This is the second half of our trip. After all of Luke's cousins headed home, we were able to stay a few extra days and enjoy being together as a family. Here we are hanging out on the front porch watching the sunset...one of our favorite pastimes!
A trip down to the bay to watch Jordan kite-surf. He is amazing!
Papa Dude and Faith Anna cheering him on.
Bright and early on the morning of August 10th...
We celebrated a big 4-year old's birthday...complete with streamers and balloons everywhere!
Tag saying Happy Birthday motor-boat style. (The pink bib is compliments of cousin Meg. We forgot to bring a bib...)
Our traditional birthday cinnamon rolls...
Papa Dude and Logan creating homemade crawdad fishing rods. You think they worked very well? Read on....
Faith jamming to my iPod while they worked.
The boys napping out on the back lawn...another of our fav pastimes.
Making birthday cupcakes with Granny Boo! Pink frosting, please...
Birthday princess at dinner.
She and Baby Emma got matching pjs. Cute cute...
Just before sunset, we set out to test those newly-made rods...
And score! Guess how many of the little critters we caught?!
20! Yes, 2o. And then we poured them all out on the dock and watched them race back into the water. Great idea, Chris! This was a favorite memory of the kids' this summer.
T-man wants to be the next Crocodile Hunter. We loved Steve...
He definitely has the wild-man hair for the job.
On one of our last days we went down to Sunset Park with Granny Boo...
I love this pic of Tag and Luke...
We walked out to the lighthouse. It was mighty windy!
Beth fell asleep on the walk home. So precious.
Goofing off one night at another of our favorite parks... picnic out on the grass....American Spoon foods for dinner....and Gelato for dessert. Doesn't get much better than this!
I literally got kicked out of our double bed this night. Tag came in first....then Faith Anna. I had about 3 inches to sleep on, so I finally just got up early and started the day. Ha! So sweet.
Our last beach day. It was so beautiful. We had lots of fun building sandcastles and swimming out to the dock. That water is fr-fr-freezing!
Can't wait until next summer! We had a wonderful time, Nanny. Thanks again for sharing your beautiful home with us for a week. CYK...
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