Fall beach fun

I love that we are able to come down to the beach all the time. This summer has been great in the aspect that our babies have spent tons of fun in the sand and sun. Right now it is only 70 something and pristine! Here are my favorite shots from the weekend down here

Beach Fun

We had a BLAST at the beach!!! The first few days were just "us" four and then my folks joined us. We were there for 8 days and had a wonderful time. We went putt-putting, swam LOTS (Noah is quite the FISH!), slept and laughed. What an awesome time together and with my folks - and some friends mixed in!

Photos from the Beach!

We just got back from a wonderful 9 day vacation at our condo in Panama City Beach, Florida. We spent the last part of the time in Alabama where I was the speaker at the CHHS Spanish Club Banquet and Honor Society Induction. It went well. It was an honor to be there - what a special night.

We ended the vacation at my parent's home and had so much fun seeing them and letting Noah spend time with Jan Jan, Graddy and Kelly. A vacation following a vactation! My parents were not at the beach with us but did stop by to see us while we were down there. They were so gracious to allow us some alone/family time while using their condo.

Noah is ALMOST swimming on his own! He uses his floaties but it won't be long before we are able to take them off. He's fearless! And he loved the water - the pools at the beach and the Waters and the ocean. He's a beach boy.

I am feeling good. Hitting the 30 week mark this week and starting to wind down in the energy department. Ellyotte is ALL feet these days and halfway through my speech last week, I thought I would pass out: she stretched her feet as hard as possible and since she's head down, they went straight into my lungs! Ugh, not cool.

Enjoy the photos - we had such an amazing time.

Noah at the Beach

This is a cute clip of Noah just running on the beach of Panama City, Florida. He LOVED it. Dan and I will take him back to the condo the first week of May and cannot wait for a weeklong BEACH vacation! We certainly miss that aspect of living in Hawaii - being landlocked has taken some getting used to!

Beach time!

This past week, Noah and I made a trip home to be with my family as we roasted and honored my father and his 20 years of service to Troy University. We had a great trip and were able to head to the condo in Panama City Beach, Florida. Dan, Noah and I haven't been able to get down there since last summer so it was a nice break.

There is no coast on the planet - in my opinion - more gorgeous than the Gulf Coast. We saw dolphins, played in the sugar sand, looked for sea shells - it was incredible.

All my life I have traveled there maybe hundreds of times and the beauty of it never gets old. And when you add in the precious sight of our baby boy running in the sand with his red hair sparkeling, it becomes all the more spectacular.

Just Us

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Get ready for a huge flooding of photo updates as we gear up to leave our beloved Hawaii. Now that orders are here, things are rapidly getting in order for our move in less than a month. And oh my... there is SO much to do.

So don't get annoyed with all of the photos and updates of our fun adventures before we move because once we have our home packed up, there will be about a month or more of zero photos and updates from me! I will miss writing but won't have a computer and will be "homeless" and traveling the U.S. visiting friends and family before we hit Louisiana to find a home!

Here is a short clip of Noah and me "jumping" in the bouncy castle this weekend. He could NOT keep his balance and was falling all over the place - but he laughed so hard! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWXW6OnQKgk

On another note: is anyone having a hard time viewing the blog? I got an email from a friend who reads it regularly and she said that a few times, her computer froze and she had to restart it. Let me know if that is happening with anyone else (just leave a comment) or if it is working fine. I hope it isn't freezing everyone's computers!!