Sunset Beach 2007

Some pics from our last day at the beach

Momma and Ash chillin' outside a restaurant...
Two cousins playing in the sand..it was so hard to keep them together long enough to take a pic...
On our way to the beach for an evening stroll...pack 'em on and head out!
Daddy decided to bury Ethan in the sand when Momma left to put Ashlyn down for a nap....not too thrilled he was that close to the water...but he looked like he had fun..
"I like having my cousins here to play with!"

Don't ask me why..I just like to take pics of our feet..There's Momma's, Ash's, Daddy's & Ethan's...
"Look at the boat.."
I love my little surfer girl...
Grammy & Grampy with all but one grandchild...Can you tell it's hard to get a good pic of all of them?
Grammy & Ashlyn

Daddy & his boy
Daddy & his girl
Ethan loved seeing the boats..
Cool dude! "How ya like my soul patch?"
Cousin Jamie came out for a visit...Thanks! We hope to see you again within the next 4 years!

This was Ash's 1st experience of the ocean..she wasn't there 10 seconds before fisting some sand into her mouth...crunch crunch!!
Momma and her beach bums..
Daddy building sandcastles with the critters...
Too bad you wouldn't leave that cute hat on, baby girl..
Ethan's obsessed with street signs..and loved this one on the way to the beach everyday..

Sprinkler Park Time

This was Ashlyn's 1st time to experience the sprinklers..last year she just watched from her stroller.
She jumped right in...and loved it!
The two rascals together...loving every minute..
"Woohoo, Momma!! What else have you kept from me??"
Where do you think Ethan went when it was time to go home? Little stinker...had to make Momma get wet one last time...

Ash's Turn

Ethan just couldn't resist...Ashlyn wasn't even in the pool for a minute when he 'christened' her.
"Whooo...this water's cold, Momma!"
She really loved the pool and all the toys..
Watch out, Efers...look who's got the cup now..
Ethan seemed to like having Ash in there with him...even if it was just to torture her with cold water..
My little water baby
Hey!!! No nudity at the pool, little miss!

Summer Fun

Twinkle and Budge love playing together now..and actually will sit together long enough to take a pic now..noticed I said "A pic."
No worries! Just chillin' in the kiddie pool! (yes, Mama did get in ONCE..the water was FREEZING) You may wonder where Ashlyn is..well..she still takes a morning nap..don't worry..you'll see her in the pool soon enough!
Ethan loves to run down the driveway..then jump into his little pool.
Say Cheese!
Our cute little girl's all over the place now.

This was Ethan's first year at Vacation Bible School. He had a blast!
Showing Kyle and Sam a flower he picked.
Here's where they sang every night. Ethan's on the far right in his teacher, Rebekah's, lap

Silly kids

Spikey head
Spikey heads
Spikey head part deux
One of Ash's favorite play centers...She has dishwasher radar. Anytime we open it, she's right there..ready to jump on in!
I'm bummed that this pic turned out so dark..little Budgie and I played at Pump it Up..and went down this huge inflatable slide together a few times before he completely refused...

Just goofing off

This is how I found the kids...playing in the ball pit together...
"Hello!! I'm crazy bag head!!"
And here's my sidekick, Crazy bag head and arms...
"Cheese!!"

Happy 1st Birthday, Ashlyn!!!

The tradition begins...here's Ashlyn in one of my shirts..we'll take a pic of her in it every birthday too.
The beach ball cake I made for Ashlyn's party
Momma and her little surfer girl
Ethan and cousin Matthew..messing around on our bed during the party..pillows fights galore..
Twinkle's showing off that she can walk a few steps now
Poor little cake never had a chance...
Side view of the main cake again...sorry...

Ash loved opening the presents..and eating the paper..
Would you want to pick her up??
"I can get into this!"
"Mmmm..what have ya'll been hiding from me all this time?"
Ethan just wanted to be a good big brother and help his little sister....eat her cake..stinker.