Stomach Flu

If only we could sleep like this...

Park Time

Had a beautiful random September Sunday here and decided to take the girls to the park to enjoy the nice weather!

Sammie's First Day of School

Sammie started kindergarten this year.  I am still in shock at how fast five years went by.  She did great on the first day, Brenna did great, and Nathan and I did pretty well not chasing after the bus as it drove away with our baby...

Of course it helped some that we followed her to school that first day and walked with her to her classroom...

Sweetness

Another daddy as the photographer moment, love this one!

Nathan, The Camera Man

My Grandpa Hershberger took virtually all the pictures between him and my Grandma.  He was good at it too, had a great eye for good shots, and liked the cameras that he got to use manually instead of point and shoot.  Somehow though, whenever at the beach or pool, he would end up with these random shots of good looking women in bikinis.  My grandma would pick up the developed photos and while looking through come across these shots, shake her head and smile and laugh as Grandpa explained that he was really taking a picture of a seagull or a boat in the background...honest!  Sure enough, there always was something else in the photo, but it was a long-standing joke in our family.

With Nathan and I, I pretty much always have the camera.  Which is why there are virtually no pictures of me and the girls together, but we are working on it.  One day at the beach on vacation, Nathan took out the camera and spent the day getting lots of really great shots of the girls.  I still had to shake my head and smile as I came across these while sorting through though...my grandpa would be so proud...

In the first shot he covers his bases with Sammie, the second he apparently forgot to do so altogether, and then by the third he's just plain sucking up ;-)  But I'll take it...

Vacation - 2011 - Destin, FL

After our visit to Mamaw and Scotty's, we traveled across Florida to Destin.  We'd never been, but heard it was a fabulous family vacation with the most beautiful beaches.  We were not disappointed.  Brenna was a little timid of all things water at first, but warmed up as the week went on.  Sammie on the other hand, loved everything about both the beach and the pool.

Vacation - 2011 - Destin (Fudpuckers)

The last night that we were in Destin, and on vacation, we decided to go to Fudpuckers.  A local rustic restaurant that offered great food, good drinks, a play area for the kids, and live entertainment in the form of live alligators.  We thought the girls would love, turned out we were right, which was very beneficial considering the hour and a half wait we encountered.

One of my favorite pictures of my girls :)

And finally, after being on vacation for 10 days, we were able to get ONE family photo.  *SIGH*