*The weekend was really nice. E's birthday was fabulous. We went to our fave restaurant and ate a relaxing meal. On Saturday, we woke up and went have brunch, then did a little shopping before picking up the kid's at mom's. Our church has a service on Saturday evening, so we went to that and relaxed all day Sunday. Eric cooked a crab stew which was so good. And we swam for hours. Oh and of course played Mario Kart. As I said a few posts back, we're hooked. ;)
*I'm thinking that I need to start school supply shopping asap. I ran into the store yesterday for something and the school supply section was like a toy store on the day after Thanksgiving. Scary. And on a Monday morning no less. And Cam's list is so specific (certain colored folders, etc.), that I'm worried they'll run out before I get there.
*I've been reading a lot. Which I love. I just finished 3 books in this series.
I'm working on this one now. It's good so far. Read a lot of it last night.
And my mom gave me this book to read next. I'm enjoying the summer reading. Reminds me of when I was younger.
Happy hot July summer day to you! :)
This is the biggest posed group I've ever photographed, in hindsight I'd have done a few things differently. But overall I'm happy with how all of our group photos came out.
The kids had a ball. Payton seriously cannot get enough of the water. She would come out for 2 minutes and was asking to go back in. It was nice to have other adults that she could go out with. Made it a little easier. She actually tried her hand at boogie boarding this year. Cameron enjoyed diving and boogie boarding as well. They found several hermit crabs while diving. 2 hermit crabs came home with us and our now living out on the patio. Fun, fun. 
So one day, we are in the water, and I see this guy. I'm like asking all my sisters, "do ya'll watch the bachelorette?"
None of them do, but after some internet research, we determined that it was indeed Sean from the bachelorette. His family had umbrellas a few down from us on the beach.
We pretty much all got stung by jellyfish. The last day, they were out in full force. Eric got stung 5 times trying to swim out to a sandbar, so he came back real quick. Jenny and Ali are pretty sure that they saw a shark out by the sandbar. It was pretty far out though. We also saw a sea turtle one night while walking on the beach. Lots of sea life for sure. One night when we were walking, we also found a wreath with a bottle with a note inside. Unfortunately, the sender forgot to cap the bottle, so the note was pretty much disintegrated, but it was a fun find, nonetheless.
One night Payton, Cameron and Eric all sang karoeke. Much to my dismay, my camera battery was dead and we didn't bring the video camera. The kids sang "Jesus, Take the Wheel" together. It was the cutest thing ever. I cried, because, well, that's what I do. I will never forget it though, even though I don't have the video. Cameron sang really loud and you couldn't really hear Payton, but she was definitely singing. Eric sang an old George Jones song. I still to this day cannot believe he got up there and did that. My sister got some of it on her phone, so I will try to post some of it soon. I was dying. My husband doesn't sing. Period. But I think having everyone there and in front of a bunch of people he'd never see again, he felt like he could. Although a large amount of people there were indeed from Louisiana, so who knows? ;)
But now we're back. And life is back to normal. I'll leave you with some more vacay pics. Have a happy Thursday!
3. Went to the scrapbook store today and bought some goodies. As soon as we get back from vacay, lots of scrapping will be going on. I'm putting painting on hold for a bit to catch up on scrapping. I bought the kiddos each some goodies from Hobby Lobby so that they can scrap with me.
4. Payton starts her summer dancing session tomorrow. She's beyond excited. What can I say? The girl loves dancing. And I love seeing her dance.
5. We bought one of those metal framed above ground pools for the kiddos. It's so stinking hot, it's been wonderful to have that to jump in!
6. E and I had a wonderful anniversary date night. Ate at our favorite restaurant and just enjoyed the long quiet meal. Thought about renting a movie, but who are we kidding? There was no was we would make it through one without falling asleep.
7. Borrowed this movie from my little sister. I'm a little late in watching it but we don't watch many movies. See #6.
Very excited to watch it. Hopefully Tuesday.
8. I'm using a gift card to this place on Wednesday. Got it for Christmas from E, and I think it's about time I put it to good use.
9. Today was my 3 month post op appointment. I'm seeing 20/20!! And the doctor released me and said I can stop using all of my drops (hallelujah!) I've been using drops several times a day since the surgery, so I'm so happy to be finished. Oh and he told me I could swim. Just in time for vacay! ;)
It was quite possible the cutest thing ever. I could cry just thinking about it. ;)
