Our Trip to VA Part 4 - BIRTHDAY PARTIES!!!

One of the big reasons we spent last week in VA (July 22-July 27) was because so many cousins were celebrating their birthday's. Baylee and Savannah had a party planned for Saturday and Grant and Emma had one planned for Sunday. So we decided to make a whole week of fun out of these birthday's and visit some friends while we were at it. It was Harrison's last week before starting first grade so we tried to make the most of our time in VA!

Baylee and Savannah's birthday party was at Ocean Breeze. You will notice that there aren't any pictures of the kid's playing in the water. Last year I dropped my camera in the water and broke it so Anthony was pretty clear that I needed to just keep the camera away from the water this year! ;)

mamaw and addison

grace and savannah! almost 1!!!

uncle tom and harrison

baylee!!! the big three year old!



their beautiful and more importantly yummy cake!



Emma, Janet, Mandi, & Ashlynn

anthony being silly...or serious??? must be silly, when is he EVER serious!!!

such a sweet girl!!

wow!! that is some good cake, right savannah??? ;)

jackson had played so hard that he willingly came and took a break! :)

grace, baylee, and tom

it was a fun party at ocean breeze again this year! the kids had so much fun and addison did so well! she enjoyed lounging in the cabana! maybe it's because i'm so tired these days but her little life sounds so enjoyable to me....lots of naps!!! ;)

On Sunday we enjoyed lunch at Moe's with the Schrodt Family and then headed to mom's for Grant's and Emma's birthday party. It was a lot of fun! Lots of yummy food and swimming.

nanny and addison

grant (8) and emma (5) - Happy Birthday!!!



grant had a sponge bob cake and emma had a princess cake

it was such a fun week and i know we won't forget it! how thankful we are for our family and friends!!! we are SO BLESSED!

Our Trip to VA Part 3 - The Beach

look how much Addison LOVES the beach!!

we had her set up just right! no sun was getting on this new baby skin! :)

the kids had SO much fun and the bay is so calm that they can play and we don't have to worry!


beth & katy

callie was so cute!

carter sure enjoyed the beach too!



checking out the dead jellyfish. after it sat there for a few minutes they did what all boys do, started poking holes in it and eventually it was completely cut in half. :)

sweet callie!


jacob's mini pine cone


i could not get one picture of josiah looking my way. he knew i wanted his picture i guess and just wasn't in the mood!


all the boys collected shells for the longest time.

fast asleep with the sound of the ocean and a cool breeze! pure heaven!

we saw a lot of jackson's bum that day!

working together



i had to get picture of katy and i with all of our stuff. i actually feel like we did pretty good packing "light" for 7 kids!


harrison helped keep callie on course. she was checking everything out! :)

katy and i headed to the beach on thursday morning, july 24th, with 7 kids. one might think disaster was in our future but it was the most wonderful time! the weather was cool and breezy and the kids just had the most fun. it is a lot of work to get to the beach but once you are there it's just lots of fun and relaxing. it was a great time of catching up for katy and i and what kid doesn't love the beach??? they had a blast!!! it truly was the most perfect day! :)