Thursday, June 28, 2012

Swim Lessons

We made it through swim lessons...all alive...barely. This was Minnie's first session and she was nervous everyday but did really well. By the end, she can swim across the pool with a little help from Miss Beth, float on her back by herself, get rings, and swim on her back across the pool on her own. This is crazy considering she wouldn't even let us hold her in the pool let alone go under the water. The thing I am the most proud of in this picture is that she is tan...something I always wanted.


I can't help but think someone put a baby wig on Ivy... her hair is getting crazy.

 Even Andy can get tan...


 Andy swimming

 Minnie right before her turn (everyday she did this face).


 Andy going through the hoop.

 Minnie getting rings.


 Even Ivy got a turn to get rings at the bottom of the pool.
 Ivy

 Andy



 For some reason this looks exactly like Kaci (my sister) when she was little! When Minnie was born I asked Tim how is it we had Kaci and Willie's baby...

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Random Picture/Video Catch-up

I imported all of the pictures from the IPOD and thought I'd post them all here so you can see what we have been up to around here. First of all, Minnie and Andy for sure take after their mom's fashion sense. Notice Minnie's swimsuit, black and white skirt, purple tights and navy blue sweater. Andy is sporting his soccer shorts, shin guards and shark hat (which I'm pretty sure he also wore to soccer practice that day).

We are currently experiencing our first "tropical storm" here in the gulf. It's kinda crazy, but not too bad. It rains a lot here and the clouds look like this just before it hits. This was taken while driving over the bridge Tim takes to work everyday.

 Easter Pics...just before the big hunt.

 This is what Minnie looks like when she has smiled for like a million pictures...
We had our ward campout in May. It was on Rocky Bayou which is maybe 8 minutes from our house....that's my kind of camping. Dinner was a bust so we just grabbed some take-out. We forgot a few things so I just went home to get them. If we weren't sleeping on an air mattress, I would have maybe snuck out during the night and slept at home, and then come back early enough so no one knew...Maybe.

Rocky Bayou

There is nothing worse than a crawling  baby when camping. And since Ivy just started walking (at 17 months) she was not awesome while camping in May.

This picture is for my family. Since Andy was a baby, he has wanted his boat blanket and used his corner, 1 specific corner that he found and only used that corner, and held it while he sucked his thumb. Andy then would rub the corner with his finger, sometimes stick it in his eye (what a weirdo, right?) and still does that now before he goes to bed. Ivy, somehow, does the same exact thing. 

Random Ivy movie


Ivy finally got her own Minnie Mouse ears on our last trip to D-World.

There is a park by us where there is picnic tables and  playgrounds on Boggie Bayou. You can swim in the water and it's so nice. 

 Boggy Bayou
Random kid limbo movie:

Again, Andy's fashion sense...

Fireworks for Memorial Day:

The last time we colored before the markers magically disappeared:

Andy is Tim's twin. He LOVES to make things. Tim made this car for him one day after work with a flashlight headlight and his bike horn. The next day they built a catapult using a plastic cup, an old tire tube, a plastic bag and some screws and L Brackets. Andy keeps asking Tim to make a boat that we can take to the beach and use it in the water.

For Father's Day, we took a day trip to Alabama and drove around to look at all of the cool houses...this was our favorite. 

The view down the street in Mobile, Alabama.

Minnie was in time out (for the record, we don't make them face the wall...I don't know why she was) and Ivy pulled her chair over and joined her. She usually goes and sits by them in Time out. If you tell her to go, she walks right over and sits down. Hopefully she'll keep that up.

Usually on Sunday evenings we get bored and antsy and go on a walk or bike ride or drive. This Sunday we went to a little park in Fort Walton Beach and walked around and played.

Minnie's fashion pics were stellar today...she loves wearing this dress and skirt.

 Ivy is FINALLY walking. Seriously I never thought the day would come...17 months. It is so much better now.

 A picture in front of the Bay.
We like to play name that tune at the dinner table sometimes...mostly songs from Disney movies (Minnie is unbeatable) and I took this video trying to catch her when she got an answer right and threw up her arms...of course she stopped as soon as I started filming:)

Just a random catch-up of what we are up to...we are hungry for visitors so feel free to come our way! It's only hurricane season for a few months and the water is 80 degrees:)