Ready, Set, Hunt

This morning we went to our Mom's Group Easter Egg Hunt! We all gathered and filled some eggs and had some yummy treats. We hid the eggs all through Linear Park and let the kids hunt for them. Some eggs were filled with chocolate, gummies and star bursts and some were even play-doh eggs.  The kids enjoyed finding the eggs and of course they were quick to grab them up! For it being Brayden's first Easter Egg hunt he was eager to collect as many eggs as possible!

Easter Egg Coloring

Last year we colored eggs with Brayden but it was nothing like this year. He enjoyed every minute of dunking the eggs in the different colors and constantly moving them from color to color. Sometimes he wasn't as gentle with the dunking process so some egg shells cracked quicker than others. Other times he wanted to have three eggs in the same bowl resulting in the dye over flowing. No worries though, we anticipated  a mess and did our egg coloring outside on the picnic tables for a quick cleanup!

Anastasia State Park

After trying to get into Anastasia State Park all season, we finally saw some sites were available for this past weekend and decided to book right away.We arrived on Friday and were able to set up quickly. This was Ian's first time setting our tent up and I have to say I was quite impressed with his patience, it went smoothly! We took a walk to the beach before dinner and played in the water for a bit. It was nice to cool off for a bit because the weather was a little hotter than we expected it to be!

On Saturday we rented bicycles for a few hours. It was a fun way to be able to explore the whole park and see everything without having to walk the entire way. While we were trying to get Brayden into the bike seat we were unsure if he was going to have anything to do with it but once we started going he loved every second of it. He actually cried when we took him out of it. He was so comfortable on the end of our two hour ride he fell asleep. On our ride we rode through all the sites to check out which one we would like to stay at when we go again and made a few stops at the playground to play. There was also a surf competition going on at the beach so we stopped to check out the surfers.

We also met some nice camping neighbors while we were there. They had two girls, older than Brayden but he enjoyed playing with them and they enjoyed having a little guy around.

My parents also came up on Saturday night to stay. We showed them around the park some, had dinner and relaxed by the fire. The next morning we cooked breakfast, packed up and headed home. It's always nice to get away but always nicer to come home.


With the Florida heat fast approaching we think this may have been our last camping trip of the season. Although we are hoping to go camping for Brayden's birthday weekend in June. We just may need some fans!

Front Porch Swinging

I’ve signed up to see this world
Through the windows of buses and planes
Every since they call my number
I’ll be living in the fast lane
It’s a dream come true
I’m a lucky man
And I love this role I’m on
But I do run out of gas
And it runs so fast so long

‘Cause I need some front porch rockin
Some back road walkin
Some sitting around and talk about nothin
I need some screen door slammin
Some homemade jammin
Some biscuits cookin in the oven
I need a little fun with my little one
A little gospel on Sunday
I need some hanging around
In my little town
In a big way

- Darius Rucker

Motorcycles & Trucks

We've not yet entered into the world of Superhero's taking over our house, but lately it seems motorcyles and trucks have invaded our home. Well not just invaded we've always had them but they are now just getting played with.

Brayden's first love is his motorcyles. Ian just brought him home a tiny matchbox motorcyle that he likes to carry around with him. I think the motorcycle obsession started when Bike Week came into town in March. Seeing them driving around caught his attention...quick! Now when we're driving, he's sure to point out and show us all the motorcyles.

Trucks and four wheelers come in second! Although we have many more of these than motorcyles he doesn't seem to care. Lately he likes to put them on the windowsill and drive them around on top. I wonder when we'll move onto the next obsession but for now we're enjoying motorcycles and trucks!

Boys will be....

Well boys! No April Fool's jokes were going on at our play date on Friday, these boys were in full action! I'm guessing it had to due to the week long rain we had and being couped up in the house with only so much to do! I know I was personally going stir crazy so I can only imagine how much energy they had stored waiting to let out. The afternoon started with the boys playing inside, getting into there normal trouble and what started with taking a few cute picture opportunites near the pool ended our playdate with a bunch of naked boys enjoying the pool.





Balloon to Heaven

Today would have been my grandmother's 92nd birthday. She passed away a few years ago and was never able to meet Brayden. She would have loved him so much and enjoyed watching him grow up. I know she's watching down from heaven and is his guardian angel. In honor of her birthday and to make it a tradition we decided to send a balloon up to heaven for her. I was able to capture a few pictures and a video of the moment. We watched the balloon until we were no longer able to see it in the clouds, on it's way to heaven.