Florida Vacation 2012

 We just got back from going to Florida to visit 

Scott's brother's family. They are stationed in Pace while Chet does flight school, so we haven't gotten to see them over the past 2 years.

It was our first time seeing white sand and warm ocean water, and the kids loved it! 

First time seeing the ocean!

She didn't quite understand that the water was going to taste yucky...

Avery loves her uncle Chet..mostly because he carried her whenever she wanted!

We went to an alligator farm in Alabama! It was crazy to see this guy out there with all of the 

huge, hissing alligators. If they got close to him, he'd just shove his stick in one of their eyes

and act like nothing was going to happen..crazy!

This girl has NO fear. She held a baby alligator like it was a puppy!

I couldn't touch it for more than a second...so gross!

Still absolutely no fear...even with a boa constrictor! 

Avery & Victor

Chrissy and I!

Walking through the swamp and feeding the alligators...there's over 800 alligators there.

 We drove down to the military base and walked through a really cool Aviation museum.

The kids loved it!

Scott & Chet are BFF's...these guys talk more than my own sister and I...so cute! haha

They planned out our whole vacation. 

While we were there, our niece Ashley graduated High School! Avery

got sick the night before and was up all night, so we stayed home and missed it, but we're

so proud of Ashley! She's the first person in her mom's family to graduate High School,

what a great accomplishment!

Jax being crazy...

Pensacola Beach! It was so fun playing in the sand with the kids. This was our 

last day at the beach and Jax was finally loving the water. 

Avery loved digging and building sandcastles. It was so relaxing hanging 

out on the beach!

Tell Jax to ''smile big'' and this is what you get...so cute!

First swim of 2012!

There is nothing cuter then this little guy right here in his

swim getup! Well, his sister is pretty cute too!

 His hat is a wee bit too small....but hey, I wasn't expecting 90 degree 

weather in April/May! We had to run and get the kiddos a swimming pool because 

it is so miserable if you are outside in the heat & humidity and not in water.

We'll definitely get our moneys worth!

Avery loves it...Jax is gonna have to learn to. He'd rather sit on my lap

or roam around the grass then get into that pool. He's lucky he's got 4 months

to get used to it, or it's gonna be a long summer for that little man!

Avery's faces...she's either running from the camera or making silly faces, gotta love her!

Hi bubba!

I'm so glad I got the sequence of torture....Here's where it gets hilarious!

Poor kid! I can't help but laugh....his daddy wasn't giving up!

Avery on the other hand would live in this thing if I let her!

Avery's Dance Recital

Avery has been in dance class this year, and has loved every minute of it!

Her class was on Thursdays, so every other day of the week all I would hear is,

"Mom is today dance class day??" And now that it's over, her little heart is broken!

I haven't stayed at her practices because it was way too distracting for me to be there...

so at the recital I really didn't know what to expect.

She was so funny! The curtains opened and she just stared awestruck at 

the audience. It took her a few minutes to realize that the music was

on and she needed to be dancing. 

But she stayed up there and eventually did some of the steps. 

Her teacher was so awesome

with all of the girls and Avery really loves her.

This summer is going to be hard coming up with things to do..she's so ready for something to look 

forward to every day. She'll definitely be doing dance class again in the fall!

These little girls crack me up...

At the end of every class, the girls stand in a hoola hoop and yell,

"I'm wonderful!" So this is Avery with her teacher, Miss Chalise doing that at the end of the recital.

You can't even tell I put a little bit of make-up on her, but she wanted a picture showing it off!