Summer sun and sand

Now that school is in full swing and it feels like those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer are behind us, I wanted to take a pause and share some of our fun summer highlights. Namely, our two big beach trips! The first we took to Fort Fisher with my family. We were so excited to share a whole week at the beach with Gigi, Poppy, my Grandma from FL and the McCune family(my sista!) all the way from TX. We started off the week with a cupcake gender reveal, and enjoyed lots of fun times on the beach, playing outside, hanging out at the local rec center, seeing sharks at the aquarium and more.

Surprise!!!

Evan loved boogie boarding-this was no doubt the best $10 we spent all summer!

 Sisters and cousins.

Gigi and the big boys-can't go wrong with Batman capes!

Less than a week after we got back from the beach with my family, we headed out to Topsail to celebrate Chris' cousin's special wedding day. We enjoyed even more sunny, sandy days with the Scott family, toured the Sea Turtle rescue center with the boys and Aunt Paige and were so thankful to be a part of Gracyn's beautiful beach wedding.

Aunt Catherine and the boys!

Dapper Asher-just missing his shades!

 Learning about sea turtles...

Beach hair don't care! 

More cousins!

In other summer news, we celebrated many family birthdays, and the boys had lots of fun at different VBS and science summer camps. We moved to Apex in June and continue to love our new home and neighborhood. Until next time, sayonara summer!

Atlantic beach-a picture story with captions

Otherwise titled...Sand, sand, and more sand! Lol. Last week we enjoyed a family trip to the beach with the Walker crew. Here's a few pictures to capture the memories. A huge thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Tim for making it possible, we had a great time!

In spite of the hot summer sun, these boys LOVE the beach. 

Caution-babies at play! Asher and Faith rockin the sun wear. For Asher's first time to the beach, and in the middle of a North Carolina July at that, he did great! 

Grandma in her glory.

Group photo outside of aquarium-Evan falling backwards off the turtles head. I've caught him. :-) 

Me and 1/2 of my boys, I'm one lucky lady. 

Happy 9th anniversary to us, we've grown almost a decade old together! Many thanks for Grandma for watching the boys so we could enjoy dinner out.

You can almost picture him breathing in the water here-my boys have ocean love in their genes I'm sure of it.

Bennett the merman-he was not impressed. Fins aside, this one is always the sandman. 

Asher taking in the wet shells and sand, Evan photoboming. 

A friendly dessert style "Chopped" competition. I graciously took home second place with my Samoa girl scout cookie bars.

Family picture on the beach with all the kids and grandkids. Till next time!

On Falls Lake-A picture story

 

 

  

Baby reveals and beach boys

 

A few weeks ago we celebrated baby #3 with a fun gender reveal pinata. Turns out the pinata was a stubborn one and took quite the beating before the candy fell. It was actually pretty hilarious, and I think everyone enjoyed their (many) turns at bat. The news has been out for a while now but to debut it here on the blog-it's a BOY!!!!

For those that have offered their condolences(yes, even you well meaning cashiers at Target), let me declare proudly that are very excited to welcome another bouncing boy into our family. Every baby is a blessing, and we are so so thankful for this healthy, growing little gift. In Evan's words, "Brother's day is going to be AWESOME now!!!"

In recent baby news, he is so active lately and often keeps me awake with his not so tiny kicks. I can hardly believe we're past the half way marker, though my belly happily reminds me! Baby boy also has a name now but we are waiting a bit to reveal it as the battle for his middle name continues to wage on.

A few days after our fun pinata party the boys and I braved the sharks and spent a few fun days at the beach with my family.  My sister and nephew have been in town from Texas and we have loved sharing sweet times with them! The boys really loved the beach this summer. Evan was especially brazen in the water, my true beach bum at heart Bennett turned into quite the sandman, and all the littles enjoyed digging for sand crabs with Aunt Sami. Thanks to high tides and an super wide sandbar, the boys even had a few surfing lessons from Poppy!

A shout out to Gigi and Poppy for bringing us all to the beach to make these fun memories-and special thanks to the sharks for staying away!