Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...
Robert’s office is doing a pumpkin decorating contest this year and we decided to get out the paint and make some fancy pumpkins!
Maxwell made this minion all by himself – no help from me at all!
“Boo-nana!”
Spencer got started on this Baby Yoda but then lost interest so I finished it out.
“Flying in a Pod”
Samantha did a lot of the painting on her unicorn – and all of the glitter!!
“BOO-nicorn!”
I think they turned out pretty great!
Happy almost Halloween!
Nothing better than school picture day!! I just love comparing all the years. Starting with Maxwell…
2011 in the nursery…
2012 in Older Toddlers…
2013 in the Twos…
2014 in the Threes (good hair day! ha!)…
2015 in the Fours (this one was a winner!)…
2016 in Kindergarten…
2017 in 1st Grade…
2018 in 2nd Grade…
2019 in 3rd grade…
and now 2020 in 4th grade! I think this is a great picture!
On to Spencer…
He started off strong in 2013 in the nursery….
Then we didn’t get one from Older Toddlers in 2014 because he wouldn’t sit for the photographer. Yep, his teacher said he just wouldn’t do it. Oh well.
2015 in the Twos (such a cheerful smile)…
2016 in the Threes showed major improvement! Love that little smile!
We also got a belly laughing Spencer…
2017 in the Fours – with a new scar on his cheek!
2018 in Kindergarten…
2019 in 1st grade!
and now 2020 in 2nd grade! Cutie!
Now, on to Samantha…
2016 in Older Toddlers…
2017 in the Twos…(how badly do I want to fix the rubber band in her hair?!)
2018 in the Threes…
2019 in 4K…
and now 2020 in Kindergarten! Love her!
They’re all growing up before my eyes!
Last Wednesday Maxwell started the day like this…
and ended it like this!
He got them off almost one year to the day that he got them on! He’s so happy to be rid of his braces just in time to eat all of that chewy Halloween candy! See ya later brace face!!
Our last day in Naples was also Spencer’s 8th birthday!! Not too bad to get to spend your birthday in one of your very favorite places! We had brownies the night before – birthday boy’s request!
That morning GJ did it all up to celebrate him!
He got to pick breakfast at Skillets and lunch at Firehouse Subs. Love that kid!
The only bad thing about Spencer’s birthday? We had to leave Naples that evening to get back to Birmingham.
As always, we can’t wait to go back! When’s the next trip?!
The kids got out early for conferences last week and had eDay on Friday so we hopped on a plane Wednesday afternoon and headed to Naples! It was the first time for the kids to be in an airport since the pandemic but I wasn’t worried – they are expert mask wearers!
This crew was pretty darn happy to see GJ at the other end of the trip!!
I was pretty darn happy to see this belated birthday chocolate pie waiting for me! ha!
Thursday was Susu’s 98th birthday (wow!) and we got to zoom with her which was a treat.
Robert joined us on Thursday night and we had a great time – and didn’t do just a whole lot. The best! Well, we actually did a lot but not vacation things. GJ and Daddo have bought a new, smaller house so we helped move things over and get stuff set up. The kids enjoyed swimming in the new pool and learning to play pool!
We all got a good workout in moving beds, the slot machine, and the Peloton! We can do it!
We did make it to the beach and it was just about perfect. Can’t beat the beach in October!!
After spending the month of June at the beach without Robert, I think the boys were really happy to have him there to throw the football!
We love Naples!