Friday Night Special

What to do on a Friday night when the big guy is working?

Hmmm...play with my photos.

Enjoy the Friday Night Special.....Black and White!! 

Enjoy your weekend.

Nothing Like Girlfriends

I recently got to spend a weekend at the beach with girlfriends I have known for over 20 years! These are the kind of girlfriends I could call at anytime and we pick up where we left off.  We all turned 40 this past year so we decided to have a celebration.  It was a weekend of nothing but relaxation, catching up and laughing about old times.

Meet Pam and Kim.  Aren't they cute!  Pam and I were college roommates.  You should have seen our dorm room.  We were complete opposites.  Her side....VERY NEAT!  My side....A COMPLETE DISASTER!  Kim and Christy (who could not be with us at the beach.  We missed you bunches.) were roommates.  The 4 of us have been friends ever since our freshman year in college.  

I had to post the picture of Pam.  It just makes me laugh.  She looks like she is hiding from the paparazzi.  Well, I have to admit I was taking lots of pictures.

Here is me and Kimbo.  She got me through my college business classes.

Enjoying an afternoon on the beach.  Next time ladies, I will bring the portable potty.  LOL!

I enjoyed my weekend with you.  Pam, Happy Big 40!  Kim, I hope you are doing great on your road trip.  Christy, we sure did miss you.  Love ya'll bunches!

Our Fun Times

Ok, I promised a few more pictures of our fun time at the beach.  I thought I better get these posted because school starts tomorrow.  Yikes!  I am still on "Turtle Time".  A term used frequently at BHI.

Up First.....

Is my guy.  He is hanging out on the beach until he sees......

a crab.  He grabs the green bucket and literally chases a crab down the beach.  We were all laughing and the kids were screaming "Get it Daddy."

He got it!

The kids loved it.  Bailey wanted to keep it for a pet.  We did the right thing and let it go.

Next up is...

Tye Dye T-Shirts.  We had our first experience of tye dye.  I am not sure if I would want to try this at home but it was fun.  The pool has a craft for the kids every day.  Tye Dye is scheduled for every Thursday.  Bailey enjoyed picking out the colors but did not want anything to do with getting her hands dirty.  We decided the next week we would make the cousins all a t-shirt.  Bailey surprised me and did the dipping and everything.  Of course with gloves.  I got these pictures the first time but did not have my camera the second time.  I know...what was I thinking when I left the house without the camera.

Next....

the kids having lots of fun on the beach.

Keenan needed a snack after all that work.  He was all about the snack and his beach chair.

It truly was a wonderful trip.  It brought so much joy to just be with my kids and hubby and no other distractions.  The big decisions were what time are we going to the beach and what kind of ice cream do we want.  It was very refreshing.

I am not quite ready to kick off my flip flops but school starts in the morning.  I better get to bed.  I hope everyone has a blessed day.

A few smiles

Wow, 2 weeks of no cell phone and internet connection!!!  It can do wonders.  We just had 2 amazing weeks of nothing but family time and relaxation.  I can't wait to share more pictures with you.  Pictures of Bailey designing her first tye dye (tye tye as Keenan calls it) shirt, Keenan relaxing in his beach chair and Scott catching a crab will be on the list to share.  For right now, I am going to post these black and white ones.  Yes, B&W....my favorite!

We went to an oyster roast while we were at the beach.  So while Scott was enjoying the steamed oysters, I shot some pictures of the kids running around in a grassy area.  I had fun taking the pictures but later regretted that I did not chow down on the oysters.  I do love steamed oysters.  Crack it open, slide it on a cracker and put some cocktail sauce.  Yum.  I wished I had gotten some pictures of the setup.  They had large wooden tables that they shoveled the oysters on to.  No plates or anything.  You just ate right off the table.  However, I was a little shy about taking pictures of people I did not know.  It was a fun night.  

Glad to be home.  

The Differences

There are many differences between the two.  This being one.

These pictures were taken after the kids enjoyed a bag of Cheetos (a rare thing).

Need I say more?

Wanna Go For A Swim?

Grab your towel because we are about to get wet.  Our brave little girl is no longer on the side of the pool.  In fact, she is in the deep in with her life jacket on.  Her legs are kicking and her arms are going.  She is not screaming.  She is smiling from ear to ear.  She just finished 2 weeks of swim lessons.

We celebrated with a game of air hockey.  

See you at the pool.  Oh yea, we will be a the big pool this summer.  The days of mommy hanging out on the side of the baby pool are long gone.

Perfect For Me

We are not perfect but we are perfect for each other!!

This is one of our favorite sayings to each other.  I am definitely not perfect and very thankful the big guy in the house accepts my imperfections.  As much as I would like to say that my husband is perfect, he does have a few....just a few, slight, small...going easy here....faults.  Just like all of us!  With God's grace, we strengthen each other.

Tomorrow will be 11 years since my honey and I walked down the aisle.  

He is not only perfect for me but perfect for our kids.  He is the rock in our family.

Happy Anniversary!! Don't work too hard today and we will celebrate next week.

Love you,

Pumpkin Boo Wife Mommy

(now everyone knows your name for me)