Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Spring Break Road Trip

Family pic on the Carnathan's dock
Sweet little Connor-man, 3 1/2 years old
Good buddies, Weston and Noah
My Westie-boo, 5 1/2 years old  
Will and me
Connor driving Atlin in the John Deere

Connor, so full of mischief!
Sweet Evie is too!

Precious pic of the kids

Posing with the fire hats and badges we made

At Sea World, with the penguin

Waiting on a show to start

James and Daddy waiting to see Shamu

Sweet Baby James, 6 months old

Waiting to see the killer whales

Evie gazing in awe

Weston playing at Ormond Beach

James relaxing at the beach

Weston happy as can be

Connor running on the sand

Brothers working together

Connor hitting and throwing a ball

View from the beach house

Only footsteps to the beach

Precious beach house Abby's parents let us borrow for a few days

Carnathan and Parrott kids running together on the beach

The exciting announcement photo
Hilarious pic of Brent
Me and Abs
My favorite pic of Evie and Connor
For Spring Break this year, we traveled to the Orlando area to visit our friends, the Carnathans.  We stayed a whole week, and had a lot of fun.  While we were there, we celebrated Noah's 5th birthday with a family cookout.  There was plenty of entertainment for the kids in the country.  The boys picked oranges from the trees in the backyard.  They climbed trees, ate picnic lunches and chocolate chip cookies, pretended to be firemen, went on trailer rides, and played wildly with big sticks like they were swords and guns.  James experienced a few firsts: we took a trip to Sea World, and then spent a few days in Ormond Beach.  Weston became hooked on DVD episodes of Flipper that the Blairs had in their beach house.  We all left there wanting to move to Florida, so we could enjoy warm weather and our sweet friends year round. 

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Mardi Gras at the Beach

Weston and Connor playing in the sand together
Cookie time
So happy
Leaning together and making "Aaaaaah" noises
Connor on the putting green
Weston playing putt putt
Enjoying a ride on a dinosaur
Waiting on a parade
Separating beads into two piles
Napping after a fun week at the beach
During the first week of March, Mimi and Grandy took Weston and Connor to their first Mardi Gras at Orange Beach.  The boys had a blast!  Our house was eerily quiet for five whole days.  James got some good quality time with both parents.  Weston and Connor went to the zoo, played putt putt, rode rides, ate ice cream, and went to several parades.  Connor got a hole in one on the golf course.  The boys brought home a collection of beads, stuffed animals, and moon pies.  Now, Weston's new favorite food is "fried shrimp from the Doc's".  He is still talking about it.  The boys' favorite memory from the trip was when a goose from the Gulf Shores Zoo poked his head through his pen and bit Mimi on the knee!  They thought that was so funny.  Poor Mimi!