Un-clog the blog

So I've been a little paused and behind on the blog (and an assortment of other areas in my life;)....So glad some noteworthy pictures and a full fun weekend are helping me unclog my blog procrastination.

The Princess at Chick-fil-A..Make up, face paint, princesses, and chicken nuggets....what more could she want?

Daddy cuddles...always room for everyone.

Dolphin Tale 2...we've been waiting.

Tinley and Braxton and a pajama party.

Dance Days...Tinley always wants the brightest craziest tights in the class.  So far it's working out.

Fun in Atlanta with our friends. Although we've been to Lego  Discovery Center a couple of times, this time they had the most fun with their buddies.

Lego Girls

The Green Ninja (has been in our lives since it's first debut). Oh green ninja, we have spent so much money on legos because of you. Parker was thrilled at the new Ninjago laser maze.

The little cheerleader.

 This face...need say no more.

Serious and silly pizza making. 

Just hand over the cupcakes....Never too much celebrating.

The Snuggle Bunnies

These boys enjoyed lego building, ninja-ing, and being pretty silly.

Life is better if someones holding your hand...especially if they are this cute!

These fun weekends do fly by...but they sure are sweet!

School Days

School days have started (for some of us at least). We've had an unusual start of without me going...but I'm very proud of how these two have handled their first days.  They've conquered the first days of having to get up and get going and even a little homework. Now to make it about 170 more...

Can't believe the little boy look is gone... a big 3rd grade year for a growing guy.
 

 

Last year of preschool for this girl. It's hard to ever call her big but her book bag no longer looks like it's  going to make her fall over and she has some confidence about this school thing!

 

Have fun!

8 is GREAT!

All less than 24 hours of it that is. But so far 8's been really great for Parker!  Of course when you've been doing all these things that 8 year olds (particularly 8 year old boys) like to do, it's hard to go wrong!

Gaming!

 

 Winning tickets!

 

Bumper Cars!

 

 

 

This group ready to take on Laser Tag!

 

So maybe it's not just 8 year old boys it's fun for;)

What is this cake you ask?... A Pokemon ball. Not especially interesting to most but exactly what Parker wanted.

 

Serious Pokemon card trading...

 

 A good time had by all!

Cruising to the end of summer...

We just got back from our cruise to the Bahamas... We had a great time together!  And if it has to be close to the end of summer (my summer that is) it was a great way to squeeze out every bit of sunshine, sand, and ocean (lots and lots of ocean).

Here we are leaving Charleston and taking the first of many selfies. We aren't really used to taking pictures of ourselves and rarely make it in a photo when are kids are around so it was a new hobby for us.

On the beach in Freeport...although it looks like rain behind us- it never came and the sunshine came through nice and strong!

What can I say? White sand and tan feet make me happy.

 Guess where we took this?

 A little kayaking in some of that beautiful water.

A picture of our home for the week in the background from Nassau.

Apparently it's Christmas all year long in Nassau. One little Santa still hanging out here waiting for his big day to roll back around.

Brandon enjoying the water in Nassau...I'm gonna guess he'll wish his self back here on Monday morning.

Enjoyed seeing God's beautiful creation from this view. Wow.

We had a great trip but we were ready to see these kiddos. I think they might have been having too much fun to miss us- Myrtle Beach and your grandparents...life is good!

And of course while your parents are gone, you gotta get your first (airbrushed) tattoo.

The Lazy River is looking more fun than lazy here.

The last bit of beach life before school starts!

Thanks to Ganny and Grandaddy for a great week for all of us. We are so thankful for these memories!

Staying busy!

Weird animal fun! We had a great time being weird and wacky at this years VBA.

Tinley loves learning the new songs!

 

 Parker and his "zoo crew"

 

 

Parker and Tinley trying out Booya's glasses..

 

A fun trip to the Concord Mills aquarium with Grandpa and Grandma

 

 Back to the lake for some relaxing...

 

 and fun!

And some "summer cleaning" with the help of Booya.  After many trips to the trash, Goodwill, and Consignment stores we cleaned out many rooms in our house and even found a place for all of Tinley's shoes and clothes so we could see her floor;)

Thank you Booya- Parker enjoyed his sleepovers and we appreciated the help!