Congrats Matt and Lauren!

 Our second stop was in St. Louis to celebrate with Matt & Lauren on there special day!  It was a beautiful wedding and we could not be happier for them!  I love to see so many people come together weather they be friends, family or strangers to one another but there life stops for that one moment to unite the ones they care about.  There is no better feeling.  Takes me back to a day in October of 2005! 

 We all stole a dance with the beautiful bride and I do believe Weston was her most favored dance of the evening!

 It was a wonderful time and we were so grateful to be able to catch up with so many wonderful family members we just don't get to see enough of!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

 We started our 2 weeks long trip to visit with family scattered from Arkansas to Missouri and even Kansas.  Our first stop was in Poplar Bluff, Missouri with sweet Aunt Pat and Uncle Lanny.  We hate to play favorites, but they are definitely at the top of the list.  Shelly, Ernie and the boys also joined us!

We stopped in for a quick visit over lunch and a surprise Birthday celebration for Tim.  Nothing makes him happier than his favorite cake and good company!  Hope to be back soon for another visit!

Until next time . . .

As our family vacation comes to an end Grandma poses for a proud picture with all of her grandchildren.  At the rate the family is growing we may need two couch's to fit everyone next year.  As busy as our lives are and as much drama revolves around the family it is always nice when we can set the time aside to all come together once a year and enjoy each others company.   I think it is a wonderful tradition that has been started and I hope we can continue for many years!

Family Pictures on the Beach!

No vacation is complete without family pictures to remember it by.  You appreciate this so much more when you are always behind the camera and usually not in the pictures.  So glad we have these wonderful memories captured!

I think we certainly succeeded in getting some sweet ones!

Captured some sweet memories for Derek and his family as well!

Watching Tim play on the beach with the kids just melts my heart!

A day of flying and crabs!

 Britney and Zena decided to try out some para-sailing!

 Holly, Gracie and I were excited to jump on board to watch and it turned out to be quite hilarious!

Tim sat out this adventure!

The evening was filled with crabbing adventures on the beach.

Fun and Goofy times!

 Caleb was so proud of his very first Sand-dollar!

 Aunt Shawn surprised the kids with a funny car to ride around in for the afternoon!

 The older kids and adults had fun on the mopeds.  

Tim and Brian even had a moped race.  It was to funny!

 We ended this fun day at Flounder's for dinner.  Grandma was clearly enjoying herself as well!

 The kids put the playground to good use!

Beaching it Up!

 These are pictures from 2 different days at the beach!  On this day here we strolled out to the beach in front of our condo. 

The kids had so much fun playing in the sand and thought it was so funny to bury each other!

 

Tanner LOVED the water guns, probably not as much as Gracie though!

 The following day we went to Gracie's favorite place, Navarre Beach.  Unfortunately we got there at the wrong time of day to find all the big pretty shells.  The kids did find a few smaller shells and it turned out to be a fun day.  The beautiful drive there from Pensacola was best part! 

 Even Grandma joined the sea shell hunt!