Party in Candyland

This weekend, we celebrated Molly's 4th birthday...Candyland style! She had her party Saturday & was very excited to have so many of her little friends join her to celebrate. The kids enjoyed two inflatable waterslides & a "candy shoppe" where they were able to make their own cups of candy. Uncle Jamey helped us cook wings & they turned out great. Molly received so many nice gifts & lots of clothes to get her ready for school. The party turned out great & for the first year ever, it didn't rain!!

After the party, Molly said her favorite thing about the party were the ice cream cups! She's easy to please!Here she is blowing out her candles. Happy Birthday, Mo-Mo! We love you!

Birthday & Cornflowers

It's so hard to believe that 4 years ago today, we welcomed our sweet little girl into this world. Happy Birthday, Molly! We love you so much and are so proud to be your parents!

Here's a few pictures our little farmer checking out her daddy's "cornflowers"...

Eeek! There's a spider on that one...

We're back from Myrtle!

We had such a wonderful vacation to Myrtle Beach last week. We could not have asked for better weather or better friends to share the week with. Molly really enjoyed herself & is ready to go back again already. Here are a few highlights from our week...

Here we are headed into the "Mermaid" restaurant. This was Molly's favorite place that we ate all week because there were live mermaids swimming in a lagoon inside the restaurant. The waiters were all dressed as pirates & Molly kept asking them where their "bird" was!

Molly wanted to take this bear home with us...that would have been cute strapped to the roof of the Tahoe on I-95!

No trip to Myrtle is complete without a meal at Margaritaville. Here are me & Mo outside waiting on our table...

And, here we are inside, with the stilt man who made Molly a balloon hat and announced her birthday to the entire restaurant. She thought he was really cool!

Molly is striking a pose outside of Margaritaville with her new Tiki Jim sunglasses...

Speaking of Tiki Jim's, I just couldn't resist this photo opportunity...

Now, on to something more "manly"! Let's go really fast, daddy...

Of course, we had to take some "pretty" pictures at the beach, too. Here are a few of my favorites...

Our Supper Club kids...

Even Molly & I got a quick picture together...Eric wouldn't cooperate that day!

Our little princess...

Vacation Time!

I hope everyone had a wonderful, fun & safe 4th of July. We certainly did! We got a glimpse at just how "country" our little girl is!

Friday, we went fishing at Williamson Swamp. Well, that wasn't entertaining enough for Molly, so she ended up getting out of the boat & floated along in the swamp in her lifejacket! I was a nervous-wreck, but she had a ball! Later that night, we had friends over for pizza & cards.

Saturday morning, we got up early & headed to the Altamaha River right outside of Jesup for a day of mullet-fishing. Cliff, Tracy, Caroline & Shannon joined us. I was a little uncertain about this trip...an entire day in the heat on a river sandbar didn't sound like that much fun, but boy, was I wrong. We had a great time! The adults sat in our chairs in the middle of the river (up to our necks in water) & fished! And, our little adventurous one, floated in the river from 11-4 non-stop. She even cried when I made her get out!

That night we went to see the fireworks & it was one of the best displays I've seen in a really long time. We missed the fireworks last year, because we were in Houston. And, I guess Molly had forgotten about seeing them 2 years ago, because the entire night she kept looking at me & saying, "Mommy, thank you so much for bringing me to see these boo-tiful fireworks...I've never seen them before!" After fireworks, we headed to the farm to check pivots & finally got home about midnight! Needless to say, we all crashed & slept hard when we finally made it to bed!

Sunday, we cleaned fish & had a fish fry at the house. After supper, we all taught Mrs. Lisa how to play our favorite "Kevin's Rummy/Canasta game". It was such a fun weekend!

This Saturday, we leave for vacation & we are all very excited. Eric didn't get to go last year, so this will be our first family vacation in two years! I will be sure to post pictures as soon as we get back! Look out Myrtle Beach, here we come...all 17 of us!

Happy 4th of July!

We hope that everyone has a very happy & safe 4th of July! We cannot wait to go see the fireworks & spend the weekend with family & friends!