Wild Child

Harrison is our into everything baby. You can't turn your back on him for one second! 

Just this morning, he has thrown a race car into the garbage disposal, pulled all the books out of the bookshelf, climbed onto the dining table, knocked over the drum set multiple times, and opened the toilet lid & dropped his sippy cup inside. All before noon! No wonder his Mommy needs a nap worse than he does by naptime! 

Well, Shiver Me Timbers!

On "Talk Like A Pirate Day", Krispy Kreme ran a promotion where you could get a dozen free doughnuts if you came into the store dressed up like a pirate. Not one to miss a challenge (especially one that involved free doughnuts), Grandi got all dolled up in her best pirate attire & headed in. We were especially thrilled to reap the spoils of this adventure, because she showed up at our house with hot ones! Free, yummy, and hilarious....that is our kind of way to start the day, me hearties!

Navarre Beach Sand Sculpting Festival

Last Saturday, we headed over to Navarre Beach with Bob & Randi for the annual Sand Sculpting Festival. Apparently, it's the soft-pack sand national championships, and the creators were hard at work building their masterpieces for the judges. We watched them work on their creations, played in the fenced off kids area, and wandered around the various booths at the festival.

 

Afterward, we headed to the local playground for the boys to run off some energy. The playground is on some of the most prime real estate in Navarre Beach, and we really enjoyed the waterfront views while watching the boys have fun. It didn't hurt that the weather was beautiful, either. You can tell how much we enjoyed it by all the photos we took that day! Here are several of our favorites....enjoy!

 

Blessing Of The Pets

Last Sunday, our church held their 11th annual Blessing of the Pets. It's held on the front lawn of our church, and tons & tons of pet owners show up to have their animals blessed, given treats, taken photos of, and even be handed a certificate commemorating the event. We both helped out with the event, and the boys had a great time running around with their friends...both human and furry. We may have actually opened a can of worms, though, as Hampton kept coming & telling Tanner that "we need a dog!". Right now isn't the best time for that at our house, but we all know that it's just a matter of time before a 4-legged member joins our family again!

 

Fizzled Out

Well, Tropical Storm Karen ended up being a complete non-event, which is just how we like it. We ended up with 2 small rainstorms, which is less than we got most every day this summer! We stayed with P&J to make sure they were healing well from the eye surgerys, and then we headed home. Of course, a cold front blew in & now all but Bo have the sniffies (as H1 calls them). Oh, well. We'll take them if we can keep the amazing weather that came along with it!

Storm Prep

Well, we made it all the way to October before having to deal with a tropical weather system, but it looks like our luck may have run out. We're in the center of the path for Karen, and although we aren't expecting major problems, they're projecting lots of wind & rain. All from a storm that Tanner didn't really know about until Wednesday! So we've been busy picking up groceries, running to the bank, and packing up a few things to take to Paul & Jan's. We probably wouldn't even be headed there, except that they both had cataract surgery today. We don't think they need to be worried about storm prep when they can barely see!

Of course, as we're preparing for it to rain buckets, Harrison shows us that the cutest buckets are filled with little boys!

Hampton at School

Hampton absolutely loves MDO, and his teacher does a great job taking photos to send all the moms. Here's a recent one of him on the playground with one of his best buddies. These boys were in the same class last year, but not this year, so they catch up & play hard during their shared playtime. Fun times!