Saturday, November 22, 2014

Fall Break, Part 4: Garth Brooks and Alison Joy's Baby Shower

Ken and I celebrated his recent 40th birthday (September 11th) at the Garth Brooks/Trisha Yearwood concert!


 It was an awesome concert!

 Such a fun night with my favorite brother!

 Lyla loved getting to help with the gifts at Aunt AJ's shower

 Lyla, Alison Joy and I with her mom, Janet, and step-mom, Shannon

The summer of '98, I lived with Sandy, her husband, Gee, and their daughter, Hannah.
It was a life-changing summer for me and I am so grateful for her hospitality and influence.

 We are so excited for Baby Girl Hunt to arrive next month!

We left Jacksonville that evening and headed to Tucker for the night. It was a long trip and one that through Rex completely off schedule. DDaddy stayed up half the night with Rex who was wide awake after sleeping the car. The next morning, the kids and I drove home to Kentucky. About 200 miles from home, I got a flat tire. After I had a small emotional breakdown, a very nice tow truck driver arrived and changed the tire for me. I was thankful for the dvd player, the gps with a HELP feature that gave me the local law enforcement's phone number who gave me the tow truck service number, and for sunny weather while we waited. 
As you can see, we had a GREAT fall break!! I'm ready to stay home for a while, though. ;)

Friday, November 21, 2014

Fall Break, Part 3: St. Augustine

Ready for the beach!!



  

 Rex loved the sand

 He even gave it a little taste


 Lyla threw this ball of wet sand at me. She had a blast!










Putt-Putt with Uncle Ken!


 Rex had the best seat in the house

The score card speaks for itself

 We went to the pool first thing on day 2 and had some fun with an underwater camera we borrowed from our friend, Amanda





 Lyla learned how to breathe out of her nose underwater!

Rex liked the warm pool water much better than the cold ocean


 So many fun memories with DDaddy!

Sand Angel

Sand Castle

 Fishing, of course!







 Do you see all of the sand on his hands? I didn't think I would ever get it all off of him!

 He was scared of the waves at first, but then started saying, "more."




This wave to the face knocked her down and put an end to her love of the waves.

We had a great few days at the beach--it was the perfect amount of time!