Beach part 1

  We got back from a week at the beach last week and lots of house projects later...I'm finally getting around to posting some pics! We had a great time and hated to have to leave. We were fortunate that we've been able to go 4 times this year and it will be hard to not go back for a while!

  

Straight to the "submarine restaurant" when we got there! Then our door key pad battery died so we had to wait until about 9 to get in the door (thankfully when the repair man came with the wrong set of keys Derek just broke in with a credit card). The kids enjoyed some night swimming while we waited :)

 

Fun times in the condo!

Cuddly boys after nap in our bed

Love how the beach curls Connor's hair so cute! We enjoyed eating outside most nights and they boys liked helping crack the crab legs. We threw in a little drum lesson too ;)

        

Splash pad across the street!

     

Throwing sand since he didn't have a ball!

The water was so calm, we got to see multiple dolphins!

These 3 swam and swam all day :)

  

Colin pretty much did cannon balls and swam underwater the whole time, ha!

My sweet mini me watching the band play

He asked to go watch closer :)

   

They wanted a drink like mommy's. They were thrilled with their "pink drink"

These cute boys play so well together (most of the time, hehe) and we couldn't love them more!

 Part 2 to follow.....

Fall Creek Falls

August is 1/2 way over and is usually a pretty slow month for us. Since the boys don't start school until after Labor Day and our fall is pretty booked, we decided to fill it up with some fun stuff :) Friday we drove up to Fall Creek Falls for the weekend. We stopped by Chatty first to eat at our favorite place (The Terminal) and walk around the Choo Choo hotel. They have a lot of trains that they have turned into shops/diners. The boys loved climbing on and checking out the inside. Then it was off to the mountains to hike, splash, and throw rocks with Derek's family for 2 days! 

Sweet brothers!

Checking out some falls when we got there!

 

The boys started clothed.....lol

Boy life

The next morning hiking the main waterfall. Wasn't as full as we expected with all the rain, but still very pretty. Meritt and the boys were troopers!

   

       

Had to go to the very bottom to throw rocks, of course ;)

Seth and Derek checking out the top

So much rock/boulder throwing

Poor Seth was worn out between making "buckets" with Connor and zip lining with Colin! He's definitely a fun uncle!

Belle had fun with her cousin while we were gone (she drove poor Juno crazy)

The kiddos liked the rope bridge, surprisingly. We got to see lots of deer and Colin was hopeful this one would be friendly :) We got pretty close!

Celebrating Doozie's birthday early!

      

Quick splash for Meritt Sunday morning before we all left for home. Such a happy girl! It was a fun trip with everyone together!

Meanwhile, Cait's crew held down the fort while we were gone and has stayed all week while Josh and his dad redo their floors! The kids have had tons of fun cousin time!

Kendall got to take us on a little tour of her school and her new big girl class!

This monkey boy!

A good night at Cracker Barrel!

We met mom with Belle today after she got groomed for her to keep for us while we're at the beach. We leave in the morning--wahoo!