Costume Parade

Today the kids got to dress up as a book character. 

EK went as Fern from Charlotte's Web:

And Easton went as Mr. Bump:

Pensacola Beach Vacation

This summer we went on a vacation to Pensacola Beach, Florida. It was sooo much fun (though there were some moments with a certain 9 year old where attitude flared up). 

The view from our balcony on one side of the house:

On Tuesday, we were supposed to go for a dolphin tour. Unfortunately, they called and canceled 10 minutes before the boat was to leave. So we opted to go to the Naval Musuem instead:

On Wednesday, we were finally able to go on the dolphin tour. We got to see dolphins jumping in the waves behind the boat, jellyfish and a shark do a flip:

The newest Naval ship that they are still working on:

Scott and the kids went on jet skis. Mommy, Mimi and Pop were a nervous wreck because a storm was blowing in:

And the last day we visited Fort Pickens in the afternoon. It was very, very hot:

My favorite day was on Tuesday evening when we floated out in the ocean. Easton had gotten over his fear of the water and we all went out deep and just floated away

Thanksgiving Catch-Up

This year we went to the Thanksgiving Day parade again. Grandma came with us this time

This silly guy was on America's Got Talent as a roller skater. He is too funny!

And then later in the day my side of the family came over for Thanksgiving Dinner. My poor dad had had the flu earlier in the week, so we moved the dinner to our house.

Pumpkin Patch 2014

Yesterday we went to get a pumpkin and then we carved it