Kaylee Cuts Her Own Hair!!!!!

August 20, 2009

Kaylee was upstairs playing in the playroom and said, "I found some scissors and accidentally cut my hair." WHAT??!!?? I was not very happy at all! We had a long talk and immediately went to Paris Hair Salon to have it "fixed". This little Tinkerbell cut is what we ended up with. She does not like it all and has decided she wants it long again, so now, we will be waiting patiently...for a while...

Kaylee's First Day of Preschool ~ August 19, 2009

Kaylee's first day of 4 year old preschool at Brookwood Baptist Church. She has her same teacher as last year, which she is thrilled about! Ms. Katie even let her take her baby doll into class with her. This is Kaylee's last year before going to Kindergarten next year...boo-hoo!

Clayton and Nicholas' First Day of School ~ Aug. 18, 2009

August 18, 2009 ~ First day of school for Clayton and Nicholas. Clayton is now in 4th grade with Mrs. Waldrop as his teacher and gets his own locker for the first time ever! Nicholas is in 2nd grade with Mrs. Holt as his teacher. This year, Clayton will have his own MacBook laptop to keep in his classroom (provided by the school) and Nicholas will have a mini PC laptop to start learning keyboarding and to do powerpoint presentations. They are very excited about this!

First Day of Ballet/Tap Class ~ August 17, 2009

The boys were not in school yet, so they had to come with me to take Kaylee to her first class.

Kaylee is taking a class at The Dance Factory that is 30 minutes of ballet and 30 minutes of tap. She LOVES it! She comes home showing off her moves all the time - especially the tap moves. The class runs all year long and in May, she will perform in a recital.

Golden Flake Factory Tour ~ August 12, 2009

Today, we went with the Gaylard's and the Collat's to tour the local Birmingham Golden Flake Factory. It was very interesting to learn how their different products are made. We got to taste cheese puffs, cheese curls, regular potato chips, and BBQ Pork rinds - all were fresh and hot off the line. Those freshly cheesed puffs were melt in your mouth delicious! Then they sent us off with lots of free chips - great for lunches next week at school.

Gulf Shores, AL - Last trip of the Summer

At the Beach Club in Gulf Shores, AL

Grandma, Papa, and the kids- watch out for the shark!!

Clayton driving his race car at the Track

Kaylee rode with Daddy and Nicholas was not tall enough to drive, so he rode with Papa.

Putt Putt at the Track

The Hole in one Club!

And another one,

And, another one!

Playing at the pool.

Eating at the Shrimp Basket with the King's.

Playing in Perdido Key, FL with the King's and our new raft.

August 7 - 11, 2009 ~ Gulf Shores, AL

Kaylee stayed a week at my parents and then agreed to meet us in Gulf Shores to drop her back off to us. The first two days, the beach had a red flag posted and there were lots of jellyfish, so did not get to play in the water. The next day was yellow flag and lots of jellyfish, so we went to the Foley Outlet Mall and to the Track to ride Race cars and play putt-putt. We also drove out to Perdido Key, FL to meet our friends the King's for dinner. We loved their beach so we crashed in on our last day - no jellyfish! We had a good time all together!

Back in Destin, FL ~ July 31-August 4, 2009

Watch out Nicholas, big wave coming!

Me and Kevin at Bud and Alley's Taco Bar (our favorite place to go) in Seaside, FL!

Sno cones at Frosty Bites in Seaside.

The Armament Museum in Eglin, FL

This is what Clayton wants to fly when he grows up!

Kevin and I took the boys back to Destin, FL for a few days for more beach fun! Kaylee went to Texas to stay with Grandma for a week, so she did not come with us. It rained the first day, so we went to the Air Force Armament Museum in Eglin, FL, then the rest of the time the sun came out for some awesome beach time. Because it had been stormy, the waves were really huge out there and super fun to boogie board in! The kids certainly got wiped out a few times.