HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNT KK 12-07-2011

KK and Snuggle Bug Brooke's nickname from Karen.
Karen and both her "girls" at Lindsay's Thanksgiving play feast!

KK came to Lindsay's book fair at Boston ES and bought both girls way too many books!

Doodle snuggles with KK even from early in her life!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN!! WE ALL LOVE YOU!!

Love,

Chris, Mike, Doodle & Snuggle BUGS!!!!

You are always there for us Karen. You truly are my sister from another mother...lucky for you! :) Thank you for helping me get through my time at Emory and all the hours you missed from work. Also thank you for all the time and happiness you give to the girls'. I know you love them like your own!!

May you have a WONDERFUL 2012!!
XOXO

9/15/2011 Boston Elementary Book Fair

Andi Edward's the DRIVING FORCE of our Book Fair dressed as Thing 2 with my Lindsay on her lap.
Andi, Lindsay and Chris pose for a shot together. Lindsay is wearing her Clemson Tiger shirt that I brought her back from the trip to Anderson, South Carolina.

Aunt KK showed up at the Book Fair to help spoil the girls'.

Aunt KK with my 2 little Clemson fans! GOOO TIGER'S!!!

The girls have even learned a couple of cheers from mom since I went to the season opener game in "Death Valley"

MORE MEXICO BEACH...6/24/2011

Aunt KK brought a Slip-n-slide for Lindsay to try.

Lindsay was not quite sure that she wanted to do it the "traditional" way, so KK got a rope and pulled Lindsay on the slip-n-slide. She had a blast with that!

Once she had the hang of it,Lindsay took off her tee-shirt and went for it!

WOO HOO! A mouth full of water!!

Showing off a little bit!!

Speaking of showing off...Lindsay got her FIRST BICYCLE for her birthday (Thanks to grandma and grandpa for the training wheels!)

Lindsay rode her bike all over the place at the beach. She even rode it TO the beach a few times with Dad walking beside her.

Our Happy Biker girl, just look at that SMILE!!

Dad and Lindsay go for a ride together around the complex.

Dad walking while Lindsay heads for the Beach!

Basket, check, Helmet, check, sand pail, CHECK!!!!

A good time in the sand!!

Lindsay LOVES to find SHELLS!!

...looking for MORE shells!

Running from the waves!

By the end of the few days we were down there Lindsay was LOVING swimming in the ocean! Mike and I are so proud of her for that. It is a huge milestone for her not to fear the water!

I think this looks like Mermaid Lindsay!

Lindsay and Mommy at a really good restaurant in Port Saint Joe.

Pretty girl on the dock of the bay. Dad took her down to let her watch the local fishermen clean their catch. Lindsay thought it was cool, someone took her photo for us with a big fish and so far have not emailed it to me. We actually met 2 people from Woodstock, Ga down on the dock.

We went to watch the Sunset at Port St. Joe.

It was relaxing to watch the sailboats go by and wave to the people.

The Bresnan 3 minus one :(

This is one of Mike's favorite shots!

This is one of mine!

So nice to be in Florida for a beautiful sunset.

Mike took some photos of my new hair style.

Lindsay & Aunt KK at Sunset!

Lindsay & Daddy at Sunset!

Ahhhh...time to go back to the house and relax!!

Thank you, Karen and Kevin for offering up your new relaxation home to us. It was wonderful to have a rent free, low finance, vacation. We hope to go with you all again another time. Sorry you couldn't be there with us Kevin! Mike would have fished if you had been there!

MEXICO BEACH DAY 1

Mike , Lindsay and I went down to Mexico Beach to visit Karen and Kevin's place they call "The Camp". It was awesome down there. Very private and quaint, we could totally see why it's their "escape".
Mike waiting for a wave to body surf in.

Mike and Lindsay playing in the sand.

Mike hauls Lindsay out into the ocean to swim. She initially did not like it one bit. However, the next day she was having such fun she didn't want to come back to shore. I could hear her screaming "Get me out of here Daddy!!"

You will see very shortly what the result of that was...

..."MOMMY!!!!"

Daddy found "lunch" out in the ocean J/K it was only a dead fish!

KK, Linds and I at our first restaurant The Fish House, which was pretty good.

KK & Lindsay getting ready for bed. KK loved having the honor to read Lindsay her night, night story!

FEEDING THE DUCKS WITH AUNT KK 4/19/2011

On Tuesday KK decided she wanted us to come up to the lake and feed the ducks.
We found plenty of Baby ducklings at first, but they weren't really hungry yet.

So cute!

Lindsay throwing out the bread, but they just would not eat.

The ducklings swimming away.

I got to feed the Canadian Geese who were a little too scary for the kids. They like to hiss a lot.

Lindsay and Brooke decide to start feeding the fish.

We had a hard time keeping the ducks away so we could continue feeding the fish.

Lindsay, Aunt KK and Brooke.

The ducks start honing in on our area of fish feeding.

Here is quite a large fish diving back under.

Thanks KK it was good to have some play time with you this week!!

We love you,

Lindsay & Brooke