Florida- Sunday

Sunday's service featured a gospel quartet. They were selling cds and camouflage hats that said, "I Jesus." Nana bought some for all the kids.

A huge thank-you to my parents who sponsored the trip.

I like going places with this guy.

I love seeing my brother in the uncle role.  Unsurprisingly, he is awesome at it.

Ruby was the sweetest babysitter.  Roebin was quite attached to her.

More snuggles.

Our traditional photo taking spot:

Florida- Briana and JJ Get Married

The reason for our trip to Florida was the wedding of my cousin Briana. The big kids were part of the wedding party. It was a lovely, happy day.

OK, SERIOUSLY, HOW BEAUTIFUL IS THIS COUPLE??

I love this picture.

The little boys were staying close to the groomsmen as to be available to the photographer for pictures.  I wanted to take advantage of the fact that we were all dressed up and get a picture with my boys.  They became obsessed with the pinecones which made me really giggly.

"Just put the pinecones down...yes all of them...you can play with the pinecones after we take a picture...yes, ALL of the pinecones...please smile normally, no that's not normal, that's not a normal smile either...open your eyes, please.  PUT THE PINECONES DOWN."

Close enough!

On a side note- the boutonnieres for the ring bearers were accidentally omitted.  The wedding coordinator handed me an extra corsage and said, "Can you do anything with this?" I looked through what was unlocked in the church office. Using scissors and mailing labels Kelly and I cobbled three boutonnieres together.

Ruby and Levi stood for the ceremony on stage.  Their absolute favorite part was getting to link arms and come down the aisle together.  Levi put a lot of practice into learning how to offer his arm to Ruby.  It was so sweet.

AND THESE TWO, SO BEAUTIFUL!!

Excuse me, I need to faint now from the love and the sweetness and the beauty.

Poor, sweet Ben.  My boys love him so much and the way they show it is to manhandle him with hugs constantly.

Doesn't Roebin look like one of those dolls you can buy on QVC?  Poor kiddo was not feeling totally well.

Levi took this picture of the happy couple.  That reminds me, I should see if they'd like an enlargement of this one.

Milo took this one.

SO HANDSOME.  I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS MY LIFE.

Florida- Sunshine

It was so fun to see Roebin and all his tricks. He's now walking and talking and signing and being incredibly cute.

All the big kids gave him attention.

All ready to rehearse to be ring-bearers.

These kiddos are all over the place in their sleep.  I used to be the same way.

There were a few dinosaurs outside our hotel.

Milo loves it that Roebin is the baby and he is the big boy.

Ruby took such great care of Roebin. 

Florida- Family Time

This was taken at the lobby of our hotel. Can you tell we were in Florida?

Everyone was so excited to see Roebin.

Poor kiddo had been very sick and was not quite himself again yet. 

Awesome Uncle Joel helped the boys in their search for lizards.

Milo enjoyed helping Nana do a princess puzzle.

Lots of snuggles and hugs:

Florida- Getting There

A few weeks ago, we travelled down to Florida along with Joel, Kelly, Ruby, and Ben. It was a long night due to flight delays but the kids were troupers. When we finally arrived at our hotel at 2:30 in the morning, I was grateful that the fun of the night outweighed the stress of the night.

American Girl Doll, Sage, joined us.

It's always a good time with these two.

They were exposed to the Looney Tunes and found it to be hilarious.  I found much to cringe at- for example, an entire sequence where one character chased another around with a huge cleaver.

Waiting in Tampa for the rental vehicle.  By this time it was 1 in the morning and the only ones who had any sleep were Levi and Milo for just about an hour on the plane.

This picture was not posed.

This one was:

Kindergarten Fun Run

After Levi's concert, he participated in the school fun run.

It's important to warm up before undertaking a strenuous race.

Milo was very happy to take part.

They are starting to get pretty good at push-ups.

The reason they are getting good is that I make them do 5 push-ups anytime they forget to flush or wash.

Celebrating with popsicles afterward.
Here are a few of Levi's buddies:

And some of his friends-who-are-girls.

And a few more buddies.  He had some really great kids in his class.  I'm so happy about the new friendships he made.