Beach Trip part 3

We love our days on the beach!!!

Miss Lily with her pinwheel. Mimi always gets us at least one pinwheel to put in the ground by the chairs.

We had a short walk to get to the water. William had to help Joseph occassionally.

These were the BEST floats to ride waves. They are called inflatable surfboards and were very hard to find down there. Our first two blew away one day and I drove 45 minutes one way to get some more-the last two they had!

Lily chillaxin'.

Mommy and Lily

Daddy and William

Papa Bill and Joseph. Joseph had days where he wanted to dive in and days where he wanted to be anywhere but on the beach. This was one of the days he wanted to go to the house!




My son who LOVES the beach and the water!!

Beach Trip part 2

Sunday was fun with a Bible story about preaching God's Word. Each kid took turns "preaching". Lily preached, but we got that on video instead of just a pic.


After our church service we went to Ft. Morgan. William has been looking forward to this FOREVER! He is our little history lover and one of his favorite outings is checking out old forts and ships. Two years ago we went to the USS Alabama Battleship, so we thought this year it was time to brave the heat and sun and let him see the fort. We walked all around the dark tunnels and around the outer walls.

Lily and William braving the dark corners of the fort-it was really cute!

The view of the Lighthouse from atop the fort walls.

We cooled off in the museum. The kids loved the canon they could climb all over. Check out Joseph's face...

Beach Trip part 1

This year we stayed in an itty bitty cabin at Ft. morgan with David's parents. We thought we weren't going to get to go, so this was a treat!

Papa Bill and Mimi treated us all to an afternoon at The Track. As you can see, everyone got to ride gocarts and even some horses. I love the look on Joseph's face and the way he slid down into the seat. David said that the first go round, Joseph had successfully unbuckled himself. David had to quickly rebuckle the boy before he flew out!

Indian Creek Company

This spring we also participated in the Selma Reenactment once again. This year, though, we embarked on a new adventure in Civil War Reenacting. We have always portrayed civilians of one sort or another, but never have we attempted the shopkeeper. When the sponsors contacted us to see if we would be interested in creating an authentic sutler set-up, we could not resist. My mom and dad set about constructing the store itself and making whatever leather goods and clothing they had time to make and I set about creating authentic labels and products often found in traveling sutleries following the armies.
The process was extremely time consuming, but the result was rewarding. Scores of people came through and not only bought things, but were also interested in learning what the shops following the army actually carried. I helped Daddy "keep" the shop and the rest of the family did their normal thing. We had some old friends there with their children. They were about the same age as ours, so the kids had a great time.





A few weeks later, William and I went with Pop to Tannehill State Park for the reenactment. We had a great time, especially William and me getting to stay in the camper at night. Someone else there had some paper latterns like the ones in Tangled, the movie, that they let go each night.

Catch Up!

Sorry we've been a little busy!!! I will attempt to play catch-up for the next few days. Sorry if you get bombarded with posts :)
This spring, when the business began, we did "The Music Man" for our annual musical. This was the first year that William was old enough to participate and boy, did he participate! He was a townsperson and a boy in the boy's band. The first night he "played" a clarinet. He couldn't get it to make any sound, so the second night he got to "play" a flute and fluted it up! He and about 4 or 5 of his classmates participated.

You are 1 1/2

You are a climber. You think you can talk, but only occasionally do real words come out and they are usually whole sentences. You are daring and strong. You are very good at moving around and climbing without falling. You love to suck your thumb. You love your Mommy and love when Daddy gets home each day. You love to play with William and Lily. You think it is fun to follow them around. You love to be held close and sometimes don't want to go to nursery. You can say a few words well-Uhhu, Mama, Dada, Bye, and various other random words. You made up your own sign language for "I love you." You cup your hands and knock them together to say I love you. You love to pay games with people and to wrestle with Dad. You have just started to be interested in books. Your favorite book right now is :Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumbs" by Dr. Seuss. You like to copy sounds. You like to try and run away from people. You like to sing and hum. You love to laugh. You have a very big smile that is contagious. You love your family! We love you! You are 1 and a half!

You are 3

You are a princess, or at least you think you are. You love pink. You are a big helper. You are pretty good at cleaning up messes. You love to chew pink gum and are excited when you can keep from swallowing it. You love your brothers. You love to rock with Mom and fish kiss Daddy. You love to pretend to do school work. You love Toy Story (all 3 movies). You love "Green Guy." You love Veggie Tales. You listen to a cd each night as you go to sleep, usually Veggie Tales singing cds. You love to sleep with a blanket on and around your face. You like to have your hair down, but out of your face with a bow. You do not like to ride in a van with everyone, but enjoy riding in a truck with one other person. You are daring, but careful. You love peanut butter ad jelly sandwiches and sour cream and onion potato chips. You are a pretty picky eater, but you love fruit. You say things like Mommy. You like to make jokes. You like to sing and you're pretty good at it! You are very sensitive to noises and things you see, but are getting better at not freaking out! You love being a flower girl. You love sweet things and could live off of cookies. You are so special and we love you very much!