Andrew comes for a visit!!!

Steve, Betsy and Andrew came up for a week around the end of August and we had such a great time! The week flew by way too quick for Rich, Kalee and I and we were defintely sad to see them leave. Crystal and Charley came over for a couple days and joined in on the fun. In the pic below the boys had gone out so us girls decided to attack them with a water gun and the hose when they came back. Our plan to get both guys out of the car didn't work out so well, but at least we got Rich!

Until he stole the water gun from Kalee!

Kalee and Andrew - aren't they beautiful?!

Uncle Stevie and daddy had lunch with Kalee at school one afternoon - she was thrilled!

Betsy and Andrew playing in the ball pit - fun times!

We went kayaking one afternoon - and got to ride in a limo bus to the drop off point...Kalee thought that was awesome and would have LOVED to ride around town all afternoon - forget kayaking!Andrew enjoying the river...

Charley and Crystal had a little spill and fell out of their kayak and Charley had 'enough' after that! She was so tired, too, and started nodding off near the end of the trip. She was so adorable - her life jacket was the perfect head support! :)

Charley and Andrew had fun watching...

RC car races! Boys and their toys...Steve put the smack down on his bro! Poor Richie - I think he did finally win a race or 2.

Hopefully this video will play - so sweet!

Labor Day weekend in Destin!

Kalee and I took a quick trip to Destin over Labor Day weekend - we had so much fun! We stayed with my childhood best friend, Carmen, and her family. On Saturday we kayaked in the Bay to a sandbar known as Crab Island and searched for hermit crabs. The water was so beautiful...and Kalee and I both LOVE to be out on the water, so it was a perfect day! Kalee and Carmen had fun finding all these hermit crabs.

They have food and drink barges in the middle of the sandbar...and then Kalee spotted the "ice cream boat"...so OF COURSE we had to have a cool snack!

Saturday evening we decided to hit the beach. Carmen had heard that the seaweed was really coming in, but we figured the girls wouldn't mind...and they didn't until it was time to leave. I figured it would be clumps of seaweed (like at Cocoa Beach), but no...this was like pureed seaweed...little tiny pieces EVERYWHERE. I had to wash Kalee's hair 3 times to get it all out - so gross!

Waiting for our turn to go...PARASAILING!Flying through the sky! Kalee LOVED it!

Sunday night we went to ride go-karts...at the end of the 3 minutes Kalee looked at me and said "this was the best part of my day"!

While we were parasailing we scouted out the parts of the shore that seemed to be seaweed free - and enjoyed a BEAUTIFUL morning at the beach on Monday, before we hit the road.

We could have stayed at the beach all day! I can't wait for our next Destin trip!