We're back!!!!!

To many pictures for an afternoon watching the air show?.... possibly, but i couldn't help myself, it was a beautiful day, oh, and did i mention i got a NEW CAMERA!!!!!

YAY!

An early Christmas present, and the best gift a girl could ask for (well at least this girl).

So, i had to go and try this puppy out and what better a place than the air show.

We had to wait for Baby Roe to wake up from his nap so we only were able to catch the tail end, which was ok..... since the "tail end" were the Blue Angels.

Kirby had more fun playing chase with his buddy Carter than watching the airplanes.

Jacksonville is so cool, we have this beautiful river, the beach 20 minutes away, and we are able to enjoy neat stuff like this.

Becky with baby Roe.

Everyone wanted to hold this little guy.

Fun at school

Both boy's really love school this year and we love their teachers! One neat thing that St. Marks has started in the past 2 years is each class has a "class website". Since I have been without a camera, i stole these pics of the boys having fun at school.

Kirby and Baba at Grandparents Day.

Kirby's class with a community helper. They have been talking about community helpers and have had lots of visits from Dr's, nurses, police officers, and here they are with a veterinarian.


Roe..... class clown!

An Adventure

A few weeks ago Kirby took his first vacation with out mom and dad! Gigi and Pops took him to Sarasota to visit his cousins.

He adores his older cousin Luke. They had a wonderful time playing together.

Luke is the oldest of 4. Luke, Lola, Liam, and Landen.

So sweet.

Kirby Loved traveling with Gigi and Pops!
Some how Kirby and pops must have coordinated when they packed because they managed to be twins every day.

Except that Pops forgot to bring his LEGO pj's.

Kirby Hula Hooping (take2)

Kirby told me the other day that he wanted to try to hula hoop. So.... away he went. I was a little shocked that he was able to hula hoop with absolutely no practice. Now i guess me and gigi are not the only ones in the family that can hula hoop.

*** if you saw the first video i posted, i know you weren't as impressed as you will be with this one***

An Explination

I guess i owe all of our friends an explination of where we have been and why you have not been updated with "first day of school" pics and everything else. We have had a crazy few weeks around here, what's new right.
So you know the story of the person who has the "midas touch" and every thing they touch turns to gold? Well this is similar to my story but my midas touch= everything i touch turns expensive. Somehow in the course of a month i have managed to break my camera, my computer, and my kiln. :) Bad luck i guess..... then Kirb got this horrible funk where he had 102-103 temp for 5+ days, on the day he finally started acting himself again, Roe got a fever.
Is this a joke you may ask, no no joke. Just they way things have been around here.
Well, my computer is fixed.... Thanks to Pops (THANKS POPS!!!) and i think i will be getting a new camera shortly. I mean i can't keep all of you guys up with what is happening in our lives without pics.

Bread

So, one unfortunate thing about Roe's allergies is that I have had a

really hard time finding bread that he can eat. It really shouldn't be an issue, bread really should not have dairy or eggs unless it is some special bread, but if you check out the bread selection at the supermarket you will find that all the breads contain SOMETHING that this fella can't eat. So I pulled out my Betty Crocker cookbook and sure enough the "Country Loaf" was perfect for Roe-roe.

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And ta-da 4 hours later we have bread.

Honestly it was good the first day, after that........ not so much, it smelled delicious though.

Then i went to the Art Market and found two local bakeries that make fresh bread without all the yuck, i think i may be going that route from now on.

Summer

We have had a very busy and very fun summer, but like most mom's, I am a little glad that it has wrapped up and cooler weather is around the corner.
Things around here have managed to stay busy.

A week at the beach

The week before school started we spent relaxing at the beach.

The boys loved playing in the sand and the ocean.

We made lots of castles, and found lots of sharks teeth.

I managed to get these cute pics before my camera broke. :(

High Hampton 2010

We just got home from another fun week at High Hampton.
The boys had a blast!

Kirby Loved playing with his big boy friends, who he talks about all year long.

Brotherly love

annual walk around the lake

taking a little break from the annual lake walk to play with some Lego's

Roe and Abigail- our AWESOME babysitter who came with us this year

dad and his boys

The Perry/ Neal family

the Alexanders

The famous "blue blazer picture"

7 boys

what a neat family tradition... i think Kirby and roe are the 5th generation to grow up going to High Hampton this exact same week every year. All of these guys have grown up together even though there is a little of a generation gap.

Ted's dad was 16 years older than Glen (4th from right , beside Ted)

Glen is 16 years older than Ted,

Ted is 16 years older than Hunter (Glen's oldest boy on far left)

and Hunter is 16 years older than Kirby.

It's so weird because Kirb and Hunter seem a world apart, but to look at the friendships between Ted and Glen (who was in our wedding) and also Ted and Hunter.... 16 years doesn't seem like any difference.