Florida: The Beach - September 20-24

We spent Saturday at the beach. It was a pretty windy day, so the waves were a little bigger than normal. Wyatt (who isn't a big fan of things he can't understand) wasn't really excited about playing in the waves. Colter (who is still pretty trusting) had lots of fun "wave jumping" with his Daddy.

After spending some time in the water, both boys enjoyed playing in the sand.

Wyatt and Liz on the beach.

Colter and Missy building a sand castle.

Wyatt burying Colter in the sand! :)

Florida: Family in Jacksonville - September 20-24

Our next stop was Jacksonville to visit PaPa and Grandma Emily. Colter kept telling their dog, Candy, "No-No" when she would walk near him!

All of Danny's Jacksonville Family (aunts, uncles and cousins) came over for a family dinner on Saturday night.

Wyatt and Colter had fun playing with Taylor.

Aunt Cheryl, Uncle Paul and Wyatt enjoying some "Scooby snacks."

Colter with Aunt Cheryl and "little" Paul.

Wyatt and Colter reading with Danny's cousin, Becky.

Wyatt and Colter with "Luke." Colter really wanted to bring him home with us on the airplane!

Florida: Family in Starke - September 20-24

Our first stop was Starke, Florida to visit Papa and Grandma.

Wyatt and Colter loved the nice backyard and beautiful weather.

Wyatt and Colter loved playing with the blocks that use to belong to Grandpa (Danny's Dad).

We also got to vist Danny's great aunts, Myrtice and Noble.

After two days in Starke it was time to say good-bye and head to our next destination.

Florida: The Airport September 20-24

We left on Wednesday afternoon for a trip to Florida to see Danny's grandparents and lots of aunts, uncles and cousins. It had been a long time since we had been to Florida and we were looking forward to a great visit.Colter loved watching the planes at the airport and Wyatt loved taking off and landing in the airplane.

A Camera of Their Own - September 19

As most of you know, we are a family that loves to take pictures. Our boys have started wanting to use our cameras, so we thought it might be time to get them one of their own. Colter loves pushing the button and waiting for the flash, Wyatt loves seeing his picture after he's taken it and we love not having to worry about them dropping our cameras!

Here is a picture Wyatt took of a tower that he built.

Shaving Cream - September 19

In a moment of bravery one afternoon I pulled out the shaving cream and let Wyatt and Colter "paint" the utility room floor. As you can see from the pictures, Colter painted a little bit more than the floor!

Towel Boys - September 14

The boys love taking showers with their Daddy in the mornings. Here is a post-shower picture after Danny has wrapped them up in their towels.

Our Little Animals - September 8

I bought these masks when I was teaching. The boys love them! Wyatt's favorite is the owl (owls are his current obsession - he's actually "whooing" in the picture) and Colter loves the lion because he can roar very loudly! Then there's also the bear, the dog, the cat...it's like a zoo around here!

Castro County Fair: Parade - Sept 7-9

The boys and I rode on the hospital's float in the parade. Danny was on call, so he didn't make it to the parade, but he was able to go to the rest of the fair with us.

The Bizzells rode on the float with us. He is one of the other physicians. Their two youngest kids are in preschool with Wyatt.

As soon as we got on the float we discovered that our job wasn't just to wave and smile, but also to throw candy to every child we drove past. The kids come prepared with plastic bags and run around getting the candy as it is thrown. Here are the boys inspecting our bucket of throwing candy.

Colter has been practicing the fine art of throwing for the past several months, so he loved throwing the candy and watching the kids run to get it.

Wyatt liked throwing the candy, too - except for the Smarties. After M&Ms those are his favorite candy. He quickly started picking them out of the bucket and stuffing them into his pocket. One time he saw me throw some Smarties and said "No Mama! You can't throw the Smarties. We have to go back and get it so I can put it in my pocket!" Several hours after the parade he was still telling Noni how Mama threw the Smarties and we needed to go find them!

Castro County Fair: Other Pictures - September 7-9

The boys loved the inflatable slide at the fair...
and they also loved the trumpets Noni and Papa bought them from one of the vendors!

Danny and I both entered some photographs in the arts and crafts competition. All of our pictures won ribbons and one of mine even won "Best of Show."

Colter's Favorite Toy - September 4

Colter is in love with trains! I think it is his first real obsession. Wyatt has always liked trains, but Colter LOVES them! He is always looking for trains when we are out driving and gets very upset when they drive away from us, if he hears a train whistle he responds with a "choo-choo", and he loves to play with the trains we have at home. He's learning how to put the tracks together for the wooden train and he knows how to use the remote for the electric train. He especially likes to play with the trains when Wyatt is at school because then he doesn't have to share! Danny was playing with him the other day and commented about how serious and focused he is when he is playing with his trains; it's very different from his usual personality. I took these pictures the other morning when he was wearing his train overalls and playing with the electric train. He just looked really cute!

Valle Vidal: Beautiful Pictures of the Scenery - September 2-4

Here are some of our favorite pictures from our Labor Day Weekend trip to Valle Vidal in New Mexico. It was a truly spectacular place! We didn't see any elk, but we saw lots of prints and heard lots of bugling. As we were driving out of the mountains on Monday, Wyatt said, "No Daddy, go back to the mountains!"

Valle Vidal: Cute Pictures of the Boys - September 2-4

We were actually happy that it rained a little because the boys got a chance to wear their rainsuits before they outgrow them!

What a smile!

Wyatt loves waterfalls! Although it may not look like a waterfall to us, it fits his definition (water going over rocks), so he was happy with the "little waterfall!"

Another one of those smiles!

Colter and his "pet" ladybug that Gigi caught for him.

Danny caught this snake for the boys to see. Notice Colter sticking his tongue out like the snake!