Something Tells Me....

....that there will be LOTS more photos of this past weekend on my cousin, Abby's blog. I think she took close to 400 pics! ;-)

Since I recently received a new copy of my boating license, I was more eager to stay behind the wheel of the boat tubing and wake boarding everyone!  Makes it just a wee bit difficult to take pics.   I can multitask pretty good...but not THAT good.

I just hopes she posts the ones I took (on her camera) of her skiing.  ;-)

But here are ours!

We had a very fun weekend with the kids...mostly out on the water trying to stay cool!!!!!!! 

Took FOUR steps by himself this weekend!!!! 






Inseparable.






Getting better at driving the boat.  (He's actually doing the online course as I type this!) ;-)





The funniest 23 month old I know!





Landon was actually VERY mad at this point because he got thrown off the tube.  He got over it pretty quick.





Tubing with cousin Trey!!!

Refused to look at the camera.  But I was patient.





Caught just one eye!  And I'm pretty sure he was smiling...  :-)

We pulled up to a place on the lake called Chimney Rock.  It's a hangout of sorts and everyone anchors down and watches other people jump off cliffs.  Crazy...I know.  I may or may not have ventured off and jumped the high cliff at one time in my wild teenage years. ;-)

So we floated and jumped off the tubes and such.  I think the kids really loved it!










And that's all I got!  But like I said, check out Abby's blog and I'm sure she has a lot of fun ones!!!

Perfect Summer Nights

These are our favorite kind of summer nights.  Perfect way to cool off after a RIDICULOUSLY hot day.

Have I mentioned it's super hot around here these days?!?

Weekend Fun

This weekend we got to celebrate birthdays for a couple of pretty cool 2 year olds!  Along with some GREAT friends!

I took advantage of the great light and good subjects to play around with my new camera....my fingers aren't quite as fast yet, but getting better!!

Here's the whole clan...less a few...we were completely out number kids to adults.

I think all the adults took on "zones" and just turned on autopilot!

Here's birthday boy #1.  Cupcakes...YUM!





And birthday girl #2!!





Now I have to include pic of my kiddos..... :-)  Little Miss Clingy this night....notice my toes....LOVE me some spa pedicures.  And especially the hubby that watched ALL the kids so I could sneak off alone!





Then there is the stud of them all.  I mean seriously y'all, he's gonna be a catch.  He will know girls like the back of his hand - with as much as he has to be around them!  And a gentleman he is!





Not to be outdone....Rhodes takes his place as Simba.  "Hakuna matata...what a wonderful phrase."

Did you know my kids still haven't seen The Lion King?  It's in the vault or something...so it's hard to find. 

And birthday girl #2 (we'll call her AB) LOVES Rhodes.  Like, loves.  This was probably the highlight of her night...to get her sweet little hands on baby Rhodes!





Here's birthday boy #1's little sis.....AR!  Love those big blue eyes!





Rhodes hung out.  As usual.  In this neat contraption hammock thingy.  It was comfy.






And since we've seemed to skip spring here where we live, the sprinklers and hoses were in full force - cooling everyone off from the hot temps!






Besties!





Love.... :-) 





We had so much fun celebrating these 2 sweet kiddos! 








Until the next birthfest!!! Can't wait - Lillian's 3rd birthday is only weeks away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!