Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Sharp kids


Hanging out in the morning watching cartoons




Landon- age 4 1/2- still hates bedtime and falls asleep in the hall some nights


Ashlyn's 1st dentist appointment.  Patiently waiting with baby doll


Landon all smiles because he loves the dentist


Ashlyn panicked at the last minute and we did the exam together! (and she  did great!)


Landon is an old pro at this dentist stuff.  Although this time he had to get a sealant on one of his back teeth which was a little traumatic, some tears were shed, but he managed to survive and left smiling!


Chuck E. Cheese to celebrate a successful dentist trip


Bounce House with our neighbors





Ashlyn's first time getting rollers in her hair (getting ready for the movies)


Watching Rio at the movie theatre

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Destin 2013

And...... we're off!!! New Orleans Bound!
Dinner at Palace Cafe.... sooooo good!  We walked around for a while, but Saturday night in New Orleans is pretty crazy so we retreated to the safety of our hotel room with Hurricanes for the adults, cookies for the kids, and new book about New Orleans to look at while watching movies.

8 am and on the streets!  First people up in the whole city!  Ready to go!


 Yummy breakfast at Cafe du Monde

 Jackson Square

 Bourbon Street
Jackson Square


 Landon's highlight- riding the street car! He was sooo excited to do this!


One last delicious meal in New Orelans, then we had to leave for Florida.

Florida bound.... Woooooo hooooo!

 Ready to swim


                                                       World's best babies!!






                                                            Our view every morning while eating breakfast




                                                 What the heck?!?!?!



                                                   Jumping for joy!  FLORIDA!!!!

 Landon really learned to swim this summer.  He is a little fish!

 And jump in... which scares me to death 99.9% of the time

 "Floating like the big kids" as Ashlyn says.  She loves to float around the pool.  She kicks her feet to move around in the water and then says "Hey, who splashed me?" when she splashes herself!  Silly girl!!!

Dinner on the beach at the Elephant Walk Cafe





















Dinner & fun at the Village at Baytown Wharf (note the big storm in the background)



The storm caught us on the carousel.  It poured, we ran and grabbed a shuttle back to our hotel.  We waited out the storm, then went to play putt-putt.






Our favorite things we will miss from Destin:
Landon swimming like a fish in the ocean with his goggles and looking at fish.  He loved it!

Ashlyn playing in the sand and getting her legs buried

Our huge floor to ceiling windows throughout the condo- where we watched rainstorms, lighting and people watched a lot!

Coke for breakfast

Taking 2 plus hour naps daily


Sadly- we had to leave!  Ashlyn fell asleep as soon as we got in the car.

The kids got a little stir crazy on the way home!