Happy Birthday Lydia!

Lydia turned 5 last week and we had a teddy bear tea party in her honor. She invited 15 little girlfriends and they came in cute little summer dresses with their teddy bears and favorite stuffed animals. Lydia picked the menu which was peanut butter sandwich shapes, cheese cubes, goldfish crackers, cupcakes and a chocolate fountain for extra fun! We had strawberry tea to drink! It was lots of fun! It's hard to believe our baby girl is 5-she says she's a whole hand now! She's turned 5, had her shots and is all ready for Kindergarten in August. Just wish her Mama was! Enjoy our photos of our afternoon at tea!

Family Beach Trip 2009

For several years now, my parents have taken our family and my 2 brothers' families to the beach near Destin, FL. It's always such a fun week and no one ever wants to come back home. Between all the cameras of the different families we usually have hundreds of pictures, but I tried to pick out just a few of our favorites to share. People ask us if we have a photographer come to the beach to take the more formal pictures and we never have. Mark just brings his tri-pod, sets the timer on our little camera and runs like crazy to jump in the picture before it snaps! We always get some great smiles tho watching him try to make it in time. And some funny looks from people walking by! Thanks for enduring our little beach photo shoot!

Paradise!

We're back home after spending 8 beautiful days at Waterscape Resort in Ft. Walton Beach, FL with my family! We were all trying to figure out a way we could stay there all summer! We had a great time and I'll post some fun pictures soon, but for now I'm unloading sandy suitcases, doing laundry and repacking the boys who head off to camp this weekend!