Fun Beach Day!

We had such a fun couple hours at the beach today. It's been quite some time since we've gone to the beach. Walker prefers the pool, but for some reason he was totally loving the idea of a beach day. Probably because we went to the pool yesterday. He's already told us tomorrow he wants to go to the pool. It's been a nice relaxing Labor Day weekend just the three of us....just what the doctor ordered!!!

Riding the waves with Daddy!

Playing catch with Daddy! 

I wonder what they were discussing......

Sweet Boy!!!

Such a great day spent together at the beach!!

I hope your day was just as fun as ours was today!!

Back to School He Goes......

It's so hard to believe Walker started K-4 today.

We are so excited to see what this new year brings. We could not be more excited about his teacher and we know he's in the best hands. 

I came across a really neat idea and thought I would start the tradition this year with our family. It's called "The Back to School Fairy" and guess what surprised Walker this morning:):)

The doorbell rang bright and early this morning and guess who it was.....

The Back to School Fairy!!

Walker was so excited peaking through the glass to see a special bag with his name on it waiting for him on the other side!! His little eyes were so big!!

The Back To School Fairy wrote him a little note of encouragement!

In his special bag he found some of his favorite things......

2 shark books...he's obsessed with sharks right now and Hershey kisses to remind him of how much Mommy and Daddy love him!!

This is the best I could do this morning. 

Trying to get him to stand still, hold the sign, look at the camera and smile all at the same time is a VERY difficult task. I want to try and have a sign for each new school year. He's just so cute and is growing up so fast. He was so excited to be in his new classroom with his new teacher and see his old and new friends. 

Happy 4th of July!!

We had such a nice relaxing 4th of July spent with sweet friends!

Our celebration started out participating in the country club's 4th of July parade with our friends, The Luckadoo's. We decorated the boys bike's and headed over to the parade. The boys had a blast!! After the parade we headed over to the pool for some major fun!

Walker and Grady!

Walker, Grady and Ella

Walker thought the parade was awesome, especially when everyone started clapping:)

Patiently waiting for our friends to arrive so we could get the fireworks started.

Getting the fireworks started with sparklers!!

They loved the fountains!!

Watching Daddy and Luck light the fireworks!

These fireworks are LOUD!!

What's that you say, Ella?

They loved running through the smoke!

After fireworks at our house we headed over to watch the neighborhood fireworks. 

It was a super fun day of celebrating America!! 

We got back home around 10pm and we were ALL ready for bed:)

UNCW Swim School!

Walker attended his second year of UNCW swim school in June. 

UNCW swim school is so awesome and has really helped Walker become a better swimmer. He's such a little fish these days and absolutely LOVES the water. He is so confident in the water. The best part is he doesn't need to wear a flotation device any more!!! We are so proud of him!!

Also, a very special thank you to Moppy who took him to swim school every day the first week and Jules and Pops who took him every day the second week. Without y'all we wouldn't have been able to do it!!  Walker was spoiled rotten for two weeks straight!!

He looks so excited doesn't he....LOL!!!

I will say the pool is absolutely freezing:( and I don't blame him for not looking excited!!

Sitting with his instructors and his class. 

Molly and Stephanie were awesome!!

And their off........

I was such a proud Mommy watching him swim without any help!

He did so awesome swimming....I wanted to run down to the pool deck and give him a giant hug and high fives all over the place for trying so hard!!!!!! Way to go DUDE!!!!!!

Stephanie and Molly trying to teach the kids how to swim using their arms!

Warming up kicking their legs!

Walker's treat after swim school is walking over to Daddy's office to make sure he's working hard:)

Move over Daddy it's my time to raise some money:):)

Busy month of June!!

Boy did we have a very busy month of June! I feel like we celebrated Walker's birthday the entire month.  It was such a fun month with lots of visitors. Starting out with our sweet friends Brian, Megan and Lillie then Kathleen, Alicia and Zuri. Moppy came for a week and then Jules and Pops came for a week. We had a blast celebrating our sweet dude.  It's just so hard to believe he's already the BIG 4!! I've started to slack on taking photos, but I promise I'm trying to get back to my old self again taking a million photos:)

Such a sweet family!! 

Thank you guys for celebrating such a special weekend with us. 

It would not have been the same without you!!

Little Miss Lillie!!

Double Trouble!!

Poor Lillie was caught in the crossfire:(

I'm sad I didn't take hardly any pictures during Zuri, Alicia and Kathleen's visit.
I did snap this one when Walker, Zuri, Grady and Asher were having a picnic dinner outside.
Thank you guys for coming and visiting us. We love you and can't wait to see you again soon!!

We had such a great time while Moppy was here. We especially enjoyed a VERY hot afternoon walking around downtown. Walker and I took Moppy downtown and had a awesome lunch on the water celebrating her birthday! 

One of the fun things we did while Jules and Pops were here visiting!

Check out our HANDSOME Captain!! 

We had sooooo much fun on the boat Jules and Pops! 

Thank you for a super fun day!!

Collecting seashells on Masonboro Island!!

We enjoyed our month of June so much and are so thankful for our sweet friends and family!