August Birthdays!

We celebrated Beth turning three in mid-August by taking the kids to a restaurant called "The Magic Time Machine". Beth was elated that Cinderella was our waitress! We had a fun time together...


Faith Anna took a little more "warming up" to Cinderella. :)

Logan was thrilled to meet Captain Jack Sparrow...

...and Superman!

We had a fun family birthday party at our house later in the month. Faith Anna turned five at the end of August, and we celebrated both girls big days with a cookout, cake and swim party. Just look at those cute faces! They had so much fun. We are so blessed to have these two precious daughters!

The girls helped me make the cake....and of course picked out ballarinas to go on top. Pink for Beth and blue for Faith Anna....

And we couldn't forget lots of sprinkles!

My three beautiful sisters....all showed up in stripes! Did yall plan that? hee-hee....

The men holding things down in the kitchen....

My mom and Liz

Sweet baby Austin at almost 6 months

Nat and Bran... Matthew and Jes... lounging by the pool. Where are your suits? :)

The kids didn't forget their suits! Logan, Peter and Caroline having fun.

Birthday girl Beth doing her famous "squint"... ha! She is so funny.

Papa B remembered his suit! Goofing off with Birthday Goggle Girl Faith Anna....

Beth is pretty excited about Snow White!

The girls with Jes and Matthew....

With Nat, Bran, Peter, Caroline, and the "Furr-Real Kitty". :) Thank you....

With Jen and C.J....

With Papa B and Nana....

And with Gran, Grandad, Maggie and Abby. (the bears...)

Our cutie birthday girls with the whole family! They are ready to dig into this cake...

Make a wish!

The girls had a few of their neighborhood friends over to celebrate by getting all dressed up at the "Burton Beauty Shop". We painted nails, did some make-up and fixed up everyone's hair. It was ALL Faith Anna's idea...and we had a great time! My sweet niece Caroline came over to help and was my number one beauty assistant. :) Little girls are so much fun....

Catherine, Cammy, Zoe, Ellie, Faith Anna, Emily and Beth. After they got all gorgeous together, we talked about how their most beautiful part was their heart. After all, real beauty comes from within. 1 Peter 3:3-4

Sunny Florida

We just returned from a week in beautiful Destin, Florida with my whole side of the family! It was a wonderful trip and so gracious of my parents to take all of us on vacation. We had 10 adults and 6 kids all hanging out together in several condos right on the beach. We played, swam, goofed off, golfed, and just soaked up the beautiful sounds of the magestic ocean each day. How blessed we all are!



Caroline and Faith Anna chillin on the beach

Brandon and Natalie

Jennifer and 5 month old cute Austin...cool hat, huh?

Peter and Caroline

The boys boogie-boarding....Matthew, Brandon and Luke. I think C.J. was up in the condo on baby-duty. We've all been there...and will be there again soon!

Bran, Nat and Jessica enjoying some cool refreshments surfside...

Logan and Peter looking for some marine life.... or maybe just being silly!

Beth's first trip to the beach. She liked the sand for a little while....and then was ready to go to the pool!

Faith Anna sporting her tinker-bell sunglasses...

Caroline was such a big helper all week. She loved to play with the girls, braid their hair, and read them books. You are the best, Lena!

All the boys hanging out at the gym....well, the activity gym that is.

This was so funny that I had to take a picture...Logan eating ice-cream and chocolate syrup. We had to talk about "table manners" and how it's probably not real appropriate to literally lick every ounce of chocolate syrup off the plate. Hmmm.... a boy after my own heart!

After several hours in the sand, the pool sounded really good! The girls had so much fun together.

Logan and Peter swimming like fish

Gran and Beth... ooh that sun is bright!



Luke and Brandon launching Logan and Peter. That's some serious air...

Matthew and Jessica...and baby girl Green! Coming December 2007....

Jennifer, Mom and Dad cooling off in the pool

Faith Anna and the boys

Peter, Logan and Luke are checking out the waves....looking for a big one to ride.

Logan caught one!

What a crew! They look pretty tough I must say...

Morning time in the condo was a lot of fun! I just love footie-pajamas...

All these precious kids in their PJs....oh and Luke. :)

Faith Anna and Luke jamming out

Baby boy's first trip to the ocean too! He is 6 1/2 months and growing bigger everyday. Can't wait to meet this little guy in late October. We are so excited to have him in our family!

Logan having fun...Beth ready for the pool. Cutie-girl...

Little sun princess...or I guess shade princess in this pic.

Reading books with Aunt Jes

On our last day we hung out at a very cool outdoor shopping area called the Destin Commons. It was so much fun! Logan and Faith Anna found this water fountain that lots of kids were running through....and the fact that they were in their clothes didn't really seem to stop them.

Luke had to run back to the condo and get them some dry clothes they were so soaked!

Beth wasn't too hip on running through the fountain, but she loved this little playground.

The kids took a train ride all around the Commons...

My parents took Faith Anna and Beth on their very first trip to Build-a-Bear for their birthdays! It was a very cute little shop right there in the Destin Commons. Faith created Abby Burton and Beth made Maggie Burton...very cute! I can't believe the girls are about to be 5 and 3. (Logan was feeling a little left out, so Luke and I splurged and he too got to make his first Build-a-Bear....or monkey rather. Duncan Slam Burton.)

We had an amazing trip...with an amazing family!