{chaos in Paradise}

We're back!

We survived the drive both ways, the week with family that contained 3 different "family units" and 9 kids under 5, the jellyfish encounter, the shark race thanks to Russ, the daily haul to the beach (I mentioned 9 kids, right?!?), the massive amounts of food we ate, the massive amounts of sunscreen we applied, and just the overall laziness of it all. We wore no makeup for 9 days, wore no shoes, wore basically no clothes and our feet hurt when we had to put shoes on and resume our regularly scheduled activities this week. I had to fix my hair, apply makeup, dust the sand off and get back to reality. When asked if we would do it again...our answer - of course, the cousins had a blast and I think the adults had limited run-ins with each other and after a year to recoup...sure, we'd do it again...maybe :)

Until the pictures are downloaded, here is a view from our porch.

And Paisley...just because she turned 11 months during all this chaos.

{SDC}

We took a last minute (decide at 7:30am and leave at 9:00am) trip to Silver Dollar City for the day. It wasn't very crowded and temps were great. This is the only picture I took. Paisley napping as she waited on the others to get back from their train ride.

{Camping}

We went camping. I'm not a happy camper - let's just get that out of the way. But, I went because I knew how much the kids loved being at the lake with Papa and Grandma Addington. So, off we went on what was one of the hottest weekends on record. Please note, Lil P stayed with Nana. She would not have been a happy camper.

Headed out for some water fun.

 Dad trying to remember how to ski. Brady was impressed.

 Impressed so much that he wanted to try. (I have a video of him skiing that I will post later).

 These 2 were content sunbathing in the boat.

 But, I did get Paige to ride the "hotdog" with me.

Taking it all in.

 More sunbathing.

  



{3rd Birthday in Pictures}

{mimic}

Paisley worked very hard to get these sunglasses on her head. She knows all to well how they are really to be worn after watching her mom for several months. She had no intentions of putting them over her eyes. :)

And I just have to say, those cute little capris she is sporting have been worn by her older sister, older twin cousins, and older Texas cousin. I think 5 little bodies in the same pair of capris was my money well spent.

{camera downloaded...finally!}

Oh camera...how we've missed you. You have captured a lot of memories for us this summer but your faithful owner has forsaken you and not shown your good work.

So, until the pictures are logged and sorted, here is a teaser of what is to come. I know you are stoked!!

These boys, who turned 3, might have had some cake...

We might have went camping when it was 100+. We might have went boating.

And the boy might have skiied...

 We might have hunted worms again but this time with the cousins...

But, all in all...we have had a great summer. But it is far from over!

{swimRanch}

We took these 2 to Swim Ranch last week for lessons. It was a long, tiring week but was also nice to hang out with them every morning - in your face bonding time! :)  We don't have any action shots because both Dane and I had to be in the pool with them. It's a great place. Until next year...