Jack and Lori and Pooh

We had such a fun visit with Uncle Jack and Aunt Lori last weekend! The girls loved getting to see them and we were really happy we all got to hang out for a long weekend. We went to an awesome dinner and to see Harry Potter. Tyler was seeing it for the second time, because of course he went at 3:00 am opening night. He has to go see anything in 3-D without me because it makes me feel car sick. So, he was happy to go see it in regularD with the rest of us:) We spent one afternoon playing at the pool and then Tyler cooked dinner for everyone...fish tacos, beans, rice, and homemade pineapple jalapeno salsa. Piggy back rides with Uncle Jack. Isn't that exactly what Uncles were made for? :)


We also took the girls to their first movie! We went to see Winnie the Pooh and they did a great job. There were lots of other loud kiddos in the theater, so even when they were being too loud- it didn't seem that bad. Savannah tried to get out of her seat once, but other than that did so good! She nevers sits that still for that long. And it helped that we brought goldfish...they must have eaten at least a half of a bag of goldfish. Skylar was so excited when we walked in to the theater and saw the gigantic screen. She got a little scared/nervous during the previews because they are SO loud, but then she was fine and I think she had a great time.
Skylar in front of a poster for the new Taylor L movie...
Sitting in Daddy's lap before the movie

We are off the the beach tomorrow!...Look for Outer Banks Pics next time....

Lovin Summer

We all enjoyed a great visit with Mimi last week. The girls loved lots of extra attention! It was also nice to have the extra help and some adult conversation during the day instead of the usual gibberish conversations I get to hear all day. Skylar's hair is just barely getting long enough for pigtails- love it!

Skylar's new ladybug bikini from Rod and Sandy

The girls love to make a big mess with all the play food. I think Savannah just likes to dump it all out so she can get in the box.
Food everywhere!


Mimi was so great and kept the girls one day so we could go to Busch Gardens. It was a gorgeous hot day and we had a blast walking around, eating terrible for you food (like a soft pretzel wrapped hot dog-yum!), riding roller coasters, and swimming at the water park- Water Country. Water Country was so fun and had tons of water slides and tube rides. I went on almost everything at the water park, but left Tyler to fend for himself on most of the roller coasters. He did do one huge drop water slide that I didn't do and he hurt his back and was sore for days. We are getting old:) Here is Ty on one of the coasters...

He is on the very right with his hands up...
One of the best parts of the whole day was getting to come home after having a great time and being gone all day- and not having to pay a babysitter! Thanks Mimi!

We found a new park recently that has a huge sandbox and lots of ride on toys to play with. It is in a cool neighborhood sort of downtown with lots of row houses all around it. Lots of people walk and ride their bikes there. It is a big park entirely fenced in-which is great for not worrying if Savannah is going to run off. She just took off for the cars as soon as we got there and then didn't want to have anything to do with us and got mad if I tried to help her or ask her if she wanted to swing or anything else. She is an independent little stinker!

Girls at the sunflower patch....

Happy 4th of July!

We had a great July 4th weekend! Mimi is in town visiting and we went to brunch at our favorite spot-The Boathouse, played in the baby pool, shopped, and Tyler cooked out yummy dinners on the grill three nights in a row!