Vacation 2010

Oh how I already miss the ocean breeze and sand beneath my toes! Our family vacation to the beach is over and done once again! The excitement and anticipation seem to last a lifetime and then the trip itself is over in the blink of an eye! Could I suggest an all summer vacation down on the shore?

Sand Castle towns seemed to be the building choice of the kids this summer, they worked so hard on their creation. Treasure City was a little town designed by the boys for the crabs of the beach. It had everything from a fire station to a grand hotel for the crabby guests. They even caught a few crabs that took up residence for a while!

2010 4th of July

We had a great time on our annual 4th of July river trip! Weather, water and fireworks were great!

The firework stand we always stop its tradition! This year we pulled the Jeep instead of a trailer.

 

Our camp setup!

Playing in the river

 

Firework Fun!

The movies

We went to the movies to see the new Toy Story 3, it was really great and lots of fun! We went to Chili's to eat first kinda made a day of it. Didn't get any good pics but here is one red, glowing eyes, fuzz and all!

Kate didn't have a Toy Story outfit (shame on me), so we made due with our Popcorn movie outfit, she looked so cute and lots of people gave her compliments!!

Bubble Fun

Well to encourage outside time and recycling we made these water bottle and old sock bubble machines! Just dip into your dish washing soap and you get bubbles galore! Trying to do something each day that is simple fun, they liked this one, but became light headed from blowing so many bubbles!

Pretty in Purple

Kate had her first modeling type job and I had my first pictures used in an advertisement!

So much fun! Kate received a custom boutique outfit that was adorable, and her favorite color purple! I took her pics as she modeled the outfit, sent them to the store owner and designer, she chose her favorite shots and is now using them to sell the outfit! The best part Kate gets to keep the purple outfit and I get my name out to the boutique world saying hey I can help advertise for you! Something we have always wanted to do had many offers in the past but nothing ever panned out, so I was so excited when the package arrived at our doorstep!