HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!

We got back from the beach on Saturday and then celebrated Ed's Birthday on Sunday. I wont say how how OLD he is.....

Daddy and his boys after church (love how you can see how tan they are from the beach).

Daddy's cake Christian picked it out- (It was yummy but I must say those candles were horrible by the time I got them all lit the first ones were melting all over the cake)
Why would he be smiling like this?? Only because one of his gifts was for a 1hr. massage and he is SO EXCITED! Enjoying some cake!

The Birthday Man

and he did enjoy his cake too but this is his attitude face.... =)

We hope that you had a great Birthday Daddy!! We love you and are so thankful for all you do for us!

Here is a short video of the boys jumping in the pool while we were at the beach. So glad they are water babies!!

Myrtle Beach~

Here are just a few of my favorite pictures from the beach so far there will be more to come....

So excited to finally be at the beach!

Benjamin took a spill and as you can see didn't like it too much but I LOVE the picture! This is a great picture of the boys playing together in the water they were having a blastSweet Boy enjoying some icecreamOh my word...love this picture of my "baby"

Favorite Quotes

Christian said two of the cutest things today:

The family that we are at the beach with arrived this afternoon and Christian said lets go to the beach you know its 100 miles long

The second was as we were getting ready to put the kids to bed (Benjamin and Christian are sharing a room and Cael is in a room by himself.) Christian stopped and told Cael Benjamin and I are going to be right here in this room just let us know if you need anything at all. Lol so sweet for him to be willing to help.

M. E. S. S. Y.

This boy is super cute and adorable......

BUT....

he can make the biggest mess! There is not a snack

or meal dessert included that he can eat without getting M.E.S.S.Y. SERIOUSLY- you couldn't just use your spoon?!and playing in the dirt...well thats a another whole story =)

but the good news is he cleans up REALLY well! There is just something about this little boy who looks and acts so much like me. Dirty or not I love him to pieces!

First Movie

Last Friday was a very exciting day at our house....TOY STORY 3 was coming out and we were going!! Ed and I took Christian out on a date with us while Benjamin stayed with a friend. He was beside himself with excitment! It was his first full movie in a theater. (I tried to take him and Benjamin to a free movie last summer and it didn't work out).


Our Family getting ready to go to the movie- can you see the excitment!TOY STORY 3!! Check out his shirt =) He was checking out the theaterEnjoying his first taste of movie theater popcorn and a drink a special treat and Yummy!!! The movie was suppose to start at 11:40 well at 12:00 it still had not started! We were not paying to see the movie in 3D it was going to cost more plus I didn't think Christian would really care. So the previews started and then they stopped and started again in 3D. So long story short we actually saw the movie in 3D which was neat. Here he is sporting his 3D glasses so cool!

Family First

Before we had littles we used to go camping from time to time....Ed has been wanting to take the boys camping for awhile. So we celebrated Fathers Day one week early and went Camping for 1 night.

The van packed for O.N.E. night of camping (insert oh my how are we going to pack for the beach for a whole week!?!)The Tent- TADA as Benjamin says =)Christian was beside himself to finally be camping!! Benjamin was just a ball of sweat he is very hot natured like his mama- oh and thats ice in his hand he was eatting on to help cool down. So excited to help Daddy cook the hotdogs! Watching the fireBenjamin's turnYummy! What camping trip is complete without Smores? When we were done with dinner we fixed smores and Christian loved them Benjamin could have cared less he was not interested at all!Testing out the water at the lake before bed! My boysSnuggles with Daddy before bed there were no pictures after they went to sleep because lets just say it took them awhile to get there =) Playing in the lake Christian LOVED playing in the lake and floating around...he thought he neeed his life vest and his swim ring plus hes got his bucket in his hand.

We had a great time camping and look forward to going again. The boys keep asking if we can go tomorrow.

To Blog or Not to Blog...

So I must be honest I have really let the blog S.L.I.D.E. I have not kept up with it at all like I thought I would. A lot of my friends have amazing blogs that they keep up with at least daily if not weekly. I dont know why I find it so hard to blog, if I am honest I would probably fall into the catagory of a blog stalker always looking to see who has updated or if there is anything new out there. I have really just gotten into a rut with mine. So at this point I am trying to decide~ blog and keep it up or not blog at all. Any thoughts or suggestions out there??

Now I couldnt leave without posting a few pictures....ENJOY~

Christian at the Zoo LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture of him! He looks SO BIG!!

I did some editing with the picture and I think I LOVE them both! My big boy playing in the pool- Benjamin my little tuff guy
and he definetly has a W.I.L.D. side~