The biggest mushroom…

Around the corner from our house, we saw a mushroom, from the car, that’s how big it was!  It looked like it would make a great seat for a little boy!

Playing in the rain…

After a failed attempt to swim at the neighborhood pool with friends, we came home and since it wasn’t thundering, Ari and Asa played in the raindrops…

Cold front in August…

No, it didn’t start snowing in the middle of summer, but my Florida boy Kaden felt the need to dress in warm clothes anyway.  Asa went for the cowboy chef look ~

Ari :)

Baskets are meant to be dumped out and played in….

And donuts are meant to be found and eaten….I heard him find the donuts and get a stool to climb up, but I waited to get him, the picture was worth it…

Coloring

I pulled out the box of markers today, they kept the boys entertained for hours…a little bit of coloring and a lot of making swords!  In the picture I took, no one is coloring!!

Cupcakes with Kimberly

Yes, we enjoy cupcakes in our family!!  We were able to spend a few days with Kimberly, the boys loved it, and even after she left, Ari went around looking for her and her brother’s little dog that she had brought :)

Did I mention Benji’s spoiled??

Sleeping

Apparently Asa was tired, I could hear him playing in his bed for a little bit, but when I went to check on him, this is where I found him…

Watching the Blue Angels

The boys’ grandparents came into town for a few days, and it happened to be the weekend of the air show at the beach.  We decided not to fight the traffic because the boys haven’t been super interested during past shows.  Instead, we went downtown and had lunch at a restaurant where we could see them fly.  The next day, we went to another waterfront restaurant, the weather wasn’t great, but cleared up enough that we did get to see a little of the show!

Boys in the Car…

Fourth of July

Tonight, we celebrated the Fourth by having dinner with friends and then taking a walk downtown to see the fireworks.  Asa Jack had Nate and I laughing so hard, the group was singing praise songs, and Asa loves music and guitars.  He watched and then out of the blue walked up to the front, did a little dance, and then ran to the back all embarrassed.  Only Nate and I knew that this behavior was completely out of character for him, and it was so funny!

The sparkler pictures came out pretty fuzzy, but the boys had a good time with them!

Cuteness

Cupcake face

We went to a neighborhood pool party this afternoon, all of the boys enjoyed swimming, but on top of that…Asa really enjoyed his cupcake!

Benji, on the other hand, just couldn’t believe we left him at home…

Trip to the mountains

We drove up to the Asheville area for a wedding this weekend.  Kaden was the ring-bearer in Nate’s cousin Laurel’s wedding, which was neat because Nate was the ring-bearer in Laurel’s mom’s wedding when he was little.  On our first day there, we were excited to be able to visit with my Aunt Mary and Uncle Jim, we had some really good pizza and then boys had a great time walking around and exploring!

During the trip, we stayed in a house in the mountains with Katie and Joel and the cousins.  The boys really enjoy getting to spend time with their cousins and we don’t get to do it often enough! The view from the back porch was beautiful…

Our first night, we were able to see lots of family we hadn’t seen in a while.  The next day we went out to lunch and later on was the rehearsal, but poor Asa fell asleep on the way there, and he gets kind of grumpy when he doesn’t wake up on his own.  So we waited a while in the car and then sat outside while he woke up….see he wasn’t very happy…

But Kaden did such a great job at the rehearsal…

The next morning, Ari and I spent some time outside on the porch swing...he thought it was great~

Then Nate, Kaden, and Ari headed over to the church for Kaden to get ready, after they dropped Asa and I off at a little shopping area where I ate lunch and Asa ate ice cream :)  I had a delicious grilled pimento cheese sandwich with bacon, and then since we were still waiting, finished up with a berry cobbler, which of course I shared with Asa!

Knowing that the wedding was right around naptime, and not wanting to spend the whole time sitting outside, I brought the ipad in for Asa to play on, it made his day!  And I was able to see a very cute toothless Kaden all dressed up and handsome, next to his cute also toothless cousin Eden!  They both did a great job standing in front of the church through the ceremony!

After the ceremony and more pictures, we headed to the reception.

By this point, the boys were pretty much done with pictures…oh well!

The next day we headed back home, made the drive without stopping overnight, we were ready to be back in our own bed!