And here's quick video from my cell phone! She's on the back row...2nd from the right.
...and the after!
I bought a brand new tripod to bring with us. I set it up one night and set the timer. I could not be more thrilled!!!
...and after! Fun, huh? (and the sky got bluer!)
The kids discovered a love for virgin pina coladas. They opted to take a break from sand castle building to share one. Pure sweetness.
...and after.
I asked them to walk down the beach a little ways. Colton wasn't thrilled with holding sister's hand (if you look closely, you can see she's holding on to his forearm, ha!)
...and before.
This was the very first picture of the trip...as soon as we got into the room, Kennedie found this fun hammock swing on our patio.
...and before (sorry they're out of order...it's late!)
And this is one of my new favorites! I bought this fun background...
and after!!!
Our sweet friend, Ashlee Morgan...it was a dreary cloudy day and I figured out how to add in a beautiful sky behind her! Cool, huh?
And here's her new baby brother, Anderson! Isn't he a doll?!?!
And honestly. This is one of my all time favorites!!!
And this one too.
Ok, let's COMPLETELY shift gears! Here's a gnarly pic of brother bear's stitches right before we removed them. It's healed so well and looks awesome already!
James took the canoe out one day and Colton decided he wanted to hang out on the dry land with me...so I snapped these few! (Taking self portraits with this big camera is no small feat!)
And I kept hearing giggles coming from Kennedie's room before I took her to school one day. They were playing so well! These are such fun, fun ages!
Colton is becoming FEARLESS!
My 2 sweet boys!
Giving Poppa a mohawk! lol!
He tried floating on his back for the 1st time. His swim teacher at swimming lessons could not get him to try this. But on his own...he was all about it!
This girl is NOW finally fearless!!!
My big, sweet girl started 1st grade last week! She was super excited, but a little nervous.
Beautiful
She looks so BIG walking down that great big hallway! Where did my baby girl go?!?!
Her sweet, sweet teacher Mrs. Duvak. She's great!
She was trying to explain to brother...why she had to stay at school...and that we'd come to pick her up in the afternoon. He was not happy about having to leave here there =(
Her BFF Jessalyn is in her class!
And today was my Colton's first day of Mother's Day Out. He was less than thrilled to take his picture this morning. He wouldn't even let me take one of him with his teachers. And so it begins...
Seriously y'all. I could EAT him!!!
The chase is on!
Daddy is so patient with our babies...
He's so proud!
L-O-V-E this one!!!!
This is one of my faves...you can see James looking on, Kennedie has her little chapter book clutched in her arm, and Colton is just so brave. I never want to forget moments like this.
And I had to include this one! Our girl is reading like crazy now! She's really picked it up and is quite good at it. We walked into the living room the other day, and found her READING like this.....
Goofy girl! 
Peyton & Colton spent lots of time watching movies.
The girls love doing crafts! I found these little beads last summer and they just loved them, so I brought them with us. They design the beads, then I iron the back and they melt together, making their own little creations. Pretty cool!
I love this one of my Kennedie. She absolutely adores her cousins and was just over the moon to be with them all weeked.
Here's Colton eating his very first s'more ever...
...and it's a HIT! He loved it!
We had a little game of softball...this is one of my new favorite pictures. I really don't know how it happened, but the effect is so cool! (And it's classic John...showing off, cigarette in his mouth...)
The kids played SO HARD! I was calling Colton my little homeless child...just look at this face!
The little boys eating popsicles with Boompa,
Uncle John has these cool saddle barstools that he made. The boys thought they were so fun!
John had tons of hummingbirds...
I've always laughed at how animated Colton gets when he pretends to be a dinosaur. I guess it's a boy thing, because Peyton really gets into it, too!
We broke out the slip and slide and the kids just loved it!
Ok, I may get into trouble for this, but really...could you resist???
Sydnie with her water balloon stash, silly girl!
(see the water balloon in mid-air?)
Oh, I could just eat this sweet boy!
"Crazy Uncle John" filling up his waders...
So much fun!
Kennedie was such a big helper in the kitchen. MaryBeth made an amazing watermelon bowl...and she was right there with her helping.
I love their faces in this one!
It was so pretty and oh so yummy!
James went "survivor" and used a big magnifying glass to start a fire. What a stud! (see the smoke?)
And the crew headed out to John's pond to go fishing...
He has 4 donkeys on his property and they came right up, thinking we were there to feed them!
Sweet!
