We're Back!

We are officially beach bums and the crazy part is we'll be going back the end of the month for 5 days w/ Greg's family.  We have been spoiled rotten by all of these invites! I'm thankful our kids love the beach as much as we do.  I don't know what God has in store for us, but I can totally picture Greg & I retiring there someday :-) We had never been to emerald isle before and we really loved this beach! The beach was so wide and the water was amazing.  We had a house full of folks and there was never a dull moment...I mean with 6 kids in the house, it was pretty wild/loud!! Lets see we had Aunt Twy and Uncle Mark, my mom(aka:mimi), my crew plus Katie Bug, then my cousin Jordan and his wife Carey...and their 3 kiddos( Caroline, Sam, & Stella).  My sister and Brain came down on the 4th to have dinner with us! The community we stayed in had a little parade on the 4th and the kids were thrilled that candy was thrown out! the first couple of days were a washout and then the rest of the week was gorgeous! our days pretty much went like this: wake up late, eat, go to the pool for a bit and then spend the rest of the day on the beach, come home take showers, eat dinner, ride around the neighborhood on the golf cart picking out which home we would like to own and then go to bed! It was wonderful and now we are back to reality again! This week we are playing catch up and then we are off to Busch Gardens on Friday with a group from church! Sunday is Madi's baptism & also the kick off day for VBS! Oh and I forgot to mention that tomorrow Madi is getting braces!!  Busy much??!!  So as you can see, I'll have lots to blog about.   Here are a few pics from our trip!  hugs-Kyla

 

Summer Lovin...

Let me introduce you to our new neighbor, Raven!  Isn't she adorbale?  Will just loves her!

Charlie's Angel's!

Posing with sweet Raven!

Ignore the chocolate popscicle that's all over Will's face...we just wait and hose em' off before we go inside!

a little bit-of-sidewalk chalk fun!

And the sprinkler...

Our first summer bounty!!  I feel all "little house on the praire-ish"! Let me just say those beans were good...best I've ever had.  maybe because I was sweatin while I was picking them and I went inside and washed, snapped and cooked them! It made me feel GREAT! I know...I can't help myself!

my helper!

Will wanted mommy to get in the water with him...so I did!

till next time...were making memories! Kyla

Chick-Fil-A kids night

I'm always up for an excuse NOT to cook.  I LOVE to cook big meals..like Thanksgiving, Easter, Christmas,etc... It's the everyday cooking that I get bored with.  I get in these kicks where I plan out meals and I do good for about 2 weeks and then it goes down hill! Ok...back to kids night.  So we needed to make a quick trip to home depot ( another one of our fav.hangouts) and I suggested that we take the kids to Chick-Fil-A....since Tuesday's are kids nights.  Obviously I've never been and maybe all of them are not the same?? I had heard they did some type of craft and that was true...that part was nice.  The not so nice part was that the "cow" was out walking around...mingling with the crowd.  It was a nice touch at first...until Will became OBSESSED with the cow! Like...he couldn't eat and started screaming at the cow! It was funny at first and it's funny now talking about it....but it got to the point where Greg and I were like "we gotta get him outta here...FAST"! I actually thought he would be scared.....NOT!! Will just became more and more comfortable with the cow....like he was his long lost friend or something! Let's just say he cried/screamed pretty much the whole way home saying " I want cow, I want cow"! I'm OK if we don't see that cow again for another year!  We couldn't go that long without eating Chick-Fil-A....we just won't be going on kids night!

till next time! Kyla

Father's Day Weekend!

This weekend was great!  Greg was with us for the whole weekend, which is a rare event given his crazy firefighter schedule!  Friday night we went to a Durham Bulls game and the weather couldn't have been any better (very little humidity and a nice breeze =a happy mama). This was Will's first baseball game and I wasn't sure that we would be able to stay longer than for about 30 minutes :-) I am happy to report that he did fantastic and he LOVED IT!!  At the bottom of the 6th inning, we were all getting tired and started to pack up our mess plus it was after 9pm.  I told Will we were going home and he started to scream " NO, I want baseball"!!  It was so funny..we stayed for another 10 minutes and then left.  The funny part is that he was actually watching the game!!  I think we may have a ball player on our hands!
Saturday morning we headed to Duke Gardens for a family picnic with Greg's family and afterwards we went to the pool for a little while. I managed to get very few pictures due to chasing a wild toddler but I'll share what I have! Sunday we went to church with my grandparents ( and my dad too) then went to their house for lunch.  It was a really great day! Greg doesn't like for me to brag about him, but hey....you should give credit where credit is due!  Our kids have no clue how lucky they are to have such a wonderful daddy. Anyone can be a father, but it takes a special man to be a "daddy".  Greg reminds me so much of his dad, Marvin, who passed away several years ago. Greg does everything and we truly are a team...he cooks, cleans, does laundry, changes diapers...whatever needs to be done.  He has patience beyond belief and he loves nothing more than to just stay home and hang out with his family. What I love most is that he knows the importance of teaching his kids about God's love and he shows that through his actions and words.  I Love you Greg and I am so thankful to have you as a husband.  Thank you for being an AWESOME daddy to Madi & Will....we are all SO VERY BLESSED. I am equally thankful for my dad...he means SO much to me!  Thank you dad for all you do and for being such a WONDERFUL GRANDPA!! These pictures are in random order...

                                                      HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!