10 months old and Football this weekend

My little is 10 months old. She is growing up so fast. I love every minute of my day (and night) with this sweet girl.

We are going to my hometown football game this Friday night. I love to go once a year so the boys can see the 'Friday NIGHT lights' in small town. It's a fun experience for the whole family. We are orange and black. This is what I came up with out of Anna's closet.

1'm 33 now...

I dream of . . . 

.... showing my children the true meaning of happiness

.... learning and loving with my kids daily

.... showing others how much they mean to me

.... hearing God's will for our family of five

.... having a joyful heart even in the hard times

.... living every moment of my life with God

.... giving to others

.... loving unconditionally

.... trusting God in all things

.... inspire my children to follow their passions

.... driving the countryside with my family

.... trying not to do everything  on my OWN, letting God do it 

.... watching my children live their lives for God 

More family in The Wood

In mid August my sister-in-law and her family moved to our area. We have enjoyed family time at her pool and riding bikes. I look forward to our kids growing up in the same area and enjoying more time seeing them.

They all poored their water bottles on their heads because of the heat. 

Our two are only a few months apart.

Gulf Shores Alabama and the hurricane

We planned our first family vacation to Gulf Shores Alabama. The Seale family, The Barton's and our then family of 4 went in July of 2011. We loved it so much that we decided it would be fun to book the same beach house just for our family. Daniel has traveled quite a bit since Anna's birth in November so we really couldn't book a solid week somewhere until July. Of course we didn't consider the possibility of a hurricane going straight for our beach house rental. Well,  it did.

Plan B vacation search lasted for a few days after we figured out there was no way we could go to Alabama. We really wanted some time away as a family at the beach. The boys would start Mother's Day Out in a week so we didn't have much time left. We finally found a beach house condo rental with a pool and a very close walk to the beach in Galveston at Point West. The pool was key for me since Anna wouldn't last long at the beach. Looking back now she did pretty good at only 9 months old. I did take my stroller to let her nap while on the beach. It helped me transport all our food supplies and towel bag. Here are some photo's of our trip. Mostly they are from my iphone. I took the camera to the beach once. A wagon would've helped more but somehow we have managed to not get a wagon 3 kids later.

She had to have a mid morning nap on the beach. Thankfully, it lasted atleast 45 minutes to an hour, like normal.

Jonathan, is my child who HATES, HATES for his picture to be taken. 

The last day frown from Stephen. Both boys could use the  Puddle Jumper but I waited too late in the summer to get one. The only place I could find them was on Amazon for the 2x the normal price so Stephen wore a life jacket.

Titus came to visit one day.

We had to take a bin of toys for down time in the beach condo.

Anna was non-stop

WHAT A FIT. She was upset because I wouldn't let her play with her bow. This just makes me laugh. 

She had two swim suits for the summer. I am so proud because they were both on sale. This one was only $3.