more Beach photos!

Arleigh and Riley with the Skim Board!
What a cute surfer dude....
The entire gang! Amazingly a pretty good picture for so many people to be in it! You can't really tell, but that is a big beach chair we are all sitting on!

Panama City Beach

Wow...what a crowded car!!! 7 kids in the back seat at once!!!

ok...we didn't really ride down there like this....we did take two vehicles.

Best Buds on the Beach!
Ready to learn some skim boarding!
I love this picture....

We spent this past weekend down in Panama City Beach with my cousin Chris, Amanda, and their kids....Darrien, Dakota and Arleigh. We also took along our adopted son...Aaron. We had a blast cruisin' the strip....hanging out at the beach....and just chilling with our family. It was a very memorable weekend and we look forward to doing it again in the near future. The boys had a great time learning the art of Skim Boarding and actually even Riley got the hang of it.

Waterworld

This is Dylan's "special" friend from school....Tori! We have really enjoyed getting to spend time with them this summer. They are a wonderful family!
Tori, Dylan, Riley, Maria and Audrey
What's up.......man????
The girls....I brought the boys.....someone else had to bring the girls! We had so much fun with them!!!!

We spent a big part of our summer hanging out at Waterworld in Dothan with our friends. We bought a family season pass and definitely got our use out of the passes. The boys love being in the water and hanging with their friends.

more Circus photos

Riley holding Seth! Riley just loves Seth and loves trying to take care of him! They are going to be so cute together in kindergarten this upcoming school year. Lisa (Seth's mom) said "they will be the only little boys walking down the hallway holding hands".
Our clowns...Dylan, Seth, Ashley, Riley and Maria
One last photo before we head home...Dylan, Riley, Seth and Ashley

The Greatest Show on Earth!

We got some good tickets to the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus here in Dothan. We (me, Dylan and Riley) went along with my friend Lisa and her two kids and my friend Kim and her daughter. The kids had an absolute blast!!!! It was an awesome show and kept us well entertained for the entire two hours.

Notice the cell phone that he is talking on....yes...it is my phone!
Future clown!
Clown in training!
Once again...my cell phone...being balanced on this guys nose!
This was one of the best clowns I have ever seen! He was hiliarious (as clowns are supposed to be).

All the boys!!!

Riley, Dylan, Easton, Taylor and Aaron

more Caverns pictures

I love the group hug picture of all the boys (minus Michael who is just too little to get the the middle of these guys).
These snapshots were taken at the Water's pool the evening that we returned from Florida Caverns.

Florida Caverns State Park

We took a little Saturday trip and went down to Florida Caverns State Park with the Water's family. We took a one hour tour of the caverns and then had a little picnic and let the boys swim out at the water hole. The boys loved the cavern and are begging to go again for a "flashlight" tour. We had plans to go canoeing but due to the lack of canoes we had to pass.

Riley showering off (really just playing in the water)
Taylor after his swim

The boys were explaining to Kim and I just how cold that water was!
Just hanging out enjoying the Florida sun!
A jump in unison with all 4 boys !

more 4th of July photos

More snapshots from the 4th of July!

Hanging out waiting for the fireworks to begin! Look at all those pretty legs...ha ha!
Taylor and Aaron going for a dive (really showing off for the girls that were there)
Two future Jedis practicing a little before the show!
Alex and McKenzie!
The kid gang patiently waiting for the fireworks!

4th of July

Michael

Taylor and Dylan going for a dive!

Michael and Dylan

Riley and Aaron (Riley adores Aaron!!)

We celebrated the 4th of July with some good friends of ours the Water's family. The have 3 boys which are close in age to our boys so we have lots in common. Their oldest son, Aaron, is Taylor's best friend and we have adopted him into our family. We enjoy spending time with this family and our thankful that we have gotten the opportunity to know them. We also met some of their friends...Mike, Cindy, Alex and Mckenzie....and enjoyed getting to know them. We spent the day hanging out at the Water's pool then we all migrated over to Ft. Rucker to watch the fireworks display.

Party at Aunt Gail's House

Bryan got stuck manning the grill
Dylan trying to perfect his back flip!
The gang is here...in the pool!

Gail had a party at her house for all the family to get together and visit with my cousin David's daughter who was in town. It was fun to see everyone again and meet some new people! Our team kicked butt in the Pictionary game....ha ha...thanks to Amanda and myself....(had to be there). They finished the evening off with the now "traditional" alligator race across the pool and Stephen now has the "title" belt until the next family get together. Congratulations Stephen!!!!

Alyssa taking a dive into the pool!
Riley has finally figured out the back flip and now loves it!
Amanda (she is going to kill me for this one)...
Riley and Grandma sitting in the swing
Taylor, Darrien and Dakota trying out the new XBox 360

Happy Father's Day!

We hope you all had a wonderful father's day. We celebrated with my mom and Alyssa (my niece) in town. We made Jeff this wonderful cookie cake...ha ha! It was fun and I think the kids liked licking the bowl better than anything. I am thankful that I have such a wonderful husband that is such a terriffic father to our boys! Happy Father's Day to all of you dad's out there!

Long Awaited Update

Finally...I have found a few extra minutes to play and jump on this computer! I apologize to all of you who have been patiently waiting for this update! Our summer has been so busy.....but so much fun! I can't believe how fast time has flown. Here are just a few updates on some of the fun we have had this summer! We have been blessed to have quite a few guests come to our house and again blessed to take some small adventures and visit with some of our family and friends. We hope all of you are enjoying your summer as much as we have been enjoying ours.