Comic Relief ?!?!??

Mike went into the eaves on Sunday after church to get a couple comic books out from his childhood (since C is all about super "he whoahs"...) only to discover that the eaves had leaked and the boxes were soggy and needed to be replaced... :( see Mike up in the balcony looking down?

So hours and tons of boxes later...(the recycling guy is gonna love us next week!)...Ta Da! Mike and the new bins!

But no where to store them! Yikes! What a collection the twins have! (the comics were all safe inside the soggy boxes...so that was good!)

PaPa came over last night to inspect the eaves and give us advice...

So much for our Sunday being a day of rest....but we got a lot done and the kids enjoyed sitting in an extra bin and watching a show amongst all the rubble...

38 Trips Around the Sun

Mike turned 38 on the 8th...He had school, but I didn't...woke up and made him a hot breakfast before going back to sleep til 830 (yay summer schedule!)...

Then the kids and I made a cake to surprise him when he got home... :)
Love the lopsided sprinkles!

We got to go to a late lunch with the other Bday TWIN and his fam...the kids were totally HYPED to see the other M Fam!
(Mallory drew the fun pic above of Mike on a napkin at the restaurant...)

Then we got to give Mike his bday gifts from us before he took his BDAY nap!

After rest time Aunt Susan came over to watch the kids so Mike and I could go out on a date! We are such nerds and thought our coffee cups looked like the number 8 so naturally we had to make a 3 with the sugar packets right?!?! :) It was nice to go out on a date with my guy and celebrate!

Then we went for a romantic walk and got stuck in a torrential downpour! You were right Mike...you "told me so!" Oh well it made for some good laughs!

Thanks for watching the kids Susan so we could go out! You rock! And Mallory was very excited to have another slumber party with you!!! :) Happy Bday Mike!! We love you! :)

The 4th

We ALL woke up slowly on the 4th...(so nice!!!) everyone was resting up from a great time at the beach...
We had a yummy breakfast and then made flags to celebrate and headed to the pool for the festivities! Carter won a game for kids ages 4 and under and shared the prize with his big sis...
We came home for some zZzZs @ naptime and then our cookout for dinner had to be indoors bc of the huge storm that came through...We had a surprise visitor at dinner bc of the storm--Aunt Susan! (her party got canceled due to the weather...)
Since we had already seen the fireworks at the beach we put the kids to bed on time and headed to bed ourselves after getting everything set to start summer school in the morning! What a HAPPY and RESTFUL Fourth of July! :)

Big Boy Bed

Someone has been sleeping in his big boy bed ever since we got home from the beach! I think it was good for me to see a week of Carter trying to hang with a 5 and 4 yr old...He was more like them than the 1 yr old baby at the beach...it was God's way of helping me be "ok" with letting him make the transition once we got home...We are so proud of him and he loves his new bed! The first morning I ran up to see him when he woke up (we usually let them play for a while first...I couldn't help myself...I had to go straight up!)
When I opened the door he said,

"No Mommy...
shut de door...
I take a nap!"

My BIG Boy! We are so proud of him! (Next up paci and potty!)

And here is a flashback to when Mal made the transition....click here

Trip Home...

No naps on the way down...too much excitement...

But there were def naps on the way home...

Mike noticed that we lost 2 more hubcaps on this trip...so now we are down to one...

"Take only pictures....
Leave only footprints..."
(and in our case hubcaps!)

Last Night

I always get sad when it is the last night at the beach...
Mike poking a little "Gift of the Sea" fun at me in the pic below....

Thanks for all the memories MiMi and PaPa and Becky and Bob!
We are so grateful that you have kept up this tradition! :)

Photo Session (minus 2 who had headed home)