straight A Honor Roll all year! Yay Carson! We're so proud!

 

pretty girl

from today:

 

 

better flag picture

 

the first one was just a quick snap while the kids were playing, this attempt was a little better.

Monday

Peyton grabbed some water for the sand castle

 

Christa being a cutie-pie

 

Carson deep in concentration

 

Peyton hanging out in the waves

 

Monday

Reed took a dip with Garrison, Adelyn enjoyed digging into the sand, Carson, Peyton and Chris made a sand castle and Trevor supervised, lol.

 

 

 

 

Monday

Since our big cookout was yesterday, we decided to hit the beach to relax today.
Darcy, Garrison and her friend Laura plus Victoria and her family met us at Bid-a-wee. Carson practiced his boogie boarding and it getting quite good, even venturing out on his own without dad!

 

 

 

 

Memorial Day Picnic

My neighbor Darcy and I decided to host this years Memorial Day picnic at our house. We had baseball, bike riding, badminton, football, margaritas, plus FOOD FOOD FOOD! We grilled tofu kabobs, burgers, hot dogs...neighbors brought mac n cheese, yummy broccoli salad, shrimp salad, shrimp platters, fruit trays, fruit salsa, brownies, cupcakes...We were out until 11 so we all just grazed and had a blast! When it got dark we made a fire and sat around it and continued chatting. We really could not be happier with the neighborhood! We got so lucky! Thanks everyone for coming out and making it a success!

 

 

 

 

I had some leftover fondant from Carson's party so I made some cupcakes and used it as topper. It's really fun and pretty easy to work with once you get the hang of it!

Memorial Day

 

 

 

 

Memorial Day

 

 

 

 

Happy Memorial Day!

I love our cul-de-sac! Saturday night neighbors brought out flags and stuck them in the ground--a reminder of what this holiday was about. The owner of our house, Katie's husband had been overseas for the military and when he came home she gave out flags so that the whole street would be lined with them! The neighbors bring them out for memorial day and fourth of July and I think it looks so sweet. We're the only street around to do this too! And miraculously, the kids leave them alone! Our neighbor Scott wanted this pic, but I thought I'd share.

 

the end

I know you're thinking, Dear Lord, how many more birthday party pictures can this woman have? But I promise I spared you quite a few!! I took over 400 today! I just think kids are adorable and funny and they grow so quickly I feel I need to take as many pictures as I can to capture these days...

 

Something tickled Trevor.

 

Later, back at home, Adelyn has her very first lesson in sharing. At first, she's content to let Tayla play with her things. See how cozy they are?

 

Later, she seemed to get annoyed and she and Tayla were actually pushing each other over. We were so amused! And just check out her mean face!! I have NEVER seen that face before. Something tells me I will see it often--she's used to being the princess! The only girl, the only baby! The boys dote on her and I can just imagine what will happen when someone wants something she wants. We'd better start learning to share soon!

 

Or we will have problems like this! LOL (she gave it back, I promise)

6!

blowing out candles, enjoying cake!

 

 

 

Valerie

 

Carson got the crocodile piece!