At the Beach!

We have had a few visits to the beach so far this summer! It's hard with Rhys and going between nap times. During Nana's last visit, I was able to take a couple pictures of her with the boys. Our little "Family Beach Cabana" helped keep the sun off Rhys, however, there was nothing to keep it from becoming a sauna after an hour or so!

Holden and Nana are waiting for waves for Holden to jump! He likes to be knocked down by the waves- scary! We always have to stay so close so he doesn't go too far out! He loves the beach. I can't wait until Holden and Rhys get a little older so we can spent more time there playing in the waves, collecting shells, and walking down the beach.

Rhys

Rhys is sitting up really well these days! Yay! Well, he still needs help as he starts to lean to the side, but I caught this picture before he needed a hand! His bottom two teeth are breaking through and causing lots of irritation. In the picture is his beloved "Hippo" as we call him. He has already formed an attachment to this little lovey! We wonder if Hippo will someday have a creative name like Holden's, "Bugadice." Rhys also is a lover of tags, not the toys, but the tags. So those annoying mess of tags we always cut off actually do have a purpose!

Chase and Holden

Holden loves having Chase read to him and copies EVERYTHING Chase does. He repeats every sentence and even tries to stand the same. He always says that he's a big kid like Chase! It was so cute the other day when they put their arms around each other and said they were best friends!

Landscaping with Kids

~ I have been meaning for years to start a blog for family and friends to visit to see what we are up to. Finally, we have something going! It's not the prettiest, but at least it will give you a chance to see some pics and hear what's going on with us! It's fun, so I'm sure we'll be posting things often! ~

Greg and I have been using every free moment we have to get outside and plant the plants we got for an area around our beautiful Crape Myrtle! Of course it takes us twice as long to do any landscaping because Holden wants to help! He is so cute! He strutted around without a shirt on a few days ago since Greg had his off, and he thought he was such a man! I was "busy" sitting with Rhys in the shade taking pictures of everyone! Ha! That's not typical though. I'm usually out there during nap times and evenings either planting or watering. We're determined to finish our front yard soon in order to start on the back. It's just been so crazy hot and humid here that we have not been able to get outside as much as we would like to.

We can't wait until the weather gets cooler. October is nice here in North Carolina at that time. It's still warm, but cool at night. Holden is excited about Halloween already, as he still remembers everything about last year. He has said that he wants to be Buzz Lightyear and that Rhys is going to be Woody! I love this idea and already have ideas where to find the costumes and how to make some of it. Now we just have to talk Chase into being Andy...