Memorial Day

goofy kullen and his cousin lily :)

dada and his boy!

my little pirate!

eating some cake!

& monday at the pool - even if the water was freezing!

we had a great memorial day weekend!

saturday we traveled down to Lancaster, VA for our friends annual pig roast. one of our other friends band was there which made the day even more memorable! :)

sunday we visited with adam's dad and family down on the water. kullen and rhys both had a blast running all around with the kids. & mama even got to eat a couple crabs! NOM!

and monday we spent most of the day by the pool. aubrey and i visited our friend and her one month old twins and then came back home and grilled out with my mom & sister. it really was a great weekend. 

plus - i got a bit of sun! :D

favorite parts

every night at dinner, we begin by telling each other our favorite parts. it started when kullen was younger and now it's usually the first thing he says when we all sit down. that being said, rhys has heard this banter from day one of his life. he has begun participating by responding with 'ummm' when asked. within the last few months, he usually says 'umm dada' or 'umm kuwwen' ... which is really cute. :)

but the last few days, he's actually said things that have happened that day. 

on monday - we had ice cream with the easter bunny. so when we asked him at dinner what his favorite part was ... his response was 'ummm hop hop!' so, i said awww the easter bunny was your favorite part!!

yesterday we spent the day with our friends - heather and chloe. so at dinner, before my butt even hit the chair - rhys said 'your part??!! ummmm' so we all chuckled and i asked him what his favorite part was? he said 'umm co cooo' [co co = chloe!] and i couldn't believe it! he was actually saying something that made some sense!

my boy is getting so big and SMART. i'm amazed each day at the stuff he knows/learns. 

i also love this tradition we have at our dinner table. we got the idea from friends of ours who had kids around our kids age, so thanks bridgette! :) 

do you have any traditions for you and your family? 

obx - 2012

we visited the outer banks this summer. our family went, my mom and her husband, my mother-in-law and niece and our BFFs aubrey & ryan. on accident, we stayed in a different town as usual but it turned out to be such an exciting and fun place!

we stayed in cordova, NC. where there are absolutely NO paved roads. from the rental office, we drove down a 2 lane road until we met the beach. we drove on the beach to our house. it was such a crazy experience. luckily, a month before vacation - we realized that we had to have the 4x4 otherwise we might have been SOL when we got there! we had to do some carpooling but we made it work. there were wild horses everywhere. we saw them at least once a day. one evening, they were even in our backyard. there were also a thousand frogs. both of these kullen loved!

mr rhys wasn't exactly a huge fan of the sand though. luckily, two of our days the tide had been super high and left a big pool in the sand. rhys did enjoy that because he could sit and play in the warm water!
kullen on the other hand - loved everything about the sun, sand and water. surprised? ;)

we took turns cooking and ventured out only one night. we visited Tortugas Lie in nags head [which Guy Fiere had recently visisted] and it was great. after that we drove allllllll the way down to the end of the Outer Banks and took a ferry to Ocracoke Island. once on the island, we basically got ice cream and then jumped back on the ferry. so, we drove 2 hrs for ice cream BUT the ferry ride down was totally worth it. kullen loved it! ;)

all in all, we had a great vacation this year. it was very different and we may never visit that section again, but i'm glad to say that we did!

the fair

last weekend was our local county fair! it was also my moms birthday AND my sissy was in town!
we had a lot of fun and kullen was chased [& scared to death] of a robot demonstration! HAHA!
but he bravely road the Ferris wheel which surprised me!
and little bit got to have his first funnel cake :)

family!

me and the boys went and visited my grandparents, uncle and cousins this weekend!
we missed dada but had a great time with the fam!