Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Beach Vacay!

After leaving Tallahassee, we headed to Gulf Shores.  Mom flew in and met us there.  It was so much fun!  I really did a poor job of capturing the trip in pics.  I took one pic on my real camera, below.  I had to pull everything else from our phones! Their condos are literally on the beach.  So awesome.  This is a pic from our condo.  It was pretty overcast when I took this but it got pretty sunny and ended up being a blast playing on the beach.Beach Vacation 2013-04-20 068
Uncle Donald and Aunt Juli took us to this fun restaurant where they literally throw rolls at you.  Will got quite a kick out of that.  Daddy caught him several rolls.  They also play funny tricks on you and the waitress was a hoot.  It was a good time!195 198 I believe this is the only pic I got of our gracious hosts.202 Kevin and I tried to be cool and go out one night after the kids were in bed.  We didn’t last long and were tired ourselves!203 Playing on the beach with Will was so much fun!  It was such needed family time.  We cherished that time with him.204 Of course we found the ice cream shoppe and Kevin ended up with Will’s once he was done – rough job!210 Kendall is a handful these days!  She’s just precious but this girl is not content sitting still!  She wants to go!  The girl is crawling at lighting speed and pulling up on everything.  She ended up with a pretty good bruise from falling into a plant vase thing.  She lets go for some reason – I think she thinks she can walk but she’s not there, yet.  She did get her 2nd tooth while on the trip, though!211 216
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I think I took some pics on my ipad and I’ll have to figure out how to upload those.
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Mimi was so nice to watch Kendall several times for us.  We took Will out to one of those fun places with putt putt and go carts. IMG_1335 We rode the bumper boats.IMG_1338

We tried out putt putt for the first timeIMG_1349And we did a few arcade games.  It was so nice to just play and play with him.  The last 2 months had been so busy we felt like we really needed it!
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We also went on a dolphin boat ride. We didn’t get to see as many dolphins as we had hoped, but we did get to see a few.  Will enjoyed the boat ride, anyways!
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It was pretty windy, so I got to enjoy some snuggles!  We are so thankful for this vacation!  We agreed we needed to do it every year.  It isn’t exactly relaxing with the kiddos, but it was wonderful!!
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Tallahassee Visit

After we had Kevin’s birthday lunch, we took off on vacation!! It was perfect timing as after busy season – we needed a recharge!  My great aunt and uncle invited us to spend some time down in Gulf Shores at their beach condo.  We took them up on the offer and decided to go a little further and visit Kevin’s grandparents in Tallahassee.  We made it a good ways Sat and finished off the trip on Sunday. We had the best time visiting with them.  It was their first time to meet Miss Kendall in person.  Will loved spending time with Mimie & Papa.  Will helped Mimie make some pizzas for dinner.Beach Vacation 2013-04-20 022Sunday was Kevin’s actual 30th birthday.  It was so special because he was born in Tallahassee!  So he came back on his birthday 30 years later!  I think Mimie & Papa were thrilled to be able to celebrate with him.  Papa is known for his brownie delight dessert, so Mimie made some brownies and we had brownies and ice cream to celebrate. Beach Vacation 2013-04-20 028 Kevin with his mini me!Beach Vacation 2013-04-20 032 A special pic of Kevin with his grandparents.Beach Vacation 2013-04-20 033 Another treat was visiting with Kevin’s great-grandmother, who is 104!!  She got to meet the kids for the first time.Beach Vacation 2013-04-20 038 Beach Vacation 2013-04-20 043 Will was pretty shy with her but warmed up a bit at least enough to hold her hand for a picture.Beach Vacation 2013-04-20 051 Next stop was FSU stadium!  Will enjoyed getting to see it as Kevin is quite a fan of the university (to say the least).Beach Vacation 2013-04-20 053 Beach Vacation 2013-04-20 054 Beach Vacation 2013-04-20 057 Thanks for having us Mimie & Papa!  We loved our visit and hope to see you again very soon!!Beach Vacation 2013-04-20 059 Beach Vacation 2013-04-20 062

Happy Birthday Kevin!

Kevin recently had a milestone birthday!  He turned the big 3-0!!  He really didn’t want to celebrate at all.  We talked him into/forced him into celebrating.  :)  We had a family lunch on Saturday.  We grilled out and had some cake and ice cream, of course.  Ask Will – it isn’t a party without cake!Beach Vacation 2013-04-20 003 Beach Vacation 2013-04-20 005 Kevin with the kiddos.  These two love their daddy so much!  We couldn’t  not celebrate such a wonderful husband, daddy, friend.  We are so thankful for all he does for us and for how hard he works!  He is such a good daddy for these little ones.  Happy Birthday honey!!Beach Vacation 2013-04-20 010 GJ with the kiddos!Beach Vacation 2013-04-20 016 Ally with the kiddos!Beach Vacation 2013-04-20 018
Friday night we got to go out sans kiddos.  We love them dearly, but it is fun to get to go out for a fun night every now and then.  Think they were thirsty??167 We went to a fun little pub/bowling alley place.  I know Kevin didn’t want to do anything special, but I though it would be fun to go do something different.168 171 We were able to get almost all the siblings to go.  We missed you J and LIndsey!  Dustin and Tricia got their bowl on with us!172 173 174
I love this pic of the Tooker siblings!! 175
We had fun celebrating your birthday, Kevin!  I hope you felt celebrated!  Welcome to the thirties!!!
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9 month stats


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I  never posted her stats.  At 9 months, here are her stats:
Height: 28” (50%)
Weight: 16.2lbs (10%)
Head: 42.7 (25%)
She is a healthy little girl and busy, busy!  Keeping her entertained at the doctor was oh so fun!  :)

Mavs Game

I recently scored some Mavs tickets to the last game of the year. We were able to take Will with us.  It was a lot of fun.  The seats were great and Will loved it.  He wanted to make sure he knew were Dirk and the horsie (mascot) were at all times!IMG_1294 IMG_1295 He talked us into a foam finger.  :)  Oh, why not??IMG_1300 IMG_1308 IMG_1314 IMG_1316