And because I just can't help myself... here are more pictures!

New Pictures

Today I took the kids to have their portraits done for Father's Day.  I am very pleased with the results.  This was just a little place at the mall but I think the photographer did a great job with the 3 of them.  These are some of my favorite shots... 

More Vacation Pictures...

Well all good times must come to an end, and we are now home from our beach vacation.  We had a terrific time in Sandestin and wish we could spend more time there this summer.  Not sure if that is going to happen because of a pretty busy schedule already with summer camps, swim lessons, and other travel plans, but maybe this fall we can fit in a long weekend trip.  It was plenty hot down there- low to mid 90's most of the week- but we certainly made the best of it.  Maggie and Lydia enjoyed a trip over to the beach, swimming in the pool, yummy breakfasts at the Broken Egg Cafe, and a fun trip to the Gulfarium.  They took in 2 dolphin shows at the aquarium and we saw lots of cool sea creatures- different species of sharks, a sea turtle, and sea lions.  I do think the dolphin tank was easily the favorite of both girls though.  

(Note: It may appear in most of the pictures that Lydia is wearing the same dress.  She is.  Over the course of our vacation Lydia became a real 3 year old and developed preferences for particular items, namely her "purple dress".  This certainly came as a surprise because she has always been pretty relaxed when it comes to this sort of thing, without much of an opinion on things like clothes, shoes, or even what Disney Princess pull-up she will be wearing to bed.)

Vacation pictures!

And this is what a vacation is all about:

We arrived at Sandestin, Florida, on Thursday afternoon of last week and we have been having a really nice time ever since.  Jane and Frank were here with us until early Sunday when they left to go home to Collierville.  On Friday they took Maggie and Lydia to the beach to play and on Saturday they all spent the morning at the swimming pool.  We were sad to see them leave us on Sunday!  

This morning we went out for breakfast and then a quick stop at the pool so the girls could each cool off a bit (if that is at all possible- from what they have been telling me the water is very warm!)  I was able to sneak away this afternoon for some alone time to catch a screening of Sex and the City- so good and well worth the wait for it to come out!  

I think tomorrow we may try to take the kids to the "Gulfarium" before we head to the airport to get our good friend Dave who will be flying in to join us from Indianapolis for a few days.  We are headed back home on Saturday morning, so we still have a solid 3 days of fun ahead of us!  More pictures later!