Friday, July 29, 2011

FABULOUS Friday!

















Today was a fun Friday! We went to Little Gym and Evan did TWO skills indepently that he had NEVER done before! WOOHOO! One of which shown on video below...climbing onto the uneven bars and swinging down! He watched his friend Ava (shown above but a little fuzzy) do it a few times and caught on! He starts the more advanced class on Monday and I am so excited!


And here is how I found Ainsley after her snack today...she cracks me up!



















Some play time! Look at this mom!!!







































































Ohhhhh the puppy! Well...Evan has the green version of this puppy and has been obsessed with it since he got it from Aunt Sarah for his first birthday. Lately, Ainsley wanted it ALL the time. And as much as I believe in "sharing sharing sharing" Chris and I have come to the conclusion and decision that kids are allowed to have some special things that are just their own. For Evan it is his puppy and the recorded book that Mimi reads (Ains loves it but he does NOT let her touch it). So...we figured that Aunt Sarah would probably spoil Ainsley to one too for her birthday but went ahead and did it a little early (sorry!) but, Evan wasn't having it! LOL

























Most of you know, Evan is very much into art! PROJECTS ALL THE TIME! So, this afternoon, he painted a little bird house for the backyard! Seriously, check out those awesome brush strokes! HAHAHA

















































And here it is...once it dried...he picked out the perfect spot for it to go outside!























Evan draws, colors, paints daily but each week...we are going to try and do a special project and the bird house got us started!


IDEA STEAL ALERT! LOL Thank you Jackie for this idea....With it being SOOOO hot here...we have to get creative inside...so we made a hopscotch...Evan thinks it is so fun. It is still a little hard for him to do but, is having a blast trying! And I have caught myself doing it everytime I walk by...haha.






































































So we had a pretty FABULOUS Friday and tomorrow will be even better! Last day of football class, Kaylee's Beach Party, and Mattias Party where the theme is GET MESSY! WOOOHOO!!!! More pics to come! HAHA

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Family Vacation to OBX 2011

We had such a great time on our first family of four vacation to the Outer Banks! It is so pretty there and has such a secluded, local feel. We feel so lucky that Mimi and Big Daddy have a house there that we all get to go to spend time together! I just think it is so special that all the grandkids will get to go every summer as they are growing up! We have been gone a few weeks and Evan still talks about "Beach House".

Here are some of the family pics we took while everyone was in town! We have done them every year since the year Bethany and I were pregnant :)








































































































Grand-babies :)


































Guess I was having some hair issues! LOL LOVE Ainsley in this one!


























































Whole group!













This is one of our favorite spots to take our yearly pics! Few more babies and we might not fit!












We did so much on our vacation! Went to the beach, played in the pool, ate yummy food, watched Big Daddy fly kites, did tie dye, went shopping, watched movies, went night swimming...



















Check out this AWESOME pool slide Mimi and Big Daddy surprised the kids with!!!













Lots of hanging out with Cousin Marley...Though we so wished we lived closer! Evan had so much fun with her. She is like the perfect mix of girly and tom boy! LOVES dresses, pink, and bows BUT loves to tackle, play pirates, trains, build forts :)
































































Doing a little shopping...Just like Mommy! Loves Toms!



















My pretty girl :)






































Lots of fun at the beach! Ok...check out with the humidity did to my lens?!

















Big Waves!












OH...so PS...these pics do not give my son's fearLESSness any justice...because I am using a telephoto lens with zoom to 200! They were really far out and he LOVED every minute of it!





































Chillin with mommy while the boys played!


























































Fun in the sand!































The kids all snazzy for Fourth of July dinner at Mike and Diana's...one of our Favorite places! YUUUUUMMY!





















































A pic with 3...harder than you would think! haha













Hanging with Uncle Brett


















Ainsley couldn't quite make it through!











































Most of the family left right after the 4th...but we stayed a until Friday! Some more pool pics...































































































A few pics of the kids before we went out to eat one night...too cute!
























































On our last night we headed down to the beach and took some impromptu picks together! We were like the only ones out there...it was so peaceful and nice!











































































"ooooo beach...One more time, Mommy?"









































































Daddy and his babies


















Annual name pics :)

























Happy Family!

























GOING IN!

























SOOOO happy!






































ADORABLE!



















































God mommy!



























































































Wait for me Big Daddy!
















































































Snuggling with Mimi!

















Big Daddy's kite! Evan was totally mesmerized!














































































And what better way to end Vacation than with a little skinny dipping!






































We had such a great time! We all can't WAIT until next year!!!!! Thank you Mimi and Big Daddy for being such great hosts!