Paradise

Alright, it's the last of the last Myrtle Beach vacation pictures...back to reality!

Below is one of my FAV picts from this summer...these 2 are everything to me!! :D

Got to eat some of the BEST Buffalo wings we've had in a loong time!

These beach picts are going to have the best memories attached to them for as long as I will remember...

I flat out bribed the kids (and Joel) to stop at the beach on our way home from dinner for a few shots. They were pretty much OVER all Mom's picture taking at that point. Imagine that!

I found a big plastic barrel garbage can right near where we parked at the beach and to my delight, there was a broken camp chair stuffed inside!

Perfect to prop my camera on top of...

I was hoping hoping hoping that I had enough light and the camera settings right as I hit the camera timer...I knew I only had about 5 secs of patience from my family to get the perfect shots! :D

I love how they turned out!! Def. getting printed and framed for my wall...

Let Love Grow

Beth @ I Should Be Folding Laundry has a fab post about a loving Mom about to adopt 2 children from Uganda! I always get excited about neat things like this, getting behind someone who is doing something GREAT. We support a little guy in Uganda through Compassion so this country is pretty special to our family. Click the button above and go visit Beth's blog too!! :)

Water Bugs

Ripley's Aquarium

A highlight of our MB vacation was the Ripley's Believe It or Not Aquarium...we had never been before and decided this was the year to check it out!! The cherubs were in their glory...

This was awesome, a floor to ceiling wall length aquarium...complete with a DIVER who fed the fish to the delight of the cherubs! :)

The horse-shoe crabs were super cool...Alex was checking them out like mad!

And the sting rays were a FAVORITE...the cherubs even got stuffed sting ray animals to bring home with them!

I could just see Alex as a future marine biologist...he was just soaking it all up!! :D

You Capture.

"Motion"

If ever there was a poster child for MOTION...it's my Chloe.
'Nuff said.

Beach Days

I have such great childhood memories of Myrtle Beach, SC from spending every summer down there that I can remember. And I absolutely love the fact that now my kids are as much in love with MB as I am! :)

This little amusement park is called The Pavilion...it used to be right on the boardwalk and my sister and I would ride these rides every summer. I can still feel the salty breeze on my face as we rode the Sunshine...the Caterpillar and the Pirate Ship! They've since moved The Pavilion from the boardwalk to this big shopping complex. I gotta admit it lost some of its charm...

This is the second year we've gone to Margaritaville, the restaurant. It's a super fun and super beachy place to eat...the kids just love all the "Boat Booths" and fun music!

This year the restaurant had guys on stilts walking around making balloon animals and hats for the kids...and the kids at heart! :D Alex got a Sword made of course...

And Chloe got a Parrot made to sit on her shoulder...

Such a FABULOUS time as a family...

Beach Babes

Yes, we did go on vacation several...ahem, 1 month ago...yes, I am just now posting picts.

Such is the state of things around here, ha!! :D

Myrtle Beach was once again DELIGHTFUL, aahh...I already miss it!

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Fourth of July belated

See more over at i ♥ faces!!

Just to satisfy some curiosity about what we've been up to this summer...

I thought this was a really neat part of the parade...can you see what the poster says??

I absolutely LOOVE drumlines!!

Check it out...a female "Uncle Sam". You just don't see that everyday in a small town! :D

Chloe was movin' and groovin' to the music and having a great patriotic time!!

Some say she is a "Mini-Me"...I say she's soooo much more!!

"She's got him wrapped around her finger..."

The one...uno...solo picture Alex would let me take with him in it! It's a FAV. :)