New Trick

We are getting closer to walking! I walked in this morning to check on her (she was making all sorts of noise when she was *supposed* to be napping) and this is what I saw:

So I layed her down, told her to go night night...and i could tell she was really listening because this

is what I saw when I walked back in! The problem (aside from the whole not listening thing) is that she doesn't know how to get down, so she just has to stand there till someone comes in and rescues her. And she does this again, and again, and again! I must have put her to bed 10 times this morning.

Kinda reminds you of this, doesn't it?

Grandma and Grandpa visit

Yesterday Grandma and Grandpa and Killie and Bennie flew in the Mooney to visit...we had such a good time! Apparently the dogs saw Grandpa pulling the airplane out and went crazy! Any thoughts they had of not taking the dogs disappeared. We were so glad they came too-

Lunch was delicious and the company was even better. I can't wait till they come over again!

Hannah Bo eyeing Grandpa's pasta salad....

Grandma and Hannah

Father's Day

Father's Day around here started early Saturday morning-I decided that it was time to get Matt a new TV, so we spent all day long shopping and ended up with this:

And you can see who _really_ likes it:

Nothing like watching Mickey on the big (?) screen right?

Sunday Morning Matt took the big kids swimming-they are doing so well! They can swim without waterwings across the shallow end (which they are not quite tall enough to reach) and have learned how to swim under and come up for breaths (important skill) and then keep on swimming.

Here they are with daddy lifeguarding:




This was just a random picture I took of the three of them...

St. Simons

Two beach trips within a month! I wish I could say that I was "beached out"...but no-I miss St. Simons already! This year was supposed to be our last at this particular conference but they all had a meeting and decided to do it again next year!! Im already counting down the days...

We had so much fun this year! We have really gotten to know our way around and where all the fun places to go are (aside from the beach and pool of course ). The kids favorite part of it was probably swimming in the pool without water wings-it was shallow enough to allow them to stand up and when they got tired instead of relying on me to catch them so they loved the freedom of it. Hannah liked it too-as long as the water was warm...which it was!! REALLY warm. Even the ocean was like bath water...(a little ew, but whatever). Hannah was scared of the waves though..It was noisy and a little intimidating to her, so every time we would go near it she would just cuddle up to me and bury her head in my shoulder-lil' sweet thing!

Everyone slept well there-Hannah had a closet all to herself and Caitlin and Matthew shared a big kid room-and so it felt like we had plenty of space when we needed a break from the sun. During that time C and M learned how to (sort of) play yahtzee and monopoly. Its so great that they are getting big enough to play games with!

All in all it was wonderful! We just love St. Simons....here are some pictures!




Laying out...and digging.
Hanging out with daddy in the waves! They managed to find a ton of little crabs and sand dollars-I guess the warm temperatures brought everyone out to play :)
Caitlin at the beach
Hannah eating at one of the restaurants-she loves french fries!
At the playground by the pier...
Eating after a long day at the beach!
"No pictures here please!"
Mommy and The Babies
Daddy and Caitlin and Matthew. In their new bathing suits. Which we had to buy first thing because mommy forgot to pack them.

This crocodile (alligator?) was swimming around skippers fish camp..where we had dinner...(it was right on the water)...hoping that someone was going to fall in...yikes!
At the pool! These shots are a little blurry...I think my camera was sweating :)

The fam...(the crocodile/alligator was right below us)
Lil' Caitlin. Doing her latest camera smile-

Rub a Dub Dub, Three...

...babies in the tub!!