birthday for the old man

this guy had another birthday! turns out he's not actually 38. who knew? next year! :) 

we sure love him around here! we had a "party" sunday night. avery made the party decorations. it was the cutest banner you've ever seen. it said "i love you dad. hip hip hurrah." i'm not sure when we will take it down. she worked so hard on it and of course helped make the cake. 

school pics!

it was picture day at school so i snapped a few on the way to the bus stop this morning. :) 

soccer season!

soccer has begun. both the big kids had their first game this weekend and loved! there isn't anything much cuter than four year old soccer in my opinion. avery really got out there did her best! overall, it was a lot of fun and everyone is looking forward to the next game. personally, i'm hoping it cools off just a bit! :) 

preschool!

the boys started school a few weeks ago. b loves it, of course! talks about his new friends and all the fun things he gets to do. our little man took some time to warm up but after three weeks i think we can say we are well on our way to a great experience! 

last swim

everyones hair was a little lighter, skin a little tanner, and worries non existent.
it was a good summer!

swimming!

fall is approaching and i'm busy taking pictures of other people and not my own kids. not to worry grandmas i have lots of pictures from the summer! :)

our florida vacation

since summer is almost officially over thought i would share our last hooray. we packed up and headed to destin. i haven't seen a prettier beach in the US. my honey said he would go back if it was really a place i said i needed to go back to. let me say this now, i NEED to go back. next year! not a question in my mind! we stopped in mobile on the way there and stayed the night. made it to our hotel around lunch time and then hit the beach! turns out will isn't a fan of the fine sand. it was such a fun vacation and i might have taken a ridiculous amount of pictures and i just couldn't pick which ones to share. :)

we were there the week of the boys birthdays and gigi + grandpa johnnie also came and joined us! we went out for a nice dinner to celebrate!

after dinner in watercolor we went onto the beach to take some pics! :) nothing better than a sunset on the beach!

we went to rosemary + seaside one day and walked around the towns.


the day of will's birthday it was raining so we went over to watercolor and conveniently got stuck in a down pour while we were in the ice cream shop.

and just in case i didn't take enough pics we hired a photographer! :)