Fun at the beach!!

We had a great week in Destin a couple weeks ago! For the first part we were with all of Michael's family, then our friends the Byrds came down for a few days! The boys had a great time with everyone!

Our little princess on a boat ride!

Daddy's Little Girl
Papa Dave got a singing birthday card that the kids just loved...over and over again!

With our favorite cousins, Bryce and Elise!

The kids love eating dinner outside!!
Anderson and Bryce have had a special bond since he was a baby!
The boys with their great grandfather, Lex!



Collier and I with Aunt Nanette, Elise, Great Grandmother Ruth, and Granny
The Byrd Family!
Griffin and Abby
Jacob, Anderson, Griffin, and Abby--they all played so well together!

Birthday Week!

Michael's and Griffin's birthdays are one day apart, which makes for an exciting week in our house! They both had really fun days...

For Michael's birthday we met for lunch at Baha Burger:

with her beloved spoon!(not a great picture but the only one i took of the three of them at lunch)

For dinner we stayed at home and Nana, Poppy, and Grannybee came over:

Daddy had some help opening his presents

Collier with Nana and Grannybee

Griffin's birthday started out with his favorite breakfast, chocolate chip pancakes! Daddy took him to school, and Mommy and Anderson made an appearance to bring some cupcakes he made for his class!
After school we went to lunch with some of his buddies, Joshua and Andrew (forgot my camera for that one). He picked Cici's Pizza for dinner (he loves the chocolate pizza--so my son!):
After dinner we came home and he opened his presents, which he thoroughly enjoyed...

He has been wanting some cowboy gear for a long time!

He picked this pirate ship out himself!

Our resident cowboy superhero, Anderson!

Anderson has really enjoyed Griffin's presents as much as Griffin has!
This EzyRoller is a fun new gift!

Granny and Papa Dave also took Griffin to Wal-Mart to pick out a new bike last weekend, which he has been riding everyday! He had a wonderful birthday, and I just can't believe he's now 5 years old!!!

Happy Birthday Griffin!!!

We started Griffin's birthday celebration this weekend with a party at Jump Zone! His favorite thing right now is Superheroes, so we invited the kids to wear their costumes, and I think everybody had a great time!

Batman--on the move to rescue someone!

Batman and Superman--what a team!!

Collier with Nana

Mrs. Shanna made this adorable Batman cake--she did a super job!

Collier with Granny and Papa Dave

The Princess Superheroes!

This huge Batman inflatable was a huge draw of course!

Griffin and his cousin, Bryce!
Collier loves a good spoon!

New beginnings!

It's been a very eventful week for my firstborn! On Monday he got to "Meet the Teacher" for K4, and Wednesday was his first day! I can't believe he's going to be at school 5 days a week now, but thankfully he gets out at 11:45. He has a great teacher and he already knew a couple kids from his class, so this week has been a lot of fun! He doesn't always share many details at first, but over the course of the day these were the highlights he talked about:

• Playing "Good Morning Captain"


• Going to the playground


• Learning a new verse, "Do not be afraid, for I am with you." Gen. 26:24


• Playing a game with a dogbone..."Doggy, Doggy, whose got your bone? Somebody stole it from your home."--it's been in my mind all day!


• Playing with the pirate ships in the room

Here are a few pictures of the fun!

Riding in Daddy's truck on the first day!

Playing with those beloved pirate ships!