Beach trip!

We went to St George Island with Chris' parents for a week. We had such a great time! We went to the beach and the pool almost every day and the kids had a blast. They all love to swim so much. We had got the girl some little floaties (Puddle Jumpers) that worked great for them to feel like they could swim by themselves, but at the same time be safe. They wanted to swim all the time- even in the ocean. They were not too interested in the sand- they just wanted to be in the water.





















Rocking with Grandmama and Grandpapa















Alex trying a raw oyster (he ate two!) Grandpapa always cooks fun stuff for us- we had blue crab, oysters, shrimp, fish... it was all delicious! And Alex ate it all!
















Fun at the beach





















































































































Elisabeth being mischievous (everyone else had gone down to the pool, but she was happy in her tent)
















Fun at the pool

Anna














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Anna always wanted to wear Alex and Grandpapa's goggles















Bike riding






























Taking a water break
















Grandmama and her girls































The ride home was not fun, however. We hit so much traffic coming into Atlanta our 8 hour trip took 12 hours- and the girls didn't nap. They finally fell asleep right at the end (9pm)! Don't want to do that again anytime soon.

Summer is here!

Here are a few pictures of what we have been up to lately:

On Memorial Day we decided to take the family up for a train ride! The girls are always so interested in the train by our house, and Alex always loves it. This is one of several things we want to do before the girls turn 3 and are no longer free :)
We had a great time!































We even got to see Thomas being worked on































Because we hold hands before dinner to pray and then say amen, the girls have started a new song where they all hold hands and sing "amen, amen" over and over. They have been doing this in the car... super cute!
















We tried the girls around the table in booster seats for the first time. It went well, but was a little scary realizing our family fills up the whole 6 person table! We were trying them out for our beach trip... we leave for St George Island with Chris' parents in two weeks. Can't wait!
















Went to Alex's awards at school. He had a great year! He has excelled at reading, and has caught up on everything else. We are so proud of him.














































We tried the girls out in pig tails now that their hair is longer... so cute! They don't keep them in for long, though.

















Walking the bridge in Chattanooga with Aubrey















Out for our favorite treat- Sweet Cece's frozen yogurt!
















Staying cool in the backyard















Next time we post will probably be beach pictures! Hope you have a great summer and stay cool!

Happy Easter everyone! HE IS RISEN!!






























Chris' parents came to visit the day before Easter and we did an egg hunt in the yard. The kids loved it!

Anna and Nat















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We celebrated on Easter at my Mom's and had another egg hunt! Anna and Chris didn't make it for a funny reason. Anna is a chocoholic! She is constantly trying to sneak into our candy drawer at home. From the minute she wakes up she asks for "choca". So of course as we are getting ready to go to Mom's the girls were in the living room alone and we find out later Anna snuck into the kitchen and ate a bunch of Alex's malted milk eggs from his basket. So as we drove to my Mom's Anna threw up in the car. So we had to go home, drop her off in the tub and take out the car seat to clean and Chris stayed with her (and cleaned up the car seat- thanks so much!) Poor Anna! But of course the next morning she wakes up, asks for her milk and then asks for "choca"! I was hoping she wouldn't want it anymore.

Easter lunch at my Grammy and Pop's





























Natalie














Elisabeth doesn't collect as many eggs as she stops and opens each one as she finds it- and eats whatever is inside if she can. It really slows her down.












































Also, my sweet niece Madison Christine was born on April 15. She and Laura (and Aubrey and Craig) are all doing great!
















The kids are all fascinated by Baby Madison































I also wanted to share some funny pictures. Elisabeth has taken to gathering up her "stuff" and putting it in a pile so no one else can touch it. She usually sits on it and keeps everyone else away. She does it every day- whenever we put it all away she starts again.
This was when it started (about a month ago)
















This is what it has progressed to (as of yesterday). She has started gathering it in her crib in the morning. Before I took this picture I also pulled out of the pile my cell phone and the tv remote. She also likes her pile to contain one wipe, one diaper, her sippy cup, her baby, her blanket, and then a lot of other things as well. The funniest thing about her being in her crib as she yells out to her sisters to bring her stuff- "book", "truck", etc.. and they do it!
















This is also a funny picture of Elisabeth as she likes to get up really close to you and look and talk to you. It is so funny.

















Anna sleeping on her daddy















and also a sweet picture of Natalie and Alex