finishing up May

Oh, my poor little neglected blog!  I can't believe that I let this much time go by again!  I'll have to blame it on the fact that my prime blogging time is when my sweet children are both at school...with summer in full swing, there's just no time!  No time like the present to catch up though...

Xander's birthday...what a fun time!  My little guy wanted a pirate themed birthday party, and we were heading to the beach the very next morning.  So, a pirate themed birthday party at The Little Gym was just what he got.  The Little Gym does a really great party for little kiddos.  They play fun games, jump on the air track thing, and the gym takes care of everything!  I would highly recommend a party there.  I brought my decorations and they set the room up for me completely.

my birthday boy 

X with his very good buddy Walt 

Nora and Aubrey talking about pirate-y things

party room 

pirate cake pops

pirate cookies...ARRRGH 

sweet brothers 

party pirates!

The day after my sweet Xander's party, we headed southeast! Time to head to the beautiful gulf coast for a week at Seagrove Beach. This year we went with my parents and my sister, Camille. We had a great week! I hope that my other sister Kristen and her husband will be able to make it next year too. We missed them this year.

Gigi and X at the beach 

a little boogie boarding 

playing in the sand 

dancing to the wii 

Nora loves the ocean 

girls' trip to Baytowne 

X playing in the shade 

Chilling on the patio

our family at dinner 

Gigi and Pop at dinner 

the girls (we waited a while for our food, but it was great)

horsing around at Eastern Lake on our last day

When we got back, we celebrated Aaron's birthday at our house with a cookout and some swimming. The birthday boy and all the Windsor guys...

looks like trouble to me...

Since then, it's been busy life of MDO, violin lessons, couple of soccer camps, play dates, swimming lessons, bike rides, yard work, cookouts, church, you name it. Xander is swimming his little heart out! Nora has probably run a million miles in soccer camp, and she is so excited about the summer reading program at the Germantown Library.

bike ride 

headed out to soccer and swimming 

our newest way to spend time together...on Pop and Gigi's new boat! 

We went this weekend and LOVED it!  Can't wait to go again.

Life is full and we are blessed.