Our Trip Down South Again

We took another trip down south to see our families a few weeks ago, and so everyone could meet our new little man Kenny! We had an awesome time!! For the most part we hung out a lot... we wanted to stay away from being in the car traveling here and there the whole time. We started the trip at Tim's parents house.

Being at Grandad's & Grandmom's was a lot of fun. Uncle David, Aunt Mary Beth and cousin Lily (Wi-wee as Kyle calls her)came over everyday, and we hung out all day. Did a little shopping, of course had to go to Bass Pro Shops for Tim, had great pre-planned breakfasts and dinners. Most of all it was just fun to hang around and watch Lily and Kyle play together.. I have to say that was my favorite part. Those 2 are adorable together. They are serioulsy 2 peas in a pod... they were attached at the hip. You would never know that they rarely see eachother. I have never seen 2 children play so well together.. the whole time, just loves, kisses, hugs, sharing, no fighting at all... It was so cool to watch.. Kyle misses his little Wi-wee so much, and asks for her everyday. Of course the boys got spoiled to pieces. They really know how to spoil a kid.. let me tell you..everything was so incredibly appreciated. Great-Grandma and Great Aunt Gayle were able to come see us as well.. so that was really great to be able to spend some time with them. We took the kids to this cool mini Children's Museum.. everything is built to toddler size, totally cute!!! Tim, Uncle David and Grandad went to a shooting range on Sunday... We were so glad to have stayed with them for the 1st half of our trip, and cannot wait to go back...

Next we went to stay at my parent's house.. A lot of hanging out.. Tim went and worked with my Dad at the house he is building right now 3 of the days.. I finally got to go to downtown HB Main Street for thier street fair they have now.. They started it right after Tim and I moved up here.. But that was fun.. We ran into Uncle Shane, Aunt Alisa and little Sadie Rose.. She is so dang adorable.. She is this tiny little thing, and she runs around, and is just the cutest little ball of fire... I got to get Wahoo's... (all these food places Tim and I miss so much.. I always make a list of the places we have to have when we come down south... and of course Wahoo's is ALWAYS on it).. So a couple of days later, Mim, Aunt Becky, CJ and us went to Sea World.. Tim and I were so excited to go.. We love that place.. and Mimi had never been... We went there on our Honeymoon, and haven't been back since.... They have this really huge, cool Sesame Street World now.. Kyle had a blast.. then we started the day around... He really liked all of the sea life.. totally loved the Shamu show(so did we)... Mimi had fun too... We got to pet a Clydesdale Horse, touch lots fo stuff... and oh my goodness, if you were to see the spread of food we ordered, you would have thought it was for 10 people... SO needless to say we had a lot of fun there...

We were able to go see my Grandpa and Grandma.. and hang out for a bit... That is always special for me. I love to see the greatest man in my life hold my children. He is seriously the best Man I have ever known... The most selfless, caring, loving man... and I miss him so much.

One day.. it was beautiful.. and thanks to Mimi for watching the kids for us, Tim and I were able to get some alone time, and go to breakfast..(we never ever get time to ourselves, except when Mimi is around, so we were so thankful for that) We went to Harbour House... another one of my favorite places to go... It was delicious, and on our way back to the house driving up PCH Tim and I decided to take Kyle to the beach for his 1st time... And to our surprise he LOVED it!!! He loved playing in the sand, playing in the ocean, and chasing the seagulls.... The moment was priceless for me, to see him so happy!! There is nothing better in life as a mom, when you see your child so happy, it makes the hard times just dissapear.

The next day were able to go see the Moore family.... They are a very special family to me, and I love being able to see them.... Karson, and KK love the our kids, and fight over them.. It is so cute!! I can't believe how old Kylie is already.. she was almost 5 when I first started watching her, and now she is 15... Crazy!! Kyle, Karson and KK got in the pool and swam for little bit... We had a really good time... and I was so glad that I got to spend time with them.

Then I guess.. the last day, Uncle Shane Aunt Alisa and Sadie came over to hang out for a bit.. Oh my goodness.. Sadie had on these little shoes that squeeked with every little step she took.. they were so cute... Like always.. Kyle had a fun playing with his cousin. I realized on this trip what a good little boy he is.. He loves to play with everyone.. and is so gentle, sweet and loving to everyone... Then Aunt Becky and I decided to have a photo shoot of the boys together.. with matching outfits.. Kyle and CJ played together all week long.. and had a ton fo fun....

All in all the trip was really great.. It was so hard to say goodbye to everyone.. like it always is for me... but this trip, for some reason, was especially hard.. It is really hard being away from so much family, and all these cousins for our little boys to grow up around. We love everyone so much.. and wish that were able to see more people, but we wanted to keep the trip semi- low key... We are thinking about coming for Thanksgiving, but nothing confirmed yet... So here are some of the 7oo+ pics we took... :) There are about 6 slideshows below.... for those of you who care.. hahah :) :) Enjoy..... Love ya!!