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More summer fun

Busch Gardens!

Landon got this light saber for being a really good boy at the park. No potty accidents and he listened pretty well! We had fun. No more pics though as it's hard to hang onto a baby and take pics of the toddler. He rode the Big Bird roller coaster, the swings, played in the Land of the Dragons, rode the airplanes, the boats, the lady bugs, and the horses. He also rode the log flume with Daddy which he really wasn't too keen on! He also played in the water park in Sesame Street Land.

Summer Time!

Landon and Mac. Notice his snake tattoo! He likes snakes so I brought these tattoos to him from FL and he really has enjoyed them!

Ri is on all table food now. She doesn't want to eat baby food. I don't actually give her whole bagels to gnaw but this was cute. She likes to eat Ritz crackers and puffs by herself!

I love tomatoes and so does Landon. We grew a lot in our garden and liked to eat them right off of the vine!

Playing in his pool! What a sweet face!

More Vacation

Cutie girl at the Mote Aquarium. We had fun there but I'll spare you all of the fish pictures!

This is one of my all time favorite Rileigh pictures..

Ri also got to go along to the Tampa Bay Ray's baseball game!

Beach Vacation

Sharky's in Venice, FL has THE. BEST. MIXED. DRINKS. EVER! The Bushwhacker was delightful. I nursed Ri, then drank one!

These pictures are at Caspernen Beach south of Venice. The best place to find sharks teeth and since that's what Rob wanted/liked to do, we spent a lot of time on this beach!

Ok, it's been forever...

...I know. I finally synced my iphone and got the 300 some pictures off of my phone. My camera has been somewhat obsolete with the phone. Why carry two appliances when you can carry just one? So there's lots of updating to be done.

Since returning from our trip north, we've done lots of fun things. Landon stayed at home with Maw Maw while Daddy, Ri and I went to FL. We weren't originally going to take Ri but Rob decided it would be easier to take the nursing baby than have to drag the pump all over to pump every three hours. And it was easier. Though at times it would have been nice to be child-free, especially those afternoons when we wanted to be on the beach but it was too hot for Ri. But I am very glad she got to come along.

We've played, gone for ice cream, spent the day at Busch Gardens and other fun stuff. Now for the pictures! Enjoy!

This was on the way home with Maw Maw in tow. We stopped at a rest area so I could nurse Rileigh. Maw Maw and Landon had fun with foilage!

I suppose Landon will kill me one day for this picture but it was too funny to resist. We've been potty training for about a year now! He said he had to potty so out came the potty and he went!

More summer visits

This is Ri with my wonderful cousin Shirley. She's a really important lady in my life. I was finally able to make it to visit with her this summer and she got to meet Rileigh in person for the first time. Rileigh loved her!!

Ri with Emily and Jess, her cousins! My dad had his family reunion recently. We had lots of fun and enjoyed catching up with everyone.

Bray and Landon showing a little cousinly love.

Landon and I with our cousin Brandon.

Our cousin Jen showed Landon all about Daddy Long Legs. He was fascinated by them and enjoyed letting them crawl all over his arms and hands. I don't mind picking them up by their legs but I draw the line at letting them crawl on me *shiver*.

Summer visits

The cousins: in order of age:
Landon, Brayden, Sami, Anna, Rileigh

The girls are looking at the boys being goofy.

Anna and Rileigh. Poor Anna fell on the bricks out by the pool, thus a boo boo on her cheek.

Ice cream floats! Yummy!

Snoozing in Maw Maw's lap.

Kite

Nana bought Landon this kite. No offense, Nana but it's a piece of junk! It was really windy today (and really hot but what else is new) so we went to the park in the neighborhood beside ours since they have a ball field and tried to fly this thing. It has two stings so you can do acrobatics with it but the stings just get tangled and all it wanted to do was acrobat on our heads. I tried until the sweat was rolling off of me to get this thing in the air. Landon gave up and went to play on the playground. Rileigh continued her snooze in the air conditioned Yukon! I finally gave up and told Landon we'd buy a real kite this week. I plan to stop by Toys R Us on Weds. and see what they have. I had the best Garfield kite when I was little. I still have it, packed away somewhere. I have no idea where that sucker is or we'd have pulled it out and flown that. I do know where the kite string is though so when I buy the new one we'll just have to attach it to the string!