Chah-lay!

This is another little video we think is so cute....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM

It's summer! Make sure to keep well hydrated!

Ok, so this video might not be in the best of taste, but I laugh every time I see it....and so I thought it best to not be selfish in such a situation.....after all, there just might be somebody out there that needs a good laugh! Hope you enjoy watching it!

Mudpies

And of course you have to have beach time when you go to the ocean!

These 2 kiddos turned out some mighty fine mudpies. They are going to give Marie Callendar a run for her money!

Crabbing

We had never crabbed before, so Talbert taught us how! It was so fun!


We had lots of fun looking at all the little crab in between the rocks, too. There were starfish as well! Was so neat!

This was the rock jetty we climbed out on to drop the nets from.

We caught quite a few!
Then Talbert cooked them up. Jared was so happy! He loves crab!

Camping with Talbert and Karen

Talbert and Karen went camping with us over at the coast. It was so nice. We ended up with a super campsite! There was this "sand dune" right out our door, and overlooking the bay, so it was so fun for the kids. They played and played. And since there was this sand dune and some trees, we were so sheltered from the wind, and it felt so private. We were just a few steps away from the beach. I would take Chloe on a walk down on the hard sand in the mornings and evenings when it was so beautiful. We had such good weather. We couldn't have asked for nicer days!

Lots of kids got buried!
Oooh...Trent lost his head but found it in the sand...time to pick it up and put it back on! (Or am I supposed to say Jared lost his head since it is his face?!)
The girl thoroughly loving it and so glad to not have been left behind! (At least we like to think so!)

Such sweet girls....

She got pretty tired after some of her walks! She loved the ocean...it would "chase her" and then she'd chase it back! We'd often find her here on the bed sleeping!

Six Flags

Of course we had to take them to Six Flags! It was sooo packed....

Jared enjoyed this little roller coaster.
Ooooooh...Robert, I hope you can manage this one! :)
Gary, Lisa, and Kyle at our dinner break!
Byron was so scared on this ride. It was an ark that swung back and forth. I had to keep his eyes covered the whole time. If I would take my hand off, he'd immediately press my hand over his eyes again! This picture was before we got started....

Kyle and Trent LOVED the roller coasters....they were lucky enough to get front row seats on this one!

Taking Gary and Lisa out on the boat

Robert's brother Gary, his wife Lisa, and their youngest son, Kyle came to visit. We took them out on the boat. They had soooo much fun tubing! I didn't get any pictures of the skiing though, b/c Jared, Byron and I were sent to shore to lighten the load....(hmmm...should I be taking a hint there?)
As for the tubing, Robert gave them some wild rides.
Then they started to get fancy...

Sometimes they were able to hold on.......And sometimes they weren't.....



And then there's Byron...we ALMOST got him to go on the tube with us...but then he decided it was safer on the boat! No wonder, one time Jared and I were on the tube, and we told Robert to pull us REAL slowly to show Byron how it would be. "See Byron, just like this...you wouldn't even go in the water."....right then, b/c it was so slow, the tube took a dive....totally "submarined"...and Jared and I were left in the water with the tube far below! That did NOT do much to reassure him!

Robert's birthday

Well, Robert had his birthday! I think the kids were more excited about it than he was! We went to Chevy's for dinner, then came home to dessert and presents! :)

The kids get such a kick out of this picture! I had to post it!