Cheeeeese!

We are enjoying this HOT weekend with no plans at all!  We definitely need a little down time after a fun-filled last weekend and BIG plans next weekend (stay tuned!!). 

Here are a few pictures from today of our wild and crazy kids...  Gracie now says "cheeeesse!" whenever the camera comes out - look at that smile!

 She also got two very sparkly bracelets this week from Grandma which she loves almost as much as her pink patent leather mary janes that she also talked Grandma into getting her :)

This is a common scene at our house... Matty terrorizing Gracie in some way or another. I guess that is what brothers do to their little sisters, but it can get ugly at times!  Gracie usually just screams at the top of her lungs and runs away from him... fun times ahead :)

 
This kid is just plain silly!  He has so much energy! 

First Annual BFF Beach Weekend

Today we are recovering from the hottest, most fun weekend ever!  We spent the past three days with Kristin, Jason and their boys at their beach house.  It was incredibly hot - too hot for little feet to even walk in the sand or hang out on the beach.  But we made up for it by hanging out at the pool and just being with each other! 

Carter and Matty loved watching all their favorite movies together!

Isn't little Trevor so adorable?!

Gracie Girl and her shoes....  she's obssessed!  She can happily play with shoes all day!

I Cannot Even Handle The Cuteness...

We decided to try out a new hairstyle today which made our little cutie even cuter...  I didn't even think that was possible!!  I took these pictures before leaving for our music class today! 





Mr. Bed Head... I combed his hair right after these pictures :)

Our Staycation

We have been looking forward to this Saturday for a few weeks...  A Saturday when we had no plans, no running around town to do, and just lots of time on our hands.  We have been calling today our "staycation."  Matty was so excited when he heard this and said, "We're going on vacation?!"  While it would be wonderful to go on a vacation, that just isn't in the cards for us this year.  But our little staycation today made Matty just as happy as any vacation could! 

We had the pool setup, the water table full, a sprinkler in the yard, music in the background, a sunny day, and plenty of shade to keep us cool.  I didn't get many pictures because we were soaked most of the time.  I've already ruined one camera after it was "dropped" in the pool, so I had to be cautious with it today.

Matty and Daddy cooked us dinner on their grills..hotdogs, hamburgers, veggie burgers and corn.  It was such a great day!

Gracie and her pool bag!  She cracks me up with all her love that she has for bags!

What a face.

The men and their grills

Matty's new phase that he said a billion times today is... "Are you looking or are you cooking?!"  Haha! 

Keepin' It Cool

Summer is in full swing complete with those hot and humid days that we enjoy so much in Delaware.  What better way to cool off than a day at the pool?!  We went to Grandma and Papa's today and splashed around!

Check out that hair do!

Chillaxin' on an old baby raft!

Wonder what they're talking about?

Matty does not play fair with water guns.  He double fists and is so sneaky!



  Tent building gone silly!  We never did get this tent up.  Matty and Gracie insisted on wrestling around on the tent which of course ended in tears (for Gracie).  Sounds a lot like my brother and me when we were little!

Baby Trevor's Baptism

Kristin & Jason's baby, Trevor, was baptized on Sunday.  He is such a sweet baby boy, and he looked so adorable for his big day.  This day was extra special for me too because I am Trevor's Godmother.  I was so honored to be a part of their day!  Poor Mike was left with both kids during the whole ceremony, so we didn't get many pictures.  But this is a great picture...

The priest invited the children to come up and help him bless the water.  They were all so cute!  Matty is the little dude in the plaid shirt :)

After the ceremony, we headed back to their house for a fun party complete with two huge waterslides!  Gracie was all about the water until she started getting splashed.  Once the older kids got in, she was done.

Matty learned how to climb the waterslides all by himself which was a huge accomplishment for him!

Carter blasting Matty with the water canon... Matty loved it!