More Birthday!

Gran and Daddy spent the weekend with us so we had more birthday presents and fun! The twins had 9 days of being spoiled...splash park, 4 days at the beach and family in town for 4 days! Things have calmed down a little, thank goodness for lots of great b'day presents...their life would be boring after that many days of being the center of attention!

Birthday Party part1

We celebrated Mahlon and Sara Beth's birthday a week late to make sure daddy was home from Colorado! We had an Elmo themed backyard "splish splash" party. It was so much fun! I got lots of great pictures of the birthday boy and girl and our sweet friends and family that helped us celebrate! Don't worry I am only sharing a few... or 20 or 30!











I made a second attempt at baking 2 cookie cakes...the first was the cake I sent to school. My second cookie cake broke in half, so it was either start over (at 9pm the night before the party) or get creative...so I reshaped the cake to look like Elmo! The twins knew just who he was so that was all that mattered...not the cutest Elmo but it worked! And Cheri made the cutest and yummiest Elmo cupcakes to go along with the "Elmo" theme!

We spent the first half of the party splashing in the backyard, blowing bubbles and playing on the new see-saw! The biggest hit was the kiddie slide that ended in the kiddie pool! I think Mahlon went down it 500 times!!

Birthday Party part2

Once we made it inside it was time for singing, cake cutting and presents (or prizes as S.B. calls them)
Doc and Lani helped blow out the candles...Mahlon and Sara Beth weren't quite sure about that part!





But when it was time for presents they dug right in! They had so much fun and got soooo excited with each gift(as you can see from the smiles on their sweet faces!)



When the presents were all opened Sara Beth said "where go?all gone??"...she was ready for more!! Little Stinker!! Then it was time to crawl up in Doc's lap for a little recovery time!



They sure do love their kitchen set and all of the fun cooking utensils and "play food"...S.B. was trying to feed uncle B and instead jammed the spoon half way down his throat!!


We had such a fun time playing with all of our friends and family! Thanks for making "2" so special!

Beach Photo Shoot

Mahlon still didn't like the sand, so most of the beach pictures are of Sara Beth. I do have a few cute ones of the two of them togther!

Beach Day 3

Well daddy had a rough night on day 2...he got the stomach virus and was up most of the night! He did manage to make it to a chair by the pool in the a.m. for about an hour and when he headed up we went to the playground! So fun! After a LONG nap we were back on the waterslides, in the lazy river and splashing in the pool! Poor Wesley was not 100% but he made the most of it...he couldn't turn down little S.B. saying "dada, I want to swaaam and kick!" She LOVED it and they both loved the big water slides!

That night we headed down to the beach...after a little rain it was much cooler! We had a little photo shoot...I got some great pics!! Mahlon still didn't like the sand or water much! Sara Beth thought it was lots of fun!!
Once we got back to the condo it was my turn to get the stomach virus! YUCK! So day 4consisted of getting on the road ASAP! Luckily it was just a 36 hour bug so Wesley was feeling well enough to get us home!! Some vacation!! We did have a great time and hope to go back soon!!

Beach Day2

Day 2 we headed straight to the beach first thing! Mahlon and Sara Beth have never been on the beach so we were curious what they would think?? Sara Beth dug right in and started playing with the sand...Mahlon was not so sure if he wanted to or not. And neither one of them was was sure about the water...which was fine with us since we weren't sure of the oil situation...you couldn't SEE any oil, but we didn't want to risk anything with our precious babies!! We didn't last very long on the beach...it was 110 degrees!!! And since we weren't splashing in the water we were dying in the heat!


We headed right back to the resort to the indoor pool to get out of the sun and heat for while and we played on the mini water slide!! So much fun! Mahlon and Sara Beth thought they were soooo big sliding by themselves into the pool!



That night we got dressed up to go on a dinner date and leave the kiddos with Aunt Lani! We snapped a few pics before the babies went bed.

Beach day 1

We headed to the beach for our first "real" family vacation in 2 years!!! "Real" meaning it didn't involve going to parents, grand-parents, sisters, aunts, cousins, friends houses for the weekend. It was the four of us in a condo at the beach for 3 whole days...with a bonus trip from aunt Lani!


This is a picture of the first 1 hour we were there. We checked in, put on our suits, took a quick picture and spent the rest of the afternoon in the pool!! SO much fun!! We stayed at Caribe resort in Orange Beach...it was AWESOME! 8 outdoor pools, 3 indoor pools, 4 big water slides, 2 kiddie water slides, a lazy river and a playground!!