Priorities

Everything else can wait for times like this.




(at least I keep telling myself that)

Isn't she lovely?

Look who loves the Bumbo! I took about 50 or so pics of her in it Sunday while the boys were sleeping. She was just too cute!

And just cause this is a cute picture, she's smiling at my mom!

My favorite!

"Gather in the Ocean"

My favorite picture is this one of Papa Staff going out to join everyone in the ocean on our first day at the beach. The water was so warm, pretty much everyone got in. The first day at the beach is always the best!

SPI 2010

Well here is our story of our South Padre Island trip this year in pictures and captions!

Our beach model, the first day there was a lot of sea weed, but only on Sunday!

All current great-grandkids at the annual lighthouse tour. Jackson and Maddie weren't able to go up, but the rest of them enjoyed it. One more will be making an appearence in about 3 weeks!

Our family at the Lighthouse

Maddie fell asleep often at the beach, she's such a trooper! She loved falling asleep on Mama Jo!

The empty morning beach, no one but our fam out, in the afternoon it was a different story, which is why we are probably not going to be going to SPI next year. But there still will be a beach trip!

Cooper and Maddie. So the pic I should've posted was the one when he decided he was done holding her and he just let her go....such a loving brother! (He really is)

Maddie started showing us serious smiles at the beach, she likes the pool!

Our family the first day at the beach. This is how we look after driving all night long. Seriously, we left Denton at 10:30 p.m. after I photographed a wedding and arrived in Harlingen at 8:30 a.m. There were NO hotel rooms available from Austin to San Antonio, well except for 2 smoking rooms. I'd rather keep driving! Now I know what Mary and Joesph felt like.

I love this picture, it isn't the most amazing, but there is just something about it that I love! So overall with the exception of a fire alarm pulled at 4:30 and extensive all night partying the beach was great. Maddie was a great traveler, and I'm sure Cooper was too, but he rode with my parents there and back. Now it's back to regular routine, hot outside with no beach or pool in sight.

The Last 3 Weeks in pics

Well I didn't take any pics, I'm horrible, and I totally regret it, but my Aunt Sabina did so here is what we've been up to the past 3 weeks.....

stuck in the mud

Philharmonic and Fireworks

one of Maddie's favorite people

Eating Smores

Fireworks in Edmond, Maddie made an appearance!

Lots of Swimming

The Zoo

Playing Farkle

Wearing Cowboy Hats

Visiting Peter Pan (Kathy Rigsby)

Noah

Riding Trains

and last, riding Roller Coaster

Oma's Girls (& Cooper)

I know it's been weeks, and I have a lot of catching up to do. Hopefully I'll post some pics of what's been going on tomorrow, after Cooper starts the trek to SPI with his grandparents. Jeremy, Maddie, and I will meet up with them Sunday, I have to shoot a wedding in Denton, TX on Saturday night, so we plan to drive some after the wedding and then the rest of the way on Sunday. We've been so busy, Jeremy has been at camp just about all day, I have been feeding Maddie, seriously, that's about all I do, and Cooper has been playing with his Aunt and Cousin and going to Branson, and running. Like I said a lot of pics to come!

Here is a picture we snapped for Oma, my grandma in German for Sabina and Laura to take back to her. I am so sad they are leaving tomorrow, they have been such a great help with Maddie and Cooper.

VBS Party

The last day of VBS Kiowa has pizza, cookies, and jumpers. Cooper wore himself out on these things. The great thing about going to a small church is that all the older kids watch your 2 year old for you and someone always wants to hold the baby. This gave me an oppurtunity to take some pictures of Cooper on the jumpers, he was in Heaven! He can also tell you the whole story of Jonah, the fish swallowed him up and spit him out, Obey God. I'd say for a 2 year old that about sums it up!

Addy is Cooper's BFF, he loves this girl (the one in both pics above)