The Beach 2008,,,,,

I never got to posts the fun part of our time at the beach! So now I am finally getting to it! I will be posting more pics than you proably want to look at, but some of you asked for it! :)

We had the BEST trip to the beach this year. (Except for the end of it! READ BELOW if you don't know what I am talking about!)

The girls were amazing and had so much fun. I am amazed every day at the little independent ladies they are becoming! They make me laugh numerous times a day, and keep a smile on my face MOST of the time. :) We are sooo lucky to have two healthy children and I thank god daily. They really are soooo funny talking to each other and to pretty much anyone they meet. THey really don't stop talking..hmmmmm wonder where they get that from.

These pics are from the ferry on the way to the beach. We even saw dolphins on the way over to Fort Morgan.

This is our car.... think we brought enough stuff? We are so far out on the island I hate forgetting anything bc we have to go in 17 miles to get to a walmart! We bring all our food and everything!

Gryffin and Neville came along too! They had the space in front and in between the girls seats!

Ready for a fun trip to the beach!

Quote of the day....

Amelia said to Abigail "OK you be handsome and I will be Gretel" all the while dropping spider rings in a trail behind them on the floor.

I LOVE this smile!

Snack and everything else all over her face. I love you!!!

Kayden's Brithday party

Shannon came her this summer (yep still behind) and had Kayden's birthday party here. It was a VERY neat Olympic theme. The kids had an opening ceremony where they paraded in, then played games, and even got gold medals! They all had a BLAST!!

The opening ceremonies.

Don't they look like they are LOVING it!

Kayden the birthday man! (Luke is behind him)



The birthday cake that Shannon made!


The birhtday man!
This pic cracks me up...Looks like Kendal is saying look at my hair and Abigail showing off her watch!

Go for the GOLD!

We had a TON of fun Kayden at your party! We hope you did! We love you!

Mary Payton's Miracle

Here is one of the reasons I haven't been blogging very much... Mary Payton's benefit is this Friday. I know I have mentioned it before, but wanted to show ya'll a clip that was on the news the other night....... HERE

If you would like to buy tickets PLEASE let me know! Also you can make donations by clicking on the website Mary Paytons Miracle on the top right of my blog. Mary Payton and her family are such wonderful sweet people. Remember you can make miracles happen!!!

Dance Recital

Ok after numerous emails from all of you out in blogging world and me REALLY missing the blogging world...I am back! I promise to play catch up this week. It's just been so nuts here I can't even begin to tell you.

I want these moments on here for my girls so even though this was quite a long time ago...I want it on here!

At the end of each dance session the girls have a class celebration where all the parents, grandparents etc. are invited to come take pictures and video of class. Since this session was princess ballet they got to pick their FAVORITE princess. Guess what they both picked... ARIEL! (And you will see this costume again at the end of the month for halloween.... They are both SET on being her for Halloween!)

All the costumes to choose from!

AWW cute feet!

They did a stretch at the beginning of class that was to a song that had all the princesses in it. Here is them yawning being sleeping beauty.

Their bff since birth Lilly Kate also choose to be a mermaid!

Sweet moment!

A princess curtsey.

My other princess doing a curtsey.

I don't remember them hodling hands at all...but here they are! They have been doing this more often on there own.

The whole class! Could they be any cuter?

At the end of each class they got a prize once they turned in their costumes out of the treausre box. They got their tiaras...Now they are REALLY a princess.. But we all know they didn't need a crown to think that! They always think that they are the princesses of the house. I try to remind them that mommy was the first princess here!

Insectarium

Ok REALLY far behind, but want to get these things on the blog. It's been sooo wild here with evacuation and vacation, and sign ups for photo shoots!

On my birthday (almost 2 months ago)... we went to the Insectarium. It's new and this was the first time we went. We all LOVED it. Amelia was a little skeptical about all the bugs, but she still had alot of fun! They had some really neat things there!

Checking out some kind of bug.

This was GROOSE! They had a place where you could go under and stick your head in this bubble to see all the ROACHES!!!!!

A big worm!

Abigail riding on an Aligator she said was Claude from the Cajun Three Little Pigs.

Riding in a Pirogue.

You could touch some of the bugs...we mainly just looked! :)

Amelia listening to termites.

The groovy bug!

This was our FAVORITE part. They had a Butterfly garden!!! We are HUGE fans of Fancy Nancy and her new book Bonjour Butterfly , so the girls went NUTS in there with all of the butterflies flying around.

Check out this face!

We then went to Bubba Gumps to eat.

The girls and daddy had made me a birthday cake the night before as a suprise while I was gone to a meeting!

The girls showing me my birthday present outside!

It was a bird bath! We feed the birds and every morning we love watching the birds during breakfast.

Amelia made the birds a bed and chair with the rocks.

Thanks Brian I had a WONDERFUL birthday!!!! Ya'll all made the day so much fun and memorable! I love ya!

Letters for bows

Alot of people have asked where we got these? It is a pony tail holder that you can wrap around the bows. It is GREAT, bc you can move it to whatever bow you want! You can also just use it as a ponytail holder. A friend of a friends sells these to help raise money to adopt a little girl from china. They are only $6.00!!!! What great birthday and Christmas presents. Check it out and help her out!

Click HERE

LOOK WHO LOVED THE BEACH!