my little nemo

Saylor Lillie turned a HUGE leaf today while swimming...she's now going under, jumping off the side by herself and swimming. I know, I know, most children do this at 2 but my little girl is a tad more hesitant and cautious. And honestly, that's not a fault...

Anyway, we're SO proud of her. She's a little nemo (sidenote, she was swimming in our front yard this morning in her inflatable pool, preparing for her swim lessons. This pool was only used for pictorial demonstration and not for actual swim class.).

one lucky guy

I snapped a few shots of my bff's belly this past week. Her little-man-to-be has the cutest mommy, the cutest big sis (and big bro for that matter), the cutest nursery and will soon be the cutest baby. I can't wait to meet you Cash Philip.

tubers

I'm a tuber, she's a tuber, wouldn't you love to be a tuber too?

more 4th

Following our poolside adventures earlier in the day, we headed to the cabin. Sophia decided to take a little time to light off her own "firecracker" if you know what i mean... and then she proceeded to have an allergic reaction to the banana boat sunscreen which merited her the pacifer for the rest of the evening.Madeline was looking dashing in her patriotic gown

Saylor became addicted to selecting which firework was going to be next. Which was perfectly fine for me as long as she was not the one actually lighting them.

here's all 7 of the grandkiddos

this picture i added just because

and finally a beautiful sunset to end a remarkably busy, yet exciting 4th of July.

slacker...

I'm not sure what I've done since July 4th but I do know what I have NOT done, and that is post pictures from the big day. But, first, let's backtrack by saying that July 3rd was also a delight thanks to Crocker's and Walker's but instead of writing about that you can read here and here.
On the BIG day we headed up to the pool to experience irresistible crowds, beach ball decor, a colossal blow up slide, games and the tradition of the beer dive (Josh limited himself to 4 this year).
Here's the boys lined up to dive for pennies
each penny merited a Popsicle and mercifully other children shared as my 3 yr old is still deathly afraid to venture under water. and look at sweet little Jack...
Next the games began...go team blue.The girls undertook a large gamble by joining teams and finding apples...apples collected and they later found out could not be eaten - of which Sophia really struggled with.this was the slide I eluded to earlier..and honestly, what could make daddy more proud than his girls fishing


great time, great time had by all.

Day 4

Croatia was my FAVORITE location. We toured Dubrovnik, Croatia which was founded in the 7th century by the Romans. The town is located in the southeastern boarder of Croatia on the Dalmatian Coast of the Adriatic Sea. The town is very picturesque and notable for its medieval double walls, fortifications and historical buildings including one of the oldest pharmacies in Europe. Also, the necktie originates from Croatia - but maybe you already knew that.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Happy 4th

Happy birthday America and Happy birthday to my girls...
Saylor Lillie is 3 1/2 today and Sophia is 16 months.

where is this outfit?

4th of July is TOMORROW and I can't find this outfit. I actually bought a different one for the BIG day but this one would be PERFECT for today or on the 5th? Really, where could an entire outfit disappear to???

my new favorite picture

intersession

I thought I'd post a few pictures from this week before I finish the rest of our trip.

The neighbor kids lit off a few fireworks tonight before it started to rain...

here's Saylor Lillie and Alex setting off sparks - Alex has contested to wanting to marry my daughter so the sparklers may have multiple igniting.

Sweet Alex

Jackson, Alex and Say

one of the 32 smoke bombs