Life in Pictures: How I Spent My Summer Vacation

I had over 130 photos on my phone that I may or may not have shared with y'all:

The boy did not like peas.

Our city is beautiful.

Aargh.

SJ fell asleep mid-bounce at church.

Memorial day weekend view:

Waiting for the doctor:

Indication that it's time to lower the crib mattress and remove the bumper:

At our local beach with friends BEFORE the amoeba warnings:

Brown recluse. On the back of our house.

Sweet boy one Sunday morning:

I ruined that outfit with Oxyclean.

What I've been eating lately:

Built a tent fort in the girls' room.

Happy girls:

Made more than one pan of lasagna this summer.

Spinach chicken lasagna topped with Parmesan and sun-dried tomatoes:

Patient boy:

Cloud watching at the splash pad:

Eating puffs at the splash pad:

My sisters are freaking me out with all these toys in my crib!

Mama and The Daddy went on a date.

To a concert.

Where my eardrums may have been split open.

Forgot to put on sunscreen:

(Spent five hours at the beach.)

Watched the neighbor's kids and decided I can't have more!

We have a happy boy!

A smart girl.

And one seriously competitive little/big sister.

He's getting bigger and bigger.

In a hand smocked present from Julie:

Jessie stowed away on several car trips.

Cookin' up a storm:

Rainy afternoons:

Summertime attire:

Popsicle, popsicle.

Date night with HJ, when she wistfully said,

"I really wish I could fly."

He began eating Cheerios.

He put them in the circle and couldn't get them back out again.

The Science Center was good for a rainy day. We pet the baby gator and watching them eat.

Learning new strategy:

Practicing on the green screen:

Wore ourselves out:

Went to a marionette theater:

(Kind of freaky. Saw Alice in Wonderland.)

Naked time:

The Crazy Dog got locked out overnight. Found him on the front porch in the morning. Soaked.

The eyes. My word, his sweet eyes:

HJ modeling SJ's first birthday present from his Great Aunt Judy:

Because according to her, purple is NOT his favorite color!

Hugs

While we were in Georgia for the first 10 days of July, we took great advantage of our time together as a family. Memaw was still in the hospital when we arrived, but thankfully she got out during our visit and we got to love on her, too.

Which meant lots of hugs for Paw Paw:

Love this one with SJ and Paw Paw:

At Memaw and Paw Paw's new home:

They are just getting settled into their new assisted living home.

At Nana and Papa's mountain house:

We tried to get a family of five picture, but really this one stole my heart away:

This week I spent quality time with JUST SJ. The girls stayed in Georgia with Nana and Papa and arrived safely back here in Florida last night. I have lots pictures of their time at "Camp Nana and Papa" as they had many NEW adventures and some staples of fun, like ice cream at Bruster's.