The noise music has started

This + this
= one crazy momma!!!

Yes, that is a trumpet! Avery will be in the 6th grade band come August. He is very excited, but after a few short hours tonight, I think I am going to be crazy. My dad let us use my brother's trumpet and that is all Avery has done tonight!!!! Anyone know of a really good brand ear plug???? I think we are going to need it! :o)

Beach Vacation-Day 3

TGIF!!! I was so excited to see this afternoon roll around! After 9 days of vacation, going back to work is no fun! It really hasn't been a bad week, just hard trying to get back into the groove. So on with the vacation documenting!

Tuesday we spent another lazy, but fun day on the beach and at the pool. Believe it or not, I didn't take as many pictures on the beach that day. Every time I picked up my camera, the boys scattered. They were so over pictures from the day before, ha!!!

Beach Fun!!!

Mr. Smith hanging out.

We left the beach mid-afternoon to go swimming in the pool. The thing we really liked about our pool was that it was covered. It was like an indoor pool just with no walls. Around the pool was open, so you could lay out and still get some sun, but over the pool was shaded. So that was really nice being able to get out of the sun and relax in the water.

The kids having a race.

Avery...he had the right idea. He wore a shirt some of the day, because he didn't want to turn into a lobster.

Andrew being goofy as ever!!!

When we went up to our condo to take a shower and get ready for the evening, we had a friend debating whether or not he wanted to "visit" us.
Finally, he graced us with his company and actually stayed awhile.

We had fun feeding him dinner and I think he enjoyed it as much as we did.

Of course, the camera was pulled back out for "beach" pictures. Although many pictures were taken, we do not have a "family" picture of all 5 of us. I thought about buying a tripod, but didn't and thought of asking a bystander to take our picture, but didn't....So, no family picture was captured this trip!!! Oh well!! I did end up snapping away all night and I got some really great pictures of my kiddos! ABS
AJ

AK
My reason!

Of course, I could photograph this hottie all day long too (and did)! At least, he allows it and is a really good sport!!!
Beautiful!!! And we headed back to Sharky's for dinner on the beach!!! Yes, we went there twice!!! We LOVE it! Andrew didn't want a picture with Sharky!!! Bummer :(

But, I did get another group shot of them by the BIG Sharky!!!!!

Day 4 coming soon!!! Stay tuned.

THE DRILL....

I am sure most of you have one of these things around your house. Right? Well, this joker can come in really handy! I mean really handy! Actually, I really don't know what men (and some women) use this for, but let me tell ya...this orange drill thingy is my new best friend.

You see, I had a kitchen crisis Saturday night when my mixer goes out in the middle of me trying to be THE COOKIE MAMA!!! Yes, I was trying so hard to make my honey some homemade sugar cookies for Father's Day and right when I had all of my ingredients in my bowl for the icing....my mixer would. not. turn. on. I was livid!!!! I was mad!!!! I was in tears when superman walks in to rescue me. He was holding this big drill and I thought (for a really quick second) 'WOW, he is going to take it apart and fix it for me'....Boy was I wrong, well sort of!!! He didn't exactly take my mixer apart, but he did get my ingredients all mixed up. He held the bowl for me while I used my new mixer!!! Now I just need another drill and a few more hands and I'll be in really good shape to whip anything up in the kitchen!!! OR....if someone feels really sorry for me, I would love to have this! :O)

Seriously, if you feel the need to do something special for me, I would like this....Is that too much to ask for? :o)

Day 2...

Monday we woke up to this. We hurried down to the beach to do thisand this. We couldn't wait to play in the sandand bury each other. We rode the waves and stopped to pose for the camerabecause Mom was a picture taking fool.

We tried to catch fish... but we ended up catching crabs...(the kind in the ocean)LOTS of them. We raced the waves in and then back out. We played in the sand some more. We finished up the afternoon at the pool doing this and this... And then we did this

and this and more of this

because I told you my mom was a picture taking fool...

We ended our day watching this and wouldn't ya know, she made us do this.....

Beach Trip 2009-Day 1

Last Sunday morning we headed to Panama City Beach, Florida for our summer vacation. We have been planning this trip since the January and all of us were so excited. First we were going to Destin, then Orange Beach, and then we finally settled on P.C. I am so glad we did. It was great and I have no regrets! It has changed a lot (for the better) since Wade and I have last been there (11 years ago).

We had intentions on leaving around 5 or 6 a.m., but Wade and I were like little kids the night before and couldn't sleep. We didn't go to bed until around 3 a.m. so needless to say, we didn't wake up and leave at 5:00. However, we were on the road by 9:00 a.m. and still made great time.

Once we were into P.C., we rode the strip and checked everything out. We were all as giddy as can be! We checked into our condo, unloaded, freshened up, and off we went. We knew just the place we were going to eat. SHARKY'S!!!! Like I said, Wade and I have not been to P.C. in like 11 years and we were so excited to be able to take the kids to one of our favorite restaurants from back in the day! It was just as I remembered. It is such a fun atmosphere, great food, & great service. The kids loved it!!!

The kids hanging out while we were waiting to be seated.

The BIG Shark out front!

ABS being goofy...as always!

Day 2 coming next....stay tuned!