That's my girl

It was time to get Rachel ready for bed tonight and she told me, "Mom, just a minute. I have to take their picture." She was lining up her Little People and snapping away. :)

Getting back in the groove

I spent the better part of today catching up on laundry, bills, mail, e-mail, you name it. Tonight is Meet the Teacher night at school. One more day of summer vacation then it's back to school! Yea!! I wasn't able to post video when we was on vacation so here's a small sampling for you.

Home!

Total miles: 1,635
Car: Trashed!
Me: Tired...Good night!

Family Pics

One of the must-do tasks while we were here was to take a family photo on the beach. So decked out in our white shirts we headed out to the state park to take these pics. Besides I needed an updated portrait to go above the sofa.

Warning: Avert your eyes! :)

It's Sunny! Finally!

We woke up this morning to bright sunshine. After a bite to eat it was everyone down to the beach. Had to make sure we slathered on the sunblock today.

The little one on the left - tan and brown. The one on the right - not so much.

And here's the lifeguard driving away after warning Dad and Dusty that they going out a little too far and that they needed to be careful of the strong currents. We figured that the brillant reflection off of their white, not-so-tan midwestern skin gave them away that they had no business being out that far. :)

33rd Birthday - Part 3

After the rain rolled out the day got much better. Thanks to my mom and dad who watched the kids, Dusty and I went out tonight

Here's Mom and Dad because I haven't posted their photo yet and Becky wasn't sure that they were in fact with us. :)

We went out on the Okaloosa Island Pier and then ate at Floyd's Shrimp house right on the beach. I had the Coco-Loco Shrimp...Dusty...chicken strips. After that we walked along the beach as the sun set.

Here's Dusty recreating the crane kick from The Karate Kid. That was a hoot!

And on the way home, we saw this

Mmmmm....hot Krispy Kremes! The perfect way to end a birthday!

33rd Birthday - Part 2

Dusty asked me what I wanted for my birthday this year. I told him that I wanted to sit on the beach and be at peace. We finally caught a break in the weather and headed down to the beach. It was so windy and the water was so turbulent that the beach was red-flagged with no swimming allowed. It still was really neat to watch the waves crash in. It did feel like we were being sandblasted walking down to the water's edge. No playing in the surf today, maybe a dip in the pool later.