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July 17, 2017

Over the 4th of July weekend we all piled into the car and took a little road trip to see the pyramids!

pyramid

Well, one pyramid…in Memphis…that’s also a giant Bass Pro and a hotel! We went to Memphis to see Lyndsay’s new house and stayed in the Big Cypress Lodge that is inside the Bass Pro. Yep, the hotel is inside the store and the balconies of the rooms overlook the store! It was really cool and the kids thought it was awesome obviously!

bass pro

memphis

memphis

bass pro

Our room was a giant suite and really, really nice! I did sort of feel like I was in Vegas though because there are no outside windows so you don’t know if it’s day or night!

memphis

We ended up eating there the first night because our babysitter had gotten delayed because of a little hospital stay!! Don’t worry, GJ is fine and they came on to Memphis the next day. But, since we had no sitters, the kids came to dinner with us and Lyndsay and Phillip at the restaurant on top of the pyramid – which you get to by riding the largest free-standing glass elevator in the world. The elevator was…well…like an elevator ride! But the views from the top were pretty great…wish I could say the same thing about our food.

pyramid

By that night, everyone was worn out from our Bass Pro adventures!

sleep

More Memphis fun tomorrow!

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Hannah in town

July 14, 2017

One of my favorite days of the summer – when Hannah and her family pass through town on their way to the beach! Just like last year, they got into town early evening and we had dinner, let the kids play, and stayed up too late catching up!

The kids couldn’t wait for our friends to get there!

waiting

Sadly Robert was out of town for their visit this year. We all missed him – especially Ryan who had to play baseball with the kids all by himself! ha! It was fun to see our growing crew of kids together…

hannah

hannah

These two little girls were cute together…with matching haircuts!  🙂 Caroline was teaching Samantha some dance moves!

girls

They packed up early in the morning to head on to the beach but I’m so glad they always make the effort to stop and visit! It’s the best!

hannah

Can’t wait for next summer’s visit!

Have a great weekend!

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The force

July 13, 2017

The Force is strong in our house…

the force

and Susan often gets greeted by a surprise light saber attack!

light saber

I don’t know about you, but I’ve heard that the dark side Elsa is the fiercest of all!

light saber

Happy Thursday!

light saber

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The Beach

July 11, 2017

While down in Naples, we spent the majority of our days swimming at the pool at the house. The beach club pool was under construction so there was little motivation to go down to the beach…until I saw this one morning on the door!

beach

Maxwell decided it was time to head to the beach so we did just that!

beach

beach

beach

Everyone loved getting their beach fix!

beach

beach

beach

We made it back to the beach once more during our trip…

beach

beach

The boys got pretty adventurous out in the water on their own! I was proud of them!

beach

beach

Samantha loved digging for shells…

beach

beach

The beach was great but it just isn’t as fun without Robert! By the end of the two weeks, we were super sad to say goodbye to some of our favorite people…

naples

but were super excited to get home to our other favorite person!

beach

Btw, the plane ride home was the first time Samantha flew without her carseat! She did GREAT! bye bye car seat!!

plane ride

See you tomorrow!

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Naples

July 10, 2017

Happy Monday! Circling back to our Florida trip last month, after 3 great days at Disney, the kids and I headed on to Naples with GJ and Daddo. Sadly, Robert had to go home to work but the rest of us enjoyed an extended vacay! As always, we did a whole lot of nothing in Naples! and it was glorious!

naples

Of course, all of that nothing included some of our favorite things like daily swimming…

naples

breakfast at Skillets…

skillets

playing with awesome new toys…

toys

getting ice cream…

ice cream

going to Target for even more new toys…

naples

taking super bubbly bubble baths…

bubbles

driving the little race car…

race car

hanging out with cousins…

daddo

and watching tons of movies at home, going to see movies at the theater, and playing nightly slots!

naples

Naples living is the best! I wish we could just stay all summer long!

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