Just Hanging Out

Joey loves his new bathtub crayons, he draws all over the bathtub with them, and the other day, he came out of the bathroom with his Pooh Bear all decorated.

Joey likes to unpack his Daddy's carepackages and rearrange, and make sure he approves of everything I'm sending.
We love the summer weather, and are trying to hang out outside with our friends as much as possible! This is Michelle and her precious baby boy, Adam. What a cute face!

This is Christina and her sweet baby boy, Landon:

This is Bonny, with her princess, Abbey:

Oh yeah, me and Joey, taking pictures for Earl in front of the river at Christina's house:

He's too busy watching his friends play in the next door neighbor's playhouse.




Some nights we hang out outside with our neighbors. They brought over some carnival toys they'd won and Joey had a ball hitting us with the giant sword:

And catching sticky bubbles:

Flowers and the Ocean

Josiah is finally growing! He's not gaining much weight, but he's getting taller! Since January he's grown 2 1/2 inches! Now he's 33 inches tall! Yay! I haven't decided if I want to let his hair grow out or cut it, so it's staying the way it is until I make up my mind. We hear from Earl pretty often, and he is really staying busy. Hopefully the time is going faster for him then it is for us. :-) But we are staying busy too, between smelling the flowers and playing in the sand:

This is Joey at my neighbors house. The girls really love him, and he adores the "grrrrs."

Joey and Allie taking a ride in the Food Lion car after a quick grocery shopping trip.

"I Want Muscles." And if you can't tell, he's showing his muscles. He makes a cute grunting noise when he does this. He wore this shirt to the gym one day this week.

This is our first trip to the beach this summer: Joey, Adison, Allie, and Garrett. We really miss you, Earl, but we know you're not a beach bum, so you probably wouldn't mind missing out on all the sand and salt. Joey still isn't crazy about the cold water. He runs from the waves as they roll up the beach. But, as you can see, he loves the sand, and playing with water in his buckets.
Squeezing the sand.
Pouring out the water that we kept making trips up and down the beach to get for the kids.

He was overdue for a nap, and wasn't happy.
The kiddos with their toys.
"Cheese!"
Garrett and Joey

Joey and Adison.

Garrett and Allie.

Look at all that hair blowing in the wind. :-)


Ah yes, clean from the beach showers and dry, taking a nap on the ride home. (I took this picture at a red light, don't worry, not driving and snapping pictures backwards at the same time).




I'm sure there will be tons more beach pictures this summer, but I can't ever get tired of taking them. Except I may have messed up my camera this time....oops. Sorry, Earl! (He just bought it for me for Christmas because I broke my last camera).

We miss you Earl, please stay safe and hurry home soon. We want to bury you in the sand and splash you with the water!

More Pictures For Earl

We miss you like crazy, Earl. Here are a few more pictures of what we've been doing the past few weeks. Can't believe it's been over a month already since you've been gone. Enjoy the pictures and hope to hear from you soon. Take care. We love you!
And everyone else, enjoy the pictures!

Mom's favorite ducks at Lake Louise

This isn't new, this is Joey smelling Grandma's birthday flowers.

Paige and Macy, and Joey

"cheese"

Paige, Joey and Grandpa

Lake Louise

"cheese"
My little Harley man. Just like his Daddy!