Family Time

Family time is always fun but when you are able to get a bunch of cousins together, old and young, it is a blast! We spent the afternoon between the beach and the pool.  We swam, played in the ocean and looked for shells.

 CJ discovered the stairs in the condo right away and went up and down like a crazy person!

 All six if the little cousins.

 That storm in the background never made it to us, thank goodness!

 The kid is crazy at the beach.  He eats sand, crawls to the water and splashes like a maniac!

 This is the oldest cousin, Sierra, helping CJ find shells.

 Why are my kids tongues always out?

 We can't figure out what these crazy bugs are that we saw on the boardwalk???

 Everyone winding down after a lot of fun!

It was such a great day!  We were so thankful to spend the day with our extended family!

Bomb Pops

Nothing spells out a perfect summer night, more than Popsicles in the driveway after a long, HOT day.  It reminds me of my childhood, especially bomb pops.  If you haven't had one of these red, white and blue sticks of goodness you need to go get one STAT!

 This was CJ's first time with a popsicle.  He loved it, of course!

 The teeth kill me!

 It was her idea to give him.  She was very happy to share.

 "I'm taking my bomb pop and I'm outta here".

Perfect Florida evening! The end.

She's FOUR!

Peyton turned four on Sunday.  To celebrate we had a little Hello Kitty pool party with some of her friends.

These hot tub pictures were taken the night before.  We were pre-partying with Aunt Amanda.

Birthday morning gifts = blue binoculars (her request) and a Hello Kitty cd player.

Aunt Nicole got her a slip-n-slide for her birthday, so we had to test it out with our party guests.

The only problem was that, apparently little girls don't know how to slip-n-slide properly, so Daddy had to show them how.

When I asked him afterward what he hurt he replied, "EVERYTHING".

Ms. Courtney decorated Bones

Even though they don't look like it, they really do like each other.  

Strawberry cupcakes requested by the birthday girl.

A pool full of friends = can't get any better than that!

After all of Peyton's gifts, our house looks like a Hello Kitty store.

The pull string, Hello Kitty pinata was a huge hit!

We had such a great day and more importantly Peyton had a blast!  Happy 4th Birthday sweet girl!

Daddy

He is our bread winner, handyman, yard guy, bug and snake killer, bedtime story reader, mechanic, griller, plumber, swimming buddy, snuggler and best friend.  But most importantly he is our Daddy. 

 Happy Father's Day Daddy, we love you!  Peyton & CJ

We would also like to wish a very Happy Father's Day to our dads, Grandpa (Papa) and Grumps!  AND because I realize I never posted anything for Mother's Day, Happy Belated Mother's Day to Nana and Grandma.  We are so very thankful for you all!  Enjoy your weekend!

It's Summer!

It's official!   The bugs are out in full force, the heat is scorching, it rains every afternoon and the pavement burns the first layer of skin off the bottom of your feet on the way to the mailbox!  I'd say that our Florida summer is in full swing.  The only bearable time to be outside is after the sun goes down.  So in order to wear their little butts out and have some outdoor time, I hooked up the sprinkler in the front yard and let them have at it. 

Ps.  to date, these are some of my favorite pictures of CJ! I think he gets cuter by the minute!