Summer Wrap Up!

Sigh. We went back to school last week. Boo. Summer is my very favorite time of year and we made the most of it this year! We spent a ton of time at the beach, which is a happy place for our whole fam! I'm just going to post a ton of pics and narrate as I go! It's blood day for Mia, so I thought I'd catch up!

These two!

 Ice cream time!

 We ate at our fav food truck a ton! Reggae Flava for you local peeps!

 Josh and I got matching tattoos! Eeekks! Our anniversary date in roman numerals!

 We hosted a few blood drives!

 Paw Paw spent several months doing mission work in Alaska! He came home to spend some time with us and we surprised him at the airport! It was FUN!

 Fireworks at the Wharf because on the actual 4th of July we were too lazy to go watch on the beach! haha!

 Lunch date with my oldest boo!

 Another lunch date with my other boo! Yes, I eat Full Moon alot at lunch! Easy to stay on a diet, smoked chicken no bun or sauce!

 More beach time!

 We saw Aladdin at the beach! LOVED IT!

 Worked a little too! haha!

 I jumped again! :)

 Most beautiful view!

 Caught a beach sunset! This was my very favorite day of summer!

 Handstands on the beach!

 6 year check up! He HATED the gown!

 Had a few blood days and an MRI! Got SUPER AWESOME news from the MRI!

 Accurate!

 Mia had a field trip and Reece went with us!

 Mia's last day at Calvary! Y'all for 16 years I have dropped kids off here. Bittersweet for sure!

 Heehee! Sister sammich!

 Ah. How else to wrap up summer than with a finder bender!

 Goodbye summer! We miss you already!

Washington, DC Trip!

Reece and I recently took a whirlwind trip with the Ambassadors of her school to Washington, DC! It was a fun trip! We saw all the things and did all the things! haha! I have never been so tired in my life! It was totally worth it! I think everyone should visit at least once! We both learned a ton!!

Kindergarten Grad!

Last Thursday was Brooks' kindergarten graduation!! I can't believe this year has flown by so fast! He has grown and learned so much this year. He is reading! For me as a mom, nothing makes me more excited than when my kids start to read! I don't know why, but it feels like my heart melts every time. I think because we work so hard to get there and then finally do, it's rewarding! Anyway, he has just grown so much. He was awarded leader of the month at graduation. This was HUGE for him. In the fall he was constantly in trouble. After Christmas, we turned the corner and he's hardly been in trouble since! Bet you $5 he gets in trouble today since I said that! haha! So getting leader of the month was HUGE! He also received a reading award and was awarded "Most Likely to Invent Something Awesome" which is SO HIM! He's always coming up with things! haha!

Life Lately

The end of the school year is upon us! HECK TO THE YES!!!!! This is my VERY favorite time of year! It is warming up outside and we are about to have almost no school responsibilities!! AH yes! The end of the school year brings SO many activities, here's what we've been up to lately!

Brooks and Mia both had field trips to the zoo! I went with B and Josh went with Mia! The trips were two days apart and I was super thankful my hubby didn't mind taking one of the trips! One is enough! haha!

Allison and I took Reece to the Carrie Underwood concert! It was amazing! She put on an awesome show! We she announced the tour back in the fall we thought it would be a fun end of year/end of elementary school treat for Reece! The day tickets went on sale I bought what I knew would be super awesome seats! There were two opening acts which we skipped because we are extra. When we arrived to our seats there was only one row in front of us, I thought there would be four. I front of that row were several empty chairs. Everyone was pretty much there at that point so I wondered what was going on. Then the lights went dark, Carrie started singing and I looked up to see Mike Fisher(Carrie's hubby if you live under a rock!) and their TWO babies walking to those seats! Y'all, they sat right in front of us! It was such a treat to see them. Little Isiah was singing and dancing to his mommy singing...I can not even! Baby Jacob slept through the entire thing!:) It was a fun night, one Reece won't forget!

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I went with Griffin to his soccer banquet! That was a fun night! I'm so thankful he has found a sport he loves!

Griffin and Peyton had their spring band concert. Look how tall my boys are! Sheesh! Griffin doesn't love band anymore but Peyton is in the jazz band and killing it!

Mother's day! At the beach because it was about ME! :) I love these kids to their bones!

Brooks and Reece had their annual color trot at school! I always help with throwing color and end up covered myself! haha!

 

That's about 1/4 of life lately! HAHA!

Spring Break in Disney: Days 7 & 8!

On day 7 we made a trip back to Magic Kingdom! I mentioned in the other MK post that we spent that day in one half of the park-this day we did the other half! I don't remember the order of riding things at this point but I know we rode everything we wanted to plus we rode Splash Mountain for the third and fourth time that week! haha! We rode Space Mountain, Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, Dumbo, The Barnstormer, The Ariel Ride, Peter Pan's Flight, It's a Small World, Haunted Mansion...pretty much all the things. And, we caught the parade!

We had dinner at Be Our Guest! Best meal of the trip, hands down! I had the filet and it was perfect!

We planned to stay until the park closed because it was our last day...but that was going to be 11pm and I wasn't down for that. Lucky for us, they still did a fireworks show at 9pm so we saw it and then called it a day!

Day 8 was go home day. BOO. We hung around our resort until time to head to the airport.

We seriously had the most magical vacation! I love travelling and spending time with my people! In fact, I'm in charge of the next family trip....you'll never guess where we're going! :)

Spring Break in Disney: Days 5 & 6!

Back to the Disney posts! :)

Day 5 was our "break day"! The only plans we had were for dinner at Ohana! We spent the day at the pool and just hanging around resting! It was a much needed break from the hustle and bustle that Disney trips bring! If there is any way you can do this, I highly recommend it! Dinner at Ohana was pretty good. For some reason it was not as good as it was last time we ate there.

Day 6 was the day the grown ups had been waiting for...EPCOT! We spent the early hours riding Test Track, Soarin' and the Nemo ride. We were SUPER excited because somehow Mia grew an inch during the trip and was suddenly the required height to be able to ride! I have no idea how this happened but WE WERE PUMPED she was able to ride! Soarin' is one of our top fav rides! She loved it!

Then it was about time for the World Showcase to open! We spent the rest of the day exploring the different countries. We got matching henna tattoos, snacked, got pearls in Japan, had lots of fun with Mia in China, got STUCK on the Grand Fiesta Tour(where Brooks yelled to the staff, "Y'all really need to hurry up!" to which everyone applauded!) and we ate at San Angel Inn that is in the Mexican Pavilion.

That wraps up days 5 and 6!