Showing posts with label Vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vacation. Show all posts

Monday, March 31, 2014

Spring Break

This year during Reese's spring break we made the long trek down to Punta Gorda, FL to see Grandma Shirla and Grandpa Dennis.  It was a long trip, but worth it to see grandparents and to have some warm weather!  The girls swam all day, every day in Grandma's pool...even one day when it rained...they were swimming!

 We took a trip over to the beach one day and searched for shells and shark teeth!  We came home with quite a haul of shark teeth that Reese took to show her class!


The girls loved Fritz (grandma and grandpa Dennis' dog) but they had a visiting dog for a few days...Delilah who jumped right into the pool with us on a few occasions!  The girls thought it was the funniest thing ever!
 Jason and I had an opportunity to have a long datenight while we were in Florida.  We went to dinner, explored the downtown of the city...and apparently Jason had a little extra time to fish!

 Thank you for a wonderful Spring Break!

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Beach trip 2013

I thought I would share a few more beach trip photos and memories...(mainly so I don't forget).
It truly was a great vacation...we had a lot of stuff from home going on with our house (more to come later) but it is so nice to go and enjoy amazing weather in such a beautiful place.  
To begin...our best family photo could not be left out.   There is pretty much not ever a family photo opportunity where our girls don't ask to have a crazy picture time...we may have started something we can't stop...and I love it!
Not a great picture because my camera lens kept fogging up!  But still a group crew behind the fog!  

 Bebe with her girls!  The girls had been counting down to the beach basically since March...most mornings when they would wake up or when they would go to bed they would ask if we were going to meet Bebe at the beach tomorrow?  They love their Bebe!  

 I am biased...but they are cute!  So much alike, yet so very different!  Brynlee soaked up every moment of the beach this year!  She loved the sand...she was covered in it and it never bothered her.  Hadley spent lots of patient time sitting in a little bay pool waiting for minnows to catch...and catch she did.  And Reese, well she never tires of the beach, or the pool, or of going out late to catch little crabs on the beach!

 This picture is out of order...but cracks me up!  The past few years we have made the decision to head down to the beach late...as in leaving after dinner time so the girls will sleep and then we wake up with a full beach day!  That being said this is 10:00 pm...Reese was passed out in the back...but these two were jammin' (as much as you can in a car seat) to some music and cracking us all up!
 Our nature lover...once again the lizard wisperer caught her share of lizards...including having two bite here....which did not sway her from continuing to hunt them down!  
One night we headed out for dinner to celebrate the one year anniversary of Jonathan and Caitlin's kidney transplant!  I can't believe it has been a year...and they are both doing amazing!  They are both so good about keeping to a low sodium diet to keep Caitlin's kidney's healthy (well Caitlin is better than Jonathan...turkey sausage...uhummm)  Jonathan's health is a miracle transformation from where he was last year at the beach to now.  I almost can not believe it...Praise the Lord for His Faithfulness.


June 19th was the official one year anniversary!  


Sunday, June 16, 2013

Father's Day 2013

Fresh off a great trip to the beach we had a wonderful day celebrating this guy!  The longer I am married to him, the more I am convinced that I got really lucky!  I think I am beginning to see might enormous  very small controlling issues and I am amazed that he still loves me!  More than that, I love the way he loves our girls and models to them the way a father corrects gently, loves intensely, plays energetically and loves his wife.
A night out at the RedBar in Grayton beach...thank you Bebe, Jonathan and Caitlin
 Such a fun daddy...spending hours catching fish and crabs with his girlies...he even suffered a few pinched fingers in the process.
 These girls love their daddy
 A fun week at the beach...so needed, rest, relaxation and silly girls.
 There is a not a picture that could capture his "kid at heart" nature!
 Today was a great day celebrating him!  After church we headed to Mellow Mushroom...and favorite of his, but he also knows the girls love it!
 This picture...well tonight at dinner we were going around saying our favorite things about daddy...
Reese: That he makes us pancakes, loves us gently (came up with that on her own)
Brynlee: pancakes
Hadley: that he plays with me...then I made a comment about how they have an incredible role model for them to use one day to find a man to marry...Hadley grabbed onto Jason's arm and began to cry saying she never wanted her daddy to leave her.  She said she was going to marry him.
MELT MY HEART...SHE IS SO TENDER

All of the comments from our girls speak volumes to the man you are babe!  Blessed beyond words!
"A righteous man
who walks in his integrity -
How blessed are his sons
after him."
(Proverbs 20:7, NASB)

Friday, February 15, 2013

DISNEY!!!

Well, our long awaited trip to Disney came and went...we can't believe it is over!  We have been planning this and saving for this for a long time!  We waited until the week before we left to tell the girls.  We printed a picture of Cinderella's castle with the words "We are going to Disney World" typed across is, cut the picture up into puzzle pieces and then sent the girls on a scavenger hunt to find the pieces and put it together!  Honestly the hunt and puzzle making was really fun for them!

Needless to say once they figured it out...they were so excited and almost could not believe it!  These pictures are way out of order...but we finally got home today after being gone for a week...and I am too tired to organize...plus I am pretty sure my brain isn't working!

We headed down South to Punta Gorda, Florida to see Grandma Shirla and Grandpa Dennis for a few days...we celebrated Bryn's 2nd birthday with them...and then left little bit to hang with them while Jason and I took Reese and Hadley on to Disney!

Inside Cinderella's Castle
 Lunch with Tigger and Friends
 I hope they have great memories, regardless Jason and I will always remember to look on their faces as they took everything in.

 Hanging with Daisy Duck.  Meeting all of the characters and getting them to sign the girls' autograph books was a highlight for them both...but Reese really loved it!
 Nighttime Spectacular show at Magic Kingdom...really beautiful...and like everything Disney does very well done!
 Minnie
 A moment captured of the sheer excitment and joy these two had!  
 Merida and Rapunzel!  I started back this summer looking for great deals on Disney stuff...I did not want to pay the high prices at Disney but I knew the girls would want things...so I found a fun treat to give them each day before we left for a park...these were day #2...a great steal at Old Navy for $4 each!
 Getting ready for lunch with Donald and the Gang
 I love this picture because I caught Hadley rubbing Daisy's arm...she just wanted to touch all of them...and then Daisy rubbed her right back...so funny!

 Mommy and the girls before we headed to Hollywood Studios
 Daddy and Hadley...Daddy's poor neck and back...but the girls love doing this!

 I was so impressed with all of the shows we saw at the parks...Beauty and the Beast is a favorite of the girls....and if you are planning a trip and have little girls (3 yrs plus) I recommend the Enchanted Tales with Belle at Magic Kingdom!
 Grandma Shirla and Grandpa Dennis brought Bryn up for the last night and our final day going to Magic Kingdom.  I am so glad that we opted not to bring her the whole time.  It allowed us to really get one on one attention with Reese and Hadley and Bryn got lots of love and one on one from the Grandparents.  
 The girls were so excited to see Bryn after missing her for 3 days.  

 Our beautiful Birthday Princess getting ready for dinner with Prince Charming and Cinderella herself.
 SOOOO happy...Bryn was not too sure...and don't worry I did bring a Princess Dress for Bryn to wear, but she was not having it!
 I was so impressed with Prince Charming...Bryn did not want anything to do with him...but he got down on her level and began to talk and play with her and she finally came over and hugged him!
Our Royal Family 
 Cinderella's stepmother stayed in her role for sure!  All night when people would ask the girls how old they were...Bryn told everyone she was 6 like Reese!  But, the stepmother was so scary that when she asked Bryn...she looked at me like she was going to cry and said 2!  She scared the truth out of her!

 Getting ready for Dumbo with Grandma Shirla
 Meeting Merida...Reese loved this because Merida told her they could be twins or triplets!
 Out of order, like I said, but this is from our first night driving back from Day 1 at Magic Kingdom...we stayed until 10:00 pm!  They were full of the energy until the seat belts clicked and then they were out!
 In Punta Gorda, before Disney, Grandpa Dennis and Daddy going for a ride
 Hadley walking Fritz with Grandma (Hadley's hair is wild here)
 The two cutest princesses in the park!
 Wearing their cool 3D glasses for A Bug's life 3D show...it was a great show...they got a little scared at one point...which makes this tough girl picture that much cuter!
 We would not have made it through 4 days at Disney without this stroller!
 Her birthday celebration was the best one yet...sadly she may be disappointed in the years to follow!  She wore her birthday button every day...and I am pretty sure that all 5,000 Disney employees said "Happy Birthday Princess" or "Happy Birthday Reese" to her...she grew to love it...pretty sure she thinks she is famous!
 Confirmation that 4 days of Disney with Bryn at 2 years old would not have been good...we took her to the Fantasmic Show and 2 minutes in she was crying and screaming saying it was too loud and scary!
 So, mommy and Bryn spent some quality time here!

Because you just never know what you will get with this one...we turned around at one point while in Animal Kingdom to see Hadley without any pants on!  She just decided she was too hot and took them off!  I would have been embarrassed but it was "Fat Tuesday" so I think she was tame all things considered!
 Another one of the many princesses the girls met...They were great...actually got down and talked with the girls for about 4-5 minutes!  Hadley made a point to make sure Rapunzel knew that she was wearing her shirt.
 The Castle View
 Another lost Princess Sister
This Trip was really magical...the joy and laughter from the girls was worth every bit!  I wish I could have captured it all in a bottle!  It was the perfect weather, perfect amount of time and for us the girls were at the best ages to be there!  We are so grateful to have been able to do this fun trip...not sure when it will happen again...but we are grateful for it!