Florida Day 4

Monday was the much looked forward LEGOLAND visit. The kids have been talking about it for months.  The kids were super good.  They started getting a little whinny when we were almost there, but when they realized that we were there it was all smiles and bounces.  We walked all day and Sam kept saying that his feet were hot.  I told him that all of our feet hurt, but the next day I found holes all the way through the soles both shoes.  That poor kid, really did have hot feet. When we first got there, we bought a mini figure each and let the kids trade them around the park as we went. That was fun. They loved the roller coasters and the water rides. I loved that everything was Lego... even the carousel.

The kids found an alcove that they all wanted to sit in...

Ada complained that she was getting too big for something like this.

And so did Dad....

Jer's favorite... Mini land - New York City

This was really neat. One huge tree with tons of tendrils.  Evelyn was done about this time.  She decided that she was done walking and had to be ridden on our shoulders out.

This is what she had been most looking forward to.

This baby kept climbing in the dog's bed.  I was half amused and half ready to stick him in the tub.  Luckily, they keep their house clean and I didn't have too big of a problem letting the baby just go at it.  It was pretty funny.

Evelyn decided to spend her birthday money on this princess outfit and purple dragon.  (And I love her expression in this).

Florida Day 3

The third day was Sunday.  It was fun to meet new friends and hear new teachers. James and Harrison let Ada and Sam try out their electric scooters while everyone went on a walk.  All I can say is that they are completely in love. 

Em and Ben took all the kids to circle the pond.  Sam stopped about halfway around the other side and refused to go the rest of the way, so I walked around and walked back with him and Emily.  Turns out that he needed to pee and didn't want to say so.

Evelyn bonded with Ben.  She bonded with him in Primary and followed and chatted with him in random moments.  It was really cute.

Florida Day 2

Saturday was Sam's 6th birthday.  I still can't believe that he's 6.  I still feel like he should be 4.  I made him a Minion for his birthday and we let him pick out legos from LEGOLAND a couple days later.  He LOVED the legos and loved picking out cake with me at the local Publix.  Em and Ben took us to Cocoa beach.  I loved being by the waves and the breeze. Jer loved the warm water and after the first shock that there was salt in the water, the kids loved the waves.  We got to chat with Em and Ben... and Ada, Sam, James, Harrison, and Sophia love body boarding and trying to catch crabs.

Florida Day 1

Heaven.  We just came back from heaven. As much as I'm not a huge fan of humidity and the mold that it inevitably brings, I loved being in Florida and visiting with Ben and Emily's family.  Just for my records, I'm going to go through our trip day by day. 

June 4th, my dad drove us up to the airport to catch our red eye flight.  While the older three were super excited to be on a plane and didn't really want to sleep, the baby wasn't happy with the sleeping arrangements and cried.  Amazing Jeremy tried taking care of him, but Seth wouldn't have it. We all finally got a few hours of sleep and landed. Our van cost about twice as much as it should have, but we were glad to have it. It was so fun to see our cousins and aunt and uncle. After getting settled in we went to the park by their house.  It was fun and just right for our tired brains.  Baby especially LOVED climbing into the water. Everyone loved playing with cousins on the trampoline and getting to know the puppy. I loved catching up with Em.

Sam's 6

Can you believe he's 6 already? It was his golden birthday. 6 years old on 6/6.

He's sweet and kind. Smart and very literal.  The best hugger ever and super excited about legos. On his birthday we went to Cocoa Beach with Ben and Em's family.  He loved it after he got his first shock that the water had salt in it. I'm sorry he's not showing his face in this picture, but all the pictures I took are on my camera.

Happy Day

Cocoa Beach with Em and Ben's family. One word: Amazing!

Me

Evelyn has started wearing an apron that was mine when I was little. I think my Aunt Beth made it.... Is that right Mom or did you?

Making progress

For my birthday we worked on our porch... Makes me happy.

Grandma's house

Summer reading

For our summer reading we started Harry Potter. Fun stuff.

Chickens

So our neighbors' chickens got out.  The kids loved that they were in our yard but I was afraid of the cat getting them so Ada and I were chicken herders. Awesome.