"We're at the beach! We're at the beach!"

What a fun time we are having. We arrived in HHI yesterday evening in the midst of a tropical storm (score!). It was pretty yucky, but we still managed to make it to the ocean and the pool for about 5 minutes. Connor didn't really like it too much since we could barely see through the wind and rain. Thanks to Jesus (Connor and I prayed hard), the weather was beautiful when we finally made it out of bed this morning. Connor was so elated to go to the beach. Our guess was that he was going to love the pool, but as usual we were wrong. Connor couldn't get enough of the ocean! He and Dada played hard all day (while Mommy and Evie chilled under Papa's tent). After a memorable day in the sand, we headed to one of our favorite restaurants, San Miguel's. Yummy food, dancing, and live youngster entertainment equaled a wonderful end to a great day.

 Are we there yet??? I'm ready to see the tropical storm!

Having fun at Steak -N- Shake!!! We're getting closer!!!

 

 Playing in the ocean with Mommy! The ocean 

was Connor's most favorite place to

play while in HHI.

This is what a day at the beach will do to ya!

Connor loves to dance these days!

Connor is always sure to tip a good "music-er!"

Those eyes!

 This is Connor dancing to the "hair song." Very fun entertainment by Shannon Tanner.

 Our only family picture of the whole trip! Connor has referred to Bradley and me as Pirate Mommy and Pirate Dada the entire trip so we decided to sign up for Shannon Tanner's Most Excellent Pirate Adventure! What fun we had!!

  Connor gets his official pirate name, bandana, eye patch, and sword!

Having a crafty teacher as a mommy pays off. Connor was the only pirate with a beard! Pirates do not get much more handsome than this! Luckily, his scraped eye goes perfectly with his pirate attire (he fell off the bed...in the middle of the night).

Shannon Tanner teaches the children to talk pirate. He tells them all about his ship that was stolen by another pirate. The new crew must take the ship over and find also find the stolen treasure!

 

 Daddy and Connor riding in the front of the ship

Watch out Slimy Slim! Daddy and Connor are about to shoot you with their water cannon

Slimy Slim finally surrenders the treasure, after being shot from his boat! The treasure gets placed on our boat and all the children share it.

After the crew had taken back Pirate Tanner's ship, the ransacked Pirate Frosty's candy store in search of chocolate wrapped in gold!!!

 

If you want me to dance, be ready for my moves!

Connor was a dancing fool at Uncle Kevin's 30th birthday party! The weekend started off with our first flight as a family -in a plane sent especially for us!!! Connor was so excited, and he held Mommy's hand for take off (because I was a little scared)! We spent our first night with Ree Ree and G-dada in Brookhaven. Then it was time for the big party on Saturday! Uncle Kevin was very excited to see everyone. The party was a night to be remembered-lots of fun memories made!

 Airplane Arms!!!

 Practicing Our Surprise Faces!

Stocking Up at the Bar!

                              

 The Guest of Honor Arrives!!!

                               

                               Connor's Sweet Face!                                

 

 

Dancing with Daddy & Mommy!

 

Happy Birthday to Kevin and David!

Mommy, Daddy, and Evie at 21 weeks!!!

 Finally, Connor found someone who would get low with him!

 We love Car Car!

The Fam!!!

 I usually make fun of folks who post pics of their food, but this 

was just too yummy not to document!

We're Tickled Pink!

It's not twins! We are excited to announce that Baby Smith is a sweet little girl! Bradley, Connor, and I waited anxiously all day to find out! Baby Evie was moving about like crazy while we checked for all 10 fingers and 10 toes! Connor's prediction of  "a boy and a girl" turned out to be incorrect...Hooray for us! We are so pleased to finally know. Time for shopping!

Baby Allie's First Photo Shoot

We had to postpone our first photo shoot due to Connor's tummy bug, but with Allie growing like a weed we knew we had to hurry! Katie and I did some research, bought the materials, and talked our favorite photographer into toughing out the heat. Here are some shots of our sweet baby girl!