July 4th Beach Weekend

To say that we had a BLAST at the beach this past weekend is an under statement. Cory and the kids and I headed down there Thursday afternoon, my parents met us there on Friday afternoon, and Nana came down for a few days on Saturday afternoon. When we first arrived (Thursday afternoon), I thought it was going to be a looooooooong weekend because the seaweed was so thick and was still washing in. And not to mention it STUNK! It pays to know someone that works down there let me tell ya! All it took was a sweet little Facebook message and a phone call and the beach in front of our neighborhood was scraped! The seaweed was still rolling in on Friday, so we let the kiddos play on the slip and slide at the house and by Saturday, it seemed to be slacking off.

We were lucky enough to spend a few days at the beach with the DeSanto family. They just moved to Forney and it just so happened that they were going to be down at their fish camp the same weekend, so we made it a point to get together. Anthony is 2 weeks older than B&B (and he was even Burkley's pod mate in the NICU) and little Miss Avery is 4 months old and is just as precious as she can be!

Brooks fell in love with Miss. Tassie this weekend! Looks like Uncle Mark is going to have some competition!!Brooks was the "ladies" man this weekend on the beach. He loved playing washers, digging in the sand, sitting on the "boat ski", and playing in the water. Little man was WORE out every day!

The beach was PACKED. All you could see for miles and miles were tents hooked together. We enjoyed our little neighborhood block party on the beach!Burkley had a BLAST on the beach this weekend too. She wasn't a huge fan of the seaweed (she's just like her momma) and really didn't want anything to do with the water until the last full day on the beach. She enjoyed playing washers, digging in the sand with her cousins, and taking naps on the beach!Brooks showing off his washer skills! He's going to be a pro in just a few years!I just LOVE the middle picture of Burkley! She sat and dug in the sand for HOURS! And nothing cools you off better than a big ol' rocket pop!Various pictures of everyone having some fun in the sun/shade!And this just blew my mind! My little ones, along with their cousin Karson and friend Anthony, were playing with little dead fish that were on the beach. I was in shock that both of mine were even touching them, especially Burkley. They had fun playing with them and I guess that's all that matters. And don't worry, I made sure their hands were clean afterwards!On the last day, I realized that I was the one taking all the pictures, therefore, I wasn't going to be in any. So, to document that I was indeed part of the July 4th beach party, I had my mom snap a few pictures! And if you look closely at the pictures of everyone in the water, you will notice Brooks. Yep, he decided that he wanted to venture out on the last day! He kept saying that he wanted to go deeper!!Can you tell which 2 pictures Brooks took all by himself?The ice cream man had to have made a killing this weekend. He drove up and down the beach all day long! We for sure kept him in business! If you can't tell from the collage of pictures, we had a BLAST at the beach!!! It's so nice having a place to go to relax and hang out with family and friends. I love that B&B love the beach just as much as I did when I was their age. I can't wait to make more memories at the beach with them! Hope everyone had a fantastic 4th just like our family!

XOXO

Mini Me

If you follow me on Facebook, then you saw a few of these pictures yesterday! And if you knew me when I was little, this little princess looked like a mini me yesterday with those braided piggies. That's how I wore my hair all of the time growing up (except mine were french braided)!

Such a mess, but a cute one at that!!!

HELP

For some reason I have been unable to leave comments on blogs that I typically comment on. Does anyone have any clue what's going on? And if so, can you help? I hate not being able to leave comments of my blog friends blogs!!! Thanks!

Lloyd Family Reunion 2011

Last weekend we loaded up and headed to Ft. Worth for the Lloyd Family Reunion (Cory's MiMi's side of the family...on his mothers side)! Aunt Judy was the hostess with the mostess this year and she did a fantastic job. It was the first time in years (I think almost 7...since our wedding) that Cory and all of his cousins have been together in one spot.

We spent Friday afternoon/night at Aunt Judy and Big Jim's house swimming, dining on some yummy BBQ, and fellowshipping.
Then on Saturday morning up loaded up and headed to Mansfield to visit with Uncle Todd and his family and PeePaw. She hadn't seen the twins since they were 7-8 months old. Needless to say, she was in love with them and they sure put on a good show for her! We swam and chit chatted for a few hours, and then it was time to head back to the hotel for a quick nap before getting ready for the BIG family dinner (there were about 81 people in attendance). Pictures of our trip to Uncle Todd's house to come!

As you can probably tell, a good time was had by all!

Have You Missed Us?!?!

I know, I know, I know...it's been waaaaaaaaaaay tooooooooooooo long since I have updated this blog. I have had every intention to update since the big move, but I'm just now getting around to doing so. Although the move was a success, I do not recommend moving...have no clue how on earth people do it more than a few times. We only lived in our house just a little over 3 years, and boy, did/do we have a LOT. I will get around to posting pictures of the move at some point! We closed on the 26th (official "homeless" date) and had to be out by 5PM last Friday. Anyway, we are moved and settling into our new normal over here. For those of you who do not know, we are very fortunate to be able to have my in laws garage apartment/game room to stay in until we decide what exactly we want to do! It has a full kitchen (with more cabinet space then our house), a bathroom, and a large living area with 4 pinball machines, a jute box, pool table, full (and stocked) bar, couches, 50 something inch flat screen TV and much, much more. Oh...and I can't forget to mention that we have on site baby sitting!! Not everyone gets to have a pool table at the foot of their bed and and pinball machines next to them! So, don't feel sorry for us...we aren't slumming! We also LOVE being only 10 minutes from my parents...man, it's so nice living so close to everyone!

This past weekend, we headed down to the beach house! It was the first trip for the summer and it will for sure not be the last. We were in need for some fun in the sun, and that's just what we got. The weather was great, the water was nice, and there wasn't much seaweed (thank goodness). B&B did so much better this year...they LOVED digging in the sand, looking for shells, and playing in the water. Looks like we will be spending Cory's weekends off at the beach this summer...unless we have something planned.

Enough rambling, I know you really want to see pictures of B&B! Enjoy! Now that I feel "kind of" caught up, I'll try my best to post more often (but the Internet has a mind of it's own up here)!

Take care! I'll be back...I promise!