Our spring Break in Florida 2009

Melissa's friend, Captain Dave's yacht in Bluewater Bay

Condo pool in Destin, FL.

Daddy was the "go to man" for flying in the air and crashing in the water.

Destin, FL

Destin, FL

Destin, FL

Bluewater, FL golfing

All five kiddos at Seaside Beach, FL
Clayton, Nicholas, Kaylee, Brooks, and Lilla

Seaside, FL - how beautiful is that water?

Our Spring Break (March 18 -21, 2009) was so much fun! We stayed in a condo in Bluewater, FL with my friend, Melissa Gaylard and her kids. We went to Destin beach and to Seaside beach. Seaside is the most beautiful water I have seen before! The blues are so turquoise and the sand is so white - it was hard for me to leave!

Happy 7th Birthday Nicholas!! 3.17.09

Eating at Dairy Queen (Clayton, Nicholas, Will, and Kaylee)

Happy Birthday to my sweet St. Patty's Day boy! Nicholas is the big #7 - so hard to believe the time has flown by this fast! We had a fun filled day of special things just for Nicholas. He got to pick wherever he wanted to eat for dinner and he picked Dairy Queen. Also, he invited a friend (Will Hecker) along and to sleepover. Then we took them by Toys R Us for a Poekmon event they were having and he got a special Pokemon for his Nintendo DS. After all that fun, we celebrated at home with a Bruster's Ice Cream cake just how he wanted it (strawberry ice cream with yellow cake and a fudge layer in the middle) - YUMMY! He opened up all his fun Pokemon presents from us and said that this was his best birthday ever!

If I was president for a day, I would...

1st grade - 2009
I just love these papers Nicholas gets to do at school - they are my favorite! This is just as he wrote it (parentheses will be my writing). Nicholas wrote, If I was president for a day, I would..."eat ice cream most of the time. I would also go bowling. I would also right bills. I would like to go swiming. I would drive 2 Air force blackbird. For desert I would have cookie cake. They would carve a statue of me in Mt. Every st (Mount Everest). I would play golf."

Very funny - just wanted to share. I will have to go back in Clayton's things from this age and see if I can find some of his!

Nicholas' First Baseball Game - Go White Sox!!

The 2009 White Sox

Nicholas with Asst. Coach Daddy

Nicholas take every opportunity he can to slide!

Nicholas is on the 1st grade White Sox Spring baseball team for Mountain Brook. He is doing awesome! He has made a hit every time at bat! Most importantly, he is having a ton of fun! These pictures are from his first game last week-end.

3rd Grade Cub Scout Campout 3.7.09

Clayton and his friend, Jackson.

We had our 3rd Grade Cub Scout Camp out this past Friday night at Mountain Brook Presbyterian Church. This is where the Boy scouts have their Scout hut and meetings - so we camp out on the big grass lawn, use the large fire ring for roasting hot dogs, sit at the picnic tables for activities, and take a nature hike through the woods on a trail that goes all around the church, and we use the scout hut for the bathroom. It is a great place to camp out because it is so close to home! The boys had a wonderful time together, as did the men!

Ice Skating 3.5.09

Kaylee and I went ice skating with some friends at the Pelham Civic Center on March 5th. We ended up having the whole rink to ourselves because no one else was there. The girls had a tough time balancing enough to skate on their own, (and when I held Kaylee's hand, she was so wobbly, she would almost knock me down) so they held on to a chair and it slid all around with them while they skated. My little daredevil, Kaylee, would skate with the chair across the rink fast and then jump in the chair and slide across the ice - she made she so nervous! It was a fun time.

Snow Day Video ~ March 1, 2009

Here we are at 8am having fun with the snow day.

Another Snow Day Video ~ March 1, 2009

Here is some of our fun from our snow day.

Snow Day . March 1. 2009

Yummy, snow!

Kaylee making a snow angel.

This is our measly attempt at a snowman :)

We just love a good snow day (our one time a year)! It started snowing sometime early in the morning and sadly stopped around 11:30am, leaving us with a good 2 to 3 inches to play in. The snow has such a powdery, bright white, perfect appearance - just stunning! Nicholas woke up first, looked outside, and quickly ran to Clayton's room, who yelped for joy! I woke up Kaylee and we all bundled up and went out to play at 8am. We had a blast throwing snowballs, making angels, and for the kids, eating the snow. What a blessing to have this fun snow day!