Happy Birthday

Had a great birthday this year! Started out the day with breakfast at Mimi's, thanks April!

 Then Brian and I got treated to a night out without kiddos, thanks Baxters! Then we headed over to my momma's for dinner. 

So blessed to have such wonderful family!

Legos

Don't want to forget lego time with this little guy. Guess I can't really call him little anymore as he's approaching 8 years old! He prefers his pants ripped and his hair crazy. But he still wants mom or dad to play legos and hug him before bed.

Melanie's 9 year old session

Took Melanie and the kids down to my favorite spot in Old Town to try and get some pics of our new 9 year old. We had fun, but it was just too hot, so we didn't stay long. Here were some fun pics from our shoot.

 And had to get some of this cutie too!

July 4th Weekend

We had a great holiday weekend! Headed out to the beach on Saturday and stayed ALL day. The kid's loved boogie boarding, swimming and playing in the sand. The beach is definitely more fun as the kids get older.

On Sunday we headed out to Grammy's!

 Grammy has been teaching Melanie how to knit!

Then Monday we celebrated with sparklers and glow sticks in the backyard.

Gotta love 3 day weekends filled with fun.

Library

The last few summers we've joined the summer reading program at the library. It gives us something to do, the kid's love picking out books each week and Mom loves the free coupons that they get each week because that gives us even more things to do for free! We made some fun bags this year too so it's easier to keep track of all the library books! After this particular trip, we headed to Pat and Oscar's for our free meals.

If only we lived closer to all of our cousins so we could all go together!!

Birthday Girl

My sweet Melanie Grace turned 9 years old! I know I say it every year, but where does the time go?? She's such an amazing girl! This past year she's done AWESOME in school and grown up so much. It seems like she looks less and less like my little chubby cheeked girl and more and more like a young woman. We celebrated with family over the weekend and the kids had a blast doing water balloons and squirt guns. I think Brian and Uncle Vince actually got the most wet!

 Auntie amanda made the cutest little cupcake toppers for Melanie. She just loved them!

Melanie also wanted to celebrate her birthday with one of her good friends! So Monday we headed over to Painted Earth to paint something pretty and followed it with lunch at chik fil a! The girls had a great time and I loved tagging along. Thanks Auntie Amanda for watching the younger Watson's!!