Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Fun day with my big boys!


It is not often that I get to be the one to head out with Brody and Wade, and Todd stay home with Jack. It is in no way on purpose, but it just always happens, that I stay with Jack and Todd takes Wade and Brody. So, last Saturday, me and my almost 5 year olds (sniff, sniff) loaded up in the car for a birthday party and then a pool play date!

From 11a - 1p, we were at Fudpucker's, helping Land Mead celebrate his 4th birthday, super hero style!! The boys wore their Spider-man shirts, capes and masks and thought they were the coolest things ever. Until we were about to walk in the front door of the restaurant, Brody looked up at me and said, "Mom. Are we really going to wear our outfits in here? In public?? Aren't people going to think we are silly??"...This was the first time I have ever witnessed one of my children be conscious of what other people think. I threw my hands up in the air, told him much everyone will love to see him in his get up and ushered them through the door. He never looked back!

Happy 4th birthday Land! Thank you for having us...we had a blast and loved playing superheroes and playing in the arcade!

They actually look like twins, in my opinion, in these pics!!
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Brody is "double strawing it" with blue, Poweraide and Sprite. His words. Not mine.
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Superheroes, UNITE!! (Land, Chloe, Brody, Cooper and Wade)
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Cooper Davis was cracking me up. He would have struck a pose all day long!
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Immediately after the birthday party, we headed back over to Cooper and Graysons house, for another afternoon of swimming, snacking, legos and more snacking. Thank you having us Wood Family!!

The boys spent hours, trying to perfect their belly flops and canon balls. Stacey and I had free, endless entertainment!!
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They had the absolute BEST time!
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And, a few short videos for good measure.





Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Happy 41st birthday Todd!


Happy 41st Birthday Daddyman!! We love you so very much!! I still remember when we first started dating and you were only 30 years old! (The only pics I have from the whole day are VERY, VERY random cell pics.)
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Yay, cake!!! (Jack and the birthday boy polish off the remnants of the cake)
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Serious about their cake!
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And, the brisket that he smoked for 10 hours. He was proud!
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And Brody with a rubber dart stuck to his. He was also proud!
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And Jack tried on 18 different hats before 9am.
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And, brought Daddy peaches and a HUGE spork for a birfday snaaaack.
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And Wade put together 9 of Jack's puzzles in 93 seconds. Sweet boy put his hands on his hips when he was all done, smirked and walked away...like it was no big deal!
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Todd is such a simple man...only wanted to be with our little family on his birthday. How did we get so lucky? We won the husband/Daddy lottery!!

Summer Afternoons


Nothing better than a relaxing summer afternoon/evening with good friends! The boys perfected:

Their high and tight back flips (not to be confused with the haircut)...
Brody:
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Wade: (Poor guy and his chlorine eyes. He fell asleep in my lap in the middle of dinner!)
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Grayson:
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'Aiming' on the grass, pool deck and each other, eating ice, chewing gum, chucking every toy into the pool and diving for pool rockets...
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These 5...aren't they just the cutest?
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Stomping on Mrs. Stacey's sandcastles and fishing with the daddies...
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Saturday, July 20, 2013

Water


The good ol' slip-n-slide never gets old around the Harrell household. Actually...anything including water will entertain my boys for hours on end :)
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Littlest dude can hit too!!
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Still sometimes cannot believe we have twins.
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2.26 seconds with B-man. Such a ham!!
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Adult Staycation



Thank God for Grandparents. Please...let me repeat....Thank God for Grandparents!!!

While Todd and I spent the weekend enjoying our 'staycation', right here on our own beaches...
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We dispersed the kiddos and grand-dogs...Jack went to Nana and Gator's:
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And Wade, Brody, Buck and Miller all went to Pop's and Donna's!
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Thank you all so very much! No of the boys wanted to come back home :) We were able to spend time celebrating Todd's birthday, a weekend early, and the kids enjoyed being spoiled and loved!!

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Rainy 4th...and 5th and 6th...and 7th!!


It rained. and rained. and poured. and rained. We were STUCK inside for 3 1/2 days...with barely any let up from the dark skies above. Not fun for little kiddos that have tons of energy. So, we got creative and built forts, went to the movies to see Monster's University, shucked corn, went for drives in the country, watched movies, took baths, cooked and cleaned and threw in some laundry for good measure....

We colored...
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And snuggled...
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And played with Mommy's phone...
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And fell asleep in Mommy's arms...
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And built a city out of Lego's...
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And swinging, baseball and dinner outside, between the storms...
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And traced our bodies with chalk in the muggy garage...
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And drove to the beach and watched people play volleyball in the rain...(everyone was stir crazy at this point!)
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And on the evening of the 4th, right after we put Jack down, the rain actually stopped and we were able to set off backyard fireworks! Brody and Wade loved every second, but were bummed we didn't get to see any fireworks "high in the sky". Next year boys...come hell or high water.
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This years 4th of July wasn't anything exciting or anything I had pictured in my head...but we were lucky to log many hours together as a family!

God Bless the USA! (Jack saying the Pledge of Allegiance at school)
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