Did You Miss Me?

We're home from a spectacular vacation...
I know you want to see some pictures, but I'm going to bed!! The next few days will be busy, busy, crazy busy, but I'm going to try to get some photos up.

Miami Photos!

Not too long ago we were invited to visit Miami. We had such a wonderful time on our mini vacation. The boys LOVED being on the plane. We let them sit together in one row while hubby and I sat behind them. The young woman sitting next to me said, "Wow. My parents would never have allowed my brothers and I to sit together. We would have been separated!" A, D, and S did well being together. :)

"What's that button for?" D asked.

The boys loved the beaches and pools that we visited.

We always find some fun playground equipment to burn off excess energy!

The boys tried new foods at a seafood restaurant and a Cuban restaurant.

Snappin' Summertime Challenge

Earlier today I wandered over to http://snappinsummertime.blogspot.com/ and discovered that ScrappyDea is hosting a challenge. For every photo posted for the 65 summer words, she will give an entry for some scrapbooking goodies. Hmmm. A pictorial of my summer and a chance to win a prize. Here are my pics after my computer ate them... twice.
Thanks for the fun, ScrappyDea.

4. aunt

6. bare feet

7. bathing suit
9. beach towel

10. blue
14. clouds

19. devil

22. fire

25. grandparent

26. grass

30. house33. laughing

34. marshmallows

37. orange

38. party

39.pink

40. pool

41. race

44. red

45. refreshing drink

48. sand
49. shorts

50.splash

55.teasing

56.teenager

57.toddler

59.travel

60.tree

61.uncle

62.walking

63.waterfalls

64.yellow

65.youngster

Florida Trip: Part Four: All the Other Stuff!

Okay...

I've been dragging out the pictures from my Florida trip for way too long! It is really time to wrap it up. So... here are the last few highlights.

• Trips to Susan's to play in the pool with her 4 kiddos.
• Family Day Fun at the church I "grew up in".


• A fishing trip for the kids with Grandpa and Uncle Jim
  
• Dinners at my brother's mother-in-law's house


• Donuts for breakfast!
• Trips to Target, WalMart, Publix and The Ragshop
• Driving to Rosslow's to pick out my Vera Bradley purse. (Mesa Red, Villager)
• Time spent with my dad.


• S'mores and fireworks

Florida: Part Three: The Beach!

One afternoon Paula and I took all 6 kids (ages 3-9) to the beach. We sat on chairs and enjoyed the sun while the kids played so nicely just a few feet away. I always thought it would be stressful to take my boys to the beach, but it wasn't. They stayed pretty close and they were content to play in the sand with quick trips to the water for a bucketful of water for their sand sculpture. And they happily played just along the water's edge (with Mom's watchful eye... :) ).
My favorite beach photo of all three boys.


A having a drink break. He was so happy to dig in the sand.
S, my other sand boy.

A way-too-far-away shot of all the kids. I'll have to mess around with the photo to make it a little closer.

D was Shell Finder Supreme. He filled an entire WalMart bag with beautiful shells. I later purchased a postcard depicting all sorts of shells for D. Sure enough, he sat with a piece of paper and drew pictures of the shells and tried to copy their names.

Before

After :)