Captiva Island 2011

We returned to Captiva Island "Surfcomber" this year. A lot has changed in two years. We didn't make it to 2 AM every night this time around as a certain little one kept most of our time well occupied :)

Vacationing consisted of:

1)Lots of floating on rafts keeping Colin occupied yelling "yay" ALL DAY.

2)Playing in the ocean with Colin

3)Spotting my favorite... turtles!

4)Crab Racing :)

5) Ocean pictures

6)Watching "doggies" on you tube. Colin missed Tucker so much.. so cute :)

7) Rafting in the ocean with no waves

8) Eating popsicles naked

not pictured: going through a handle of rum a day, sitting out on the porch after Colin went down for the night, watching ufo's (according to Justin) over the ocean, eating lots of seafood, going to Mucky Ducks,taking professional photos on the beach and celebrating time with family. Thank you mom and dad for a great vacation!

31 years.

2010 was a tad busy with Colin and Meg and Ryan getting married. We like to do it all at once around here ;)- We weren't able to celebrate mom and dads 30th anniversary last year so Meghan came up with this plan to steal all the albums from the house and we went through and narrowed the pictures down. It's nice to have it all in one place to look through. Time consuming yes and I wanted to murder my sister for coming up with an idea of course I couldnt say no to. We played this for them on vacation.

High School sweethearts 31 years later. We love you both. The last song I would say sums up it quite nicely but dad wanted to stop at two :)- And yes it's long because as you might imagine this family has a million pictures....

unplugging.

We are returning to Captiva island for some relaxation! Thanks to Will for house and dogsitting :) Off for some much needed vitamin D so says my doctor...

dodson wedding.

Nick and Jordan were married over the weekend at Top of the Town in Arlington, VA. It's always so nice to catch up with everyone that we don't get to see often. Nick and Jordan are so sweet together and we were honored to be invited. Congratulations!

playdate.

Hailee and Wilson came over for a play date last weekend :) Wilson did all the napping for Colin and Hailee slept in Colin's crib for two hours. Holy crap if Colin EVER napped that long I'd seriously party. I think Colin and Hailee by the end of the day were planning their escape..

warmer weather.

our family has been quite busy over here! We enjoyed some nice weather this weekend. Colin yup still loves the water. Thank god.. because this mom is a pool girl and I would be devastated if he hated the pool. We cant wait to get his feet in some water in FL in a few weeks! Now if I can just figure out a way to keep hats on him...

mom's day.

We are always busy when it comes to celebrating holidays around here! Last year Colin was only a few weeks old and I remember thinking I had a lot to live up to. Thirty (well almost) years later my mom is still putting her children first. I know a lot of amazing mom's, mother-in-laws and mom's to be! Happy Mother's Day to everyone!