Sunday, April 7, 2019

Spring Break 2019

Florida or BUST....again!  We have the drive down and we can not wait to hit the road each time we get the opportunity!  




We really just get in the van and go.  We hardly stop and really have very little complaining. 


We even have some napping. 

We also have arriving and getting right to the beach down!  We pretty much jump out of the van, change and head right to the water! 








Poor Emmerson had to wear her boot unless she was swimming or carefully walking in the sand. 



Our cousin Drew was just ending his spring break as we were starting ours so we got to spend a day with him.  


The girls love spending time with him. 




They even got in a football game. 




Her favorite spot! 


We were able to sneak in a trip to the tiki bar and to the pool with Drew too! 





Our days are easy.  All the same and all easy!  We bounce from the beach to the pool all day long! We are lucky that all the girls love both the beach and the pool. 

























These girls are so lucky to have each other.  Their life is like a constant playdate. 



The big girls worked so hard to find the perfect shells to make our family of shells. 









So much gymnastics! 




Dad had to do a lot of carrying of the biggest due to the broken toe. 



They spend their days building creation after creation.  























There is always lots of beach cheer stunts too. 




Daddy spends most of his days digging what the girls call pools.  They then spend most of their days jumping in the pools. 












When Dad goes out to swim in the ocean everyone is overly concerned about how far out he goes. 









A fisherman caught a small shark, they let the girls see it before we threw it back out.  


Emmerson rocked her boot all week! 















This is my view most of the day! 


Caroline looks like this every time we leave the beach. 



















Even though our days are easy we put very tired kids to bed. 




One of Neil's favorite parts of vacation is laying with girls at bedtime since it isn't something we do at home.  He is always the first one asleep. 



















Friday, April 5, 2019

Kaitlyn's Birthday

Our cousin Kaitlyn's birthday party happened to be while we were in Florida so we got to go!  The girls love to spend time with Jaclyn and Kaitlyn so they were so excited!  Then they heard it was a slime party and could hardly believe it. 


They got to make batches of slime after slime! 





















It was fun to get to spend time with my cousin and to see their new house. 


Once everyone left the party the girls got to swim for a little bit. 









We feel lucky that we get to see them so often knowing how far away they live! 

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Emmerson Turns 10

Emmerson is 10!  Double digits!  She loves school, her friends, gymnastics, art, her sisters, being outside, swimming, and really most everything! She is still very reserved, until she not.  Quiet, until she not.  She is incredible with little kids and loves her sisters fiercely!  She is calm and kind but with a great mix of funny and silly! Her determination and ability to teacher herself something new is unmatched to anyone I have ever met! 

She was lucky enough to be in Florida for her birthday again! 


Donut cake to start the day! 




She asked for an iPad for her 10th birthday assuming it wouldn't happen.  She was shocked when she opened it! 












Pop Pop always grills her steak for dinner!


I love how the girls are always so excited to celebrate each other. 


She had a great day!