InstaFriday

Here are my Instagram pics from the week...

After Carter climbed up on the barstool, I asked him what he was doing.  He replied, "Oh, I just talking to Daddy."

Grace had her first "for real" tea party with Aubrey.  So fun!!!

Summer makes her even more beautiful!

I hid from the kids and ate Oreos.  John stood guard for me.  Surviving this whole parenting thing takes a lot of teamwork.  Ha!

We went to the zoo with Jenna and Jett (and Mimi too)!

That snake!

We had a super fun and hot day!  Some of us were hotter than others.  (Sometimes, I wish it wasn't weird for grown-ups to run through sprinkler parks/geysers/fountains.)

Someone has been watching too much tv!

we took a trip to the beach!!!

Last Monday, we drove to the beach...just the four of us.  We got checked in to our hotel, unpacked, changed our clothes, and headed to dinner at Lambert's.  It was super yummy and we left completely stuffed!!!

With our tummies full of fried okra and sweet tea, we headed to the beach.

Grace went straight to work...digging in the sand and running through the waves.

Carter just did whatever Grace was doing.

He was very curious about his feet sinking in the wet sand.

She caught a fish and then returned it to the water.

He tried to catch a fish, but he only caught a seashell.

It was a pretty good day.

Remember the 4th of July?

I barely do.  A lot has happened since then!

We celebrated the Fourth at the river.  Grace played a few holes of golf with John and Poppa.

She loved it!

Mimi and Poppa took the kids on a little nature walk.

Grace found some bugs.

Lily and Carter were nature walk partners.

And, they found some tiny frogs.

Carter played a little golf.  I was scared.

After dinner, we watched all the fireworks that were going off everywhere!

Lily and Beth made sure that we had a few fireworks of our own.

The next morning, we headed out on the boat.

The girls had fun tubing together!  They are getting too big!

Carter was as cool as usual.

I tubed with the kiddos...lots of giggling was going on!

The boys joined us at dinner time.  While we were getting dinner ready, Andrew read a book to all the kids.  They were WILD!!!  Beth was attempting to calm them all down and it worked for a few minutes.

After dinner, we took the boat out to watch a for.e.ver long fireworks show.  It was pretty awesome and so fun because I sat with Drew and watching fireworks with him is one of my most favorite things to do!!!

Happy Fourth of July

Earlier this week, we gathered together with family and friends to play and watch a pretty awesome fireworks show.

Grace needed a little break from that intense soccer game that she was playing.

But, her break didn't last long before she was back out there.

And, since he does every single thing that his big sister does, he needed a break too!

I got to chill with this guy for a little while.

Once it started getting dark, we gathered the kids on the quilt so we could keep a better eye on them.

They kept themselves entertained with glow sticks, starbursts, and kisses!?!

At last, it was time for one of the greatest fireworks shows that I have ever seen!  Too bad Carter only saw a little of it while peeking through his fingers.  Ha!

Andrew makes any fireworks about 100% more fun to watch!  We love that boy and don't you think that he and Grace look so much alike?  Both of them are cuties!!!

I hope you are having a spectacular day today celebrating our country's freedom!