San Destin

For Mother's Day Mike surprised me with a trip to Destin Florida. We went for an extended weekend. The beach was beautiful and the weather was perfect. It was so nice to just get a way for a while. This is Mike showing Braxton how to boogie board.

Braxton's first time taking a picture all by himself. Pretty good. Mike and I at a restaurant we ate at on the bay.

All of us on the pier, by all of the nice yachts.

Braxton, Hailey and I playing in the sand. (Mike had the "night" feature on the camera, that's why it's so bright)

We stayed at the San Destin resort. At the resort there is a HUGE shopping area. We were able to walk around and see all of the fun things for sale. There was also a live band playing at the courtyard. The courtyard was decorated with christmas lights and everyone was dancing. It was a lot of fun.

Graduation!

The school year is finally over! Braxton passed 1st grade with flying colors! It was pretty rough in the beginning, Braxton trying to get a feel for his new teacher and his new teacher trying to understand him. After ALOT of meetings and phone calls we finally figured it out and by the end of the year Braxton was doing awesome! He was even tested for the gifted program! Great Job Braxton! Now lets go to the lake!

UNDEFEATED!

Baseball season is finally over! After our crappy football season last fall, who would have thought that it would be possible that Braxton would be on an undefeated team! The boys were so excited and they worked hard for it. They get their picture posted on the park website and put into the Forsyth paper. Go Braves!

Hailey and Gabby

Hailey has a little buddy, named Gabby. Gabby's family is in our ward and we've been friends with them for a few years. When I found out I was pregnant with Hailey, Gabby's mom was already two months along with Gabby. I found out I was having a girl and Gabby's mom, Nicole refused to find out what she was having. Gabby was to be her 4th child and she wanted to be surprised. So when she had a girl we were both excited.

I swear these two little girls knew each other in the pre-existance. A lot of people will ask if they are twins when they are together. They both have blonde curly hair, and olive skin but pretty much nothing else in common, looks wise.

All day long all I hear is "Gabby at home." or if I say we are going to run errands Hailey will assume we are going to see Gabby. When we say prayers at night, she will always interject, on her own, "Please bless Gabby".

When these two little tornados get together it is amazing the destruction they can rendure. Going from one thing to the next until the entire house is torn apart.

Their new thing is to take off all of their clothes and run around naked, or they will change their outfits at least 10 times. I have learned to not leave them alone for long. These two have made me come to the conclusion that I NEVER want twins!

The little princess....

Hailey loves to wear dresses. Being a girl myself, who would wear dresses only when I had to, this is a little strange for me. We'll come home from church and if I try to change her out of her dress, she will throw a fit! So I went and bought her a couple of play "princess" dresses for her wear, so she wouldn't wear out her church clothes.

She was so excited in the store and the entire way home kept yelling "PRINCESS"! Once I put them on, she refused to take them off. She wears them around the house and will even nap in them. I refuse to let her sleep in them at night and it is quite a fight to get her into her pajamas. But when I assure her that the dress will be right at the bottom of her bed while she sleeps and ready for her to wear the next day, she will relent and let me put her pajamas on.