beach week

At the beginning of this month we were lucky enough to be able to spend a week and a half at the beach.

Last year when we went my camera broke and so i was extra careful ( and a little paranoid) about taking pictures on the beach.

I did manage to get a few of the kids playing in the yard.

 One day we had some friends from California stop by to play for a few hours, Kirby and Vivianne really had a great time together and we hope next time they are in Jacksonville we can play again.

Biggie boy Roe and his new obsession

DINOSAUR

Memorial day at the beach

haha kirby writing his name in the shower... to cute not to include.

Looks like he may need to go back and add and R

For what may be the 12th year we were invited to "The Beach House" to spend Memorial Day with what can only be described as family.

It's awesome that these kiddos have had the opportunity to spend so much time at such an amazing place.

These two may be dangerous in a few years

Lee, Evan, and Kirby

Lee chillin' out

grrrr

 to  cute not to include but you may have to lay on your side to see it's cuteness

playing with LEGOS

Roe loving ever sip of his sno-cone

which was really just plain ice, but he thought was ice cream

so cute he kept going "yummmm ice cream"

brotherly love with the bubble guns

team work

sideways kite flying

and..... Drum Roll Please

the weekend ended with a game of wiffle ball which resulted in a black eye and broken nose.

sorry about your luck Mr.

Last day of school and end of the year party

Since I was the room mom for Kirby's class this year I was needed to help with the end of the year party. Roe's last day was Wednesday so he tagged along with the big kids for their party.

There were all sorts of fun activities

I have loved watching these kiddos grow up over the past 3 years and cant believe they will be going into Kindergarten next year.

(orientation issues as usual)

Roe accidentally stood in the splash zone at the bottom of the water slide.

after getting wet Roe decided he had had just about enough....and took a little rest from the big kids

But revived when they all went back to the classroom for some more fun.

What a great year!

Roe's Second Birthday

We went back and fourth on what to do for a birthday party for one little boy who can not/does not eat.

It's no fun for other kids to be invited to a birthday party without cake and icecream, but it is no fair for him to give it to the kids and (under the strange coincidence that he may actually want to eat) not let him have any.

We settled upon a quiet family birthday party in Gigi and Pops back yard.

We ate turkey burgers (which he can eat) and i made special cupcakes for the three kiddos.

Kirb, Roe and Margaret.

It was perfect!!!

sweet cousins

all three of these kiddos are totally obsessed with each other

so sweet

Auntie Bedo (sierra) came for a few days, bearing gifts for all!

Roe's Birthday present was this Thomas the Train power wheels!!!

Obsessed

On Roe's actual birthday we went to adventure landing to play putt putt.

Just our family and Roe's God-parents,

It was a hit!

The next weekend was the TPC and since we have some pretty sweet accomidations at Sawgrass we decided to make a long weekend of it.

Hunter was more interested in fishing than the golf, which was fine with us.

Kirby is now my little fisher boy..... Thanks Pops for the fishing poles!

Cool dudes ready for the beach

Roe's First catch

sweetness

Happy Mothers Day

Such a sweet video about motherhood.  Please watch

Special thanks to Kelly for sharing this

video by Katherine Center

Easter Weekend

 We are finally recovering from a busy weekend.

 The kids didn't have school on Friday so we headed down to Sawgrass bright and early to spend a fun morning on the beach with all of our cousins.

After a few hours playing on the beach we headed back to Aunt Sandra's house for a delicious lunch.

The kids all modeled their Argentina T-shirts that Baba and Aunt Sandra brought back.

Saturday we went set off on a boat ride.....

to celebrate Wiley coming into town and the exciting news of an engagement 

"A three four hour tour, a three four hour tour...."

Cue lightning.

and that's all i have to say about that matter

Let me introduce you to the cast of As The World Turns

We were super excited that the Easter bunny remembered to come by our house,  

of course he/she brought Legos

(is the EB a boy or a girl?)

I'm not quite organized enough to have my children dressed in their Easter outfits for the egg hunt, it was all i could do to get my contacts on and find my camera

My adorable God-Baby

Jonathan McKinnon Collins Jr

was baptized Easter Sunday at St Marks during the 11:00 service

I Love this family

There was a sweet reception/ Easter lunch at Biba and Erik's house afterwards

 Roe liked to be the entertainment

We planned this