Edisto part 2

Great weather plus a beach front house allowed for us to go down to the beach at least once a day (most of us went down twice a day).  All 7 kids loved the ocean.  

Proof that I was indeed at the beach. haha.  Selfie time.  FYI- fitting 5 faces into a selfie is quite challenging.

THE WATER

Bennett desperately wanted to go out as far as his brothers.  The concept that he is smaller doesnt register.

Love this picture.  :)

Hunter loving the water.  He loved going to the bigger waves too.

Chad and Bennett stop for a wave.  I think they stayed here for over an hour.

Sweet pic of my two youngest.

Charlee boogie boarding

This goofball.

Joey getting a boogie board ride

Ashton loved to ride the tube.

Hunter took over "daddy" duty when Chad had to leave on Tuesday.

Shep looks like a shark here but he is actually being pulled.

PLAYING BEACH GAMES

Grandma playing catch with Hunter.

The kids took over and kicked Grandma out.

One of a kind kid.... came out of the ocean with a shell on hi nose

Tube target practice.  Bennett nails it.

Hunter's turn- he also played a ton of frisbee and a good bit of beach soccer.

Above is a video of Hunter hitting the hole

Ashton shot 1

Ashton shot 2

Ashton shot 3

Ashton shot 4- nailed it!

Jo getting ready to dig.

Love this sweet guy

This girl loves to run.  

More running for the 3 littles.

Good pic of Smash

My Shepadoodle

These four took turns burying eachother.

Shep getting a crab lesson from Uncle Tommy

Looking like two old men.  They all loved their "coke a day" on the beach. 


SEMI POSED BEACH PICS

The annual cousin beach pic from youngest to oldest.

:)

My little beach bums.

Grandma with her crew

My boys

One day they will all stand still and smile and we will get a fabulous picture--- this was not that day.  haha... but I sure do love these boys

Edisto part 1

Family Beach Trip 2016 is in the books!  The weather was perfect, the company was great, and many memories were made.

Per usual, I took an insane, ridiculous amount of pictures so I will break up the posts to not overwhelm.

Today, I will post the posed pictures- the ones that the kids just love to take... haha.

I did my best to narrow down to my favorite of each kid/ group.  It was so hard.  These are some beautiful kiddos!

Not a bad picture for propping the camera up on the sandbank and setting the timer.  Love how the boys humor me every time I yell, "come here, I need another picture."

The whole group.

PapaHub and Grandma with the 7.

The best of each kid.

Hunter looks so grown up.  (10 years)

Ashton (8 years)

Charlee (7 years)

Shepherd (6 years)

Sami (4 years... in two weeks)

Bennett- overly cheesin it. (3 years)

Joey- perhaps my favorite shot from the whole trip... what a fiesty little doll (1 1/2 years)

sweet kids

Uncle Tommy and Aunt Sandee with the girls

Chad and me with the boys

Grandma with her kids. 

Love Sam's foot kicking the water

 So many pictures still to come so check back.

Riggs Bit Marshall and Wepwerd

Took a stroll down memory lane via the blog a week or so ago.  I used to do a good job recording the boy's funny sayings and the memories.... haha.

I have a ton of recordings on my phone of Bennett but they never make it to the blog... which is a shame because we need a record of how hard to understand he is at 3.  Speech could definitely be in his future.

Bennett LOVES Paw Patrol...like L-O-V-E-S.  This last time we took care of Riggs, Riggs took Marshall and ate 3 of his legs off.  See below.

3 legged Marshall

 Bennett immediately told Uncle Nolan that he (Nolan) had to be him (Bennett) a new one, which was followed up by a gruff "fank you" (at least it no longer sounds like "-uck you." The request was then for not only the figure but the fire truck the accompanies the figure (as we got the ambulance by mistake before).  Riggs has helped in the effort to declutter my home of toys (thank you Riggs), the boys normally forget about the destruction.... not this time.  Bennett has mentioned every single day for the last week and a half that Uncle Nolan has to buy him a new Marshall.  He even tells strangers this story.  Here is a recording of Bennett explaining what happened.

And just because I need a record of it, Bennett saying Shepherd's name.  Precious!  He loves his Wepwerd.


Bennett continues to be funny and soooo social... he has never met a stranger which is quite awkward for me (as I tend to stay to myself.)  He definitely forces me out of my bubble.

Just a pic I snapped at Chad's office.  Bennett is excited about everything.... even a coloring page print out.