Beach Pics

Well, Hilton Head Island was as magical as everyone said it was...

 We had to beg Owen to take this one of us, but I am so glad we did.  Love this man so much!  This year is our 10 year wedding anniversary...so thankful for the love we have.

 Singing Happy Gotcha Day to Sadie at 8:15 am...HA!  They loved it!

 Emery took a lil nap on the beach and the bigs couldn't stop kissing on her.  So sweet!

 We met up with our precious friends from Canada.  They are at Emory doing a fellowship this year as well. 

 I love a family picture!!!  Goodness gracious!  Look how big our Emery is!  I cannot believe it.  This picture seriously shocked me when I saw how big she looks. 

 

 This was taken on Mother's Day...I looked up and saw Cooper and Sadie playing in the waves together.  Such a sweet gift for this mama.  We don't always get along so well, so when I see this I just relish in it. 

 Emery LOVED the water and couldn't get enough of it.  Several times she would point and say "MORE" while her whole body was shaking from being cold.

 Blake and I noticed while on this trip that Owen walks with a lil swagger.  It's sooo cute.  I love that he is confident. 

 Not sure this needs any explaination...I just love that this is what she did...taking it all in baby girl.

 What a great shot of Sadie checking out the sea shells.  Notice she has her baby...she's such a good lil mama.

 He was in heaven!  We normally don't let the kids drink pop, but we got a cooler for the beach and their daddy bought them Diet Twist Up and you'd have thought they won the lottery.  And yes, they were having fun seeing who could burp the loudest. 

 Sweet kisses!  This Emme is full of hugs and kisses and we just can't get enough of them. 

 Sadie got a skim board for her Gotcha Day from Noonie and Papa.

 He so didn't want to stop and take this...thank you Cooper!

I am not sure what we would have done without this precious family full of great friends.  Everything you've heard about Canadians is true...they are the nicest people you'll ever meet.  We are gonna miss them! 

Packing it in!

Well, ends up we have wonderful little travelers! Especially when they can watch movies the whole drive. Look at sweet Emery! Is she not breath taking? As soon as we got there...seems as if everyone did not want to be in the pic. You gotta just laugh!

Blake and I got quite the arm workout this trip from juggling the girls. I seriously have the sweetest husband and he's the best daddy! I love these pics of Emery...it's like she knew what was about to happen.The first ride! Owen wanted to do race cars so bad, and we thought surely the girls were too little. Nope...you only have to be 32" to ride along! I LOVE this one. We caught a parade and the guy asked who was at Disney for the first time. Look at my sweet boys sheepishly raising their hands. Awwww.

Sadie taking in the parade. It was like being front row at the circus!

The carousel...with the castle thingy in the background.

She is posing for me. When did she get so big?!?! Did I mention she is 3 1/2 now? Ugh. No baby no. Please don't grow.

My little cuddle bug....

She wanted to hug this lady...pretty sure she thought she looked like a princess ;)

Desperate to get a pic of all of us! Owen loved the roller coasters.

Their Gigi sent money for them to get a toy! There is a small chance we kept them out too late this night. This totally is not like us, our kids are in bed by 7 every night. They did really well considering its not their norm. Now, they might have cried the entire walk from hotel parking lot to their bed, but...

We told the boys to try and pull the sword out...and they were a bit heart broken they couldn't pull it out like the kid on the movie. This pumpkin was a complete daddy's girl the whole trip. One time she told me, "No. Not you mama. DADDY!!!" Mkay then. Day two our Papa Max gave the wonderful suggestion that we eat lots of ice cream. It's vacation! Why not!?!?

Swiss Family tree house! Cooper's favorite movie!

Awww.

A little jungle safari ride...

Yahoo! We got to see Princess Tiana!

Best.dad.ever. It was SO hot and we were sweaty!

Owen did not want to be in the photo, so he got to take it!

My favorite part...the African Safari in Animal Kingdom! It was unreal!

We had to stop on our safari because the giraffes were walking on the road!Sadie thought it was stinky! A favorite ride for the kids, it was great there were rides we could all go on!

This one just breaks out dancing anywhere...with no music!

Their favorite part of Animal Kingdom? Touching the poop. Yep. That's real poop. It's been cooked and covered in lacquer, but they still thought it was awesome to hold it!

My lil guys went on that roller coaster!!! It scared the living daylights out of them, but they did it. They wanted to. And it was not the ride itself that got them scared...there was a monster in a cave. We hate monsters you all.

Waiting to get our tickets for the coaster!

They are SO sweet!

Dancing again!

How cute are they?

Not sure he'll ever understand how much this makes me love him more!!! Gosh I adore this guy. Winning his baby girl a carnival toy.

Look at her face! Priceless!

Your daddy loves you princess.

Princess Tiana again...same day another shot.

The water play was a HUGE hit. How great is this picture?

You would've thought they won the lottery! They were so hot that this was perfect play and cool down!

Hope you loved these as much as we do! We feel like the luckiest people alive to have had such precious time together. And hopefully loads of wonderful memories that none of us will quickly forget.