Playdough

Preston asked to play with playdough a couple of weeks ago and he is becoming more creative with it.  Usually he makes us do everything for him, but he did these creations all by himself and was very proud! "Mom take a picture"  They are so funny!!

 Chloe usually only wants to play with the Elmo playdough

Such a sweet little smile!

Growing up so fast

Our babies are getting so big way too fast. They are becoming independent in many things which is great, but it makes me sad that they don't need us as much anymore.  I definitely think Chloe is becoming more independent with some things quicker than Preston b/c she wants to do everything he does.  

We have had a fabulous summer and the kids have loved being outside in the 2 pools we have.  They probably asked almost every day if they could swim, especially Chloe, she loves playing in the water.

These are just a few random pictures as of lately.  This first one of Preston is his last month of being 3 - he will be 4 on Wednesday!

Loving outside!

I didn't even know it was possible to sit on the side of a blow-up pool!

They play so well together sometimes!

Family Vacation to Tennessee

Late July, the four of us met my (Terra's) family in Tennessee for a week vacation in some place other than Florida!  We had a fantastic time exploring the area and seeing the different sites.  We hiked, went to an aquarium, saw a show and hung out at the resort to swim.  It was quite the relaxing trip for the most part and the kids did amazingly well in the car on the 12 hour drive!  Again there are a million pictures so you should go to the picasa site if you want to see them all - I'll try to just highlight them, but you know how that goes!

 Looking out at the pool!

 Preston was a little fish in the pool

 Olivia and Chloe

The gang in the pool

Ripley's Aquarium

 In front of the waterfall!

 Preston with his Aunt Olivia and Aunt Hannah

 Seahorses!

 They had a great time!

 Preston's favorite - sawnose shark

 Oh, I am lucky to have such a cute husband! :)

 Mom and Bruce

 Scuba diver Preston

 Pirate AJ

 Me and Chloe in the water with the fish!

 It's Nemo!

 Jelly fish

In with the penguins

Going for a hike:

 It was a long way up to see the waterfall, maybe the stroller was a bad idea...

 Preston loved to climb

 I wonder what they were looking at

 Grandma and Chloe

 Olivia and Hannah looking down at the falls

 It is really hard to get a picture with everyone looking, 5 out of 6 aint bad

 Family photo in front of the falls

A day at the "fair":

 Riding the trucks with Aunt Olivia

 And Preston with Daddy

 Go carts were very fun

Olivia and Hannah

 Bruce

 Mini golf was next

 The group (Hannah took the pic and Chloe was next to her I think)

 Aww!

Last Day:

We had to check out of the resort at 10 on our last day.  We were going to try to do something but decided better of it.  We stopped for lunch at Chic-Fil-A and got a great group shot:

And that was our vacation this year!  We had such a good time and next year are planning to go with AJ's family.