October Beach Bums

Perfect day. Perfect weather. Noah and I were digging in the sand this afternoon and an elderly man walked by wearing a Speedo. Noah said, "Poppa would never wear that." We laughed for half an hour. I love that kid. And his Poppa.

October Beach Vacation!

We had a good time at the beach last week! Here are several pictures from our vacation:

Noah and Ethan enjoyed playing in the sand and working on their castle!

The great sassy search...Ethan's sassy flew right off the 9th floor balcony, never to be found again...

Look closely and you can see Ethan underwater. He constantly jumped in! He is such a fish!

Noah chilled in the pool on the float...

The boys thought this lizard was pretty neat...me, not so much...

My beach hunks:

The boys are currently working on carving their jack-o-lanterns. I will post pics soon!

War Wounds and Such...

Tuesday night I was in Jackson. I had my cell phone on vibrate. Timmy tried to call 10 times. My friend Heather had my phone and finally realized it was vibrating. I was talking to ladies about jewelry and Heather excused me to the front porch and told me I needed to call Timmy. I knew something was wrong. Needless to say, while running from the bath tub, Ethan ran smack into the door facing and a knot swelled up the size of a softball on his forehead! I was up most of the night watching him and making sure he was alright. He was fine. However, his face is not. Two days later, his eyes started turning black. We took him to the clinic and Rick said he is fine, but that he will look worse before he gets better. Worse? Can he possibly look worse than this????!!! I asked Rick if he needed to get his camera out to document for Ethan's chart before he called Protective Services. I honestly feel people staring at us when we are in public.

So, that is the drama for our week! Isn't it terrible??!!! I cannot believe my almost-2-year-old has a knot the size of Montana and 2 black eyes!

Okay, moving on. We took the boys to a football game here Friday night. We had a great time! The air-vac helicopter landed mid-field, and some friends of ours' daughter sang 'God Bless America' in remembrance of 9/11. The boys thought the helicopter was great! They both enjoyed the game and we got through all 4 quarters without one fit/meltdown/incident!

Timmy surprised me this week end and mulched the flower beds. I surprised him with Tennessee/Memphis State football tickets for the week end of November 6. We then surprised Poppa and Nanna by asking them to come spend the week end at our house while we are in Knoxville so they can take the boys to Fall Festival at Noah's school. Poppa then suprised all of us by agreeing to do so!!!!!

We have also decided this week end to go with Joy and the rest of Timmy's family to Gulf Shores for fall break. We were not going to go, but Joy really wanted us to this year, so we are working on reservations. I cannot believe we are going to the beach again...and I am looking forward to seeing the ocean!

Okay, I think I have updated everyone on what has been going on with our little family this week! Hope everyone is staying well...I have never seen so much flu and strep throat!!!!

Beach Bums

We had a great and relaxing vacation at the beach this year! We arrived in Gulf Shores on Saturday afternoon (the boys traveled well, considering it took 8 1/2 hours) and stayed until Friday morning! Here are several beach shots...the ocean ones are just for you, Susan!

Daddy and Uncle Wes towing Noah in the ocean (I was only a little freaked out)!

Daddy waiting for the perfect wave...and Noah riding it out!

Beach Hunks!

Ethan finally moved around in the sand...after 4 days. For the first few, he stayed put. Must have been something about the texture...

Ethan 'hanging out' under the canopy in the kiddie pool...

This is when we know it is nap time...

Thanks Poppa and Nanna for another fabulous vacation! We miss you already!!!