Carson turns 7!!!!

left over birthday cake for breakfast : )

books!

Legos!!

money!!!

water skis!!!!

1st time up on the new water skis!

Molly's turn!

Carson's 7th BiRtHdAy PaRtY!

We had his party at the Country Club because of the diving board. Most of the kids (and a few of the dads) spent a majority of the time jumping, diving and flipping off of the diving board.

waiting in line to jump off the diving board

eating pizza - Thomas...Jeremy...Carson

Indiana Jones birthday cake - decorated with some of Carson's Indian Jones Legos

the birthday boy!!!!

presents - money and Legos!

cute cousins

$$ money dive $$

just out of the tub and already playing with some of his new Legos

family photo shoot at Wild Dunes

the Batcheldors, Brockwells and Rexfords

fun and games at the beach

Carson & Cole

playing in the waves

Sydney & Molly

"say, cheese"

headed out to play in the waves

jumping the waves with Aunt Boo

wiffle ball on the beach

Muv - cheerleader

Cole - catcher

Carson - at bat

Muvie at bat

Aunt Boo at bat - she got all of her practice playing wii sports

shocked that she actually hit the ball : )

bike racing in the parking lot

* check out their "race faces" and Jeff's cool pink beach cruiser

gone fishin'

for Jeff's 35th birthday. The kids and I gave Jeff a guided fishing trip on Clarks Hill for his birthday. Originally, just Jeff and Carson were going to go fishing...then Molly decided that she wanted to go...then they talked me in to going, too. Capt. Buddy was our guide for the day and made it a day we will remember for a very long time. To start with, he asked if we could meet him at the boat ramp at 5:30 am. The boat ramp was an hour from our house and we had to get up at 4:00 am! But it was all worth it. Guided fishing is the was to go. The guide took care of everything -- boat, fishing rods, baiting hooks, casting, taking the fish off the hook, repairing tangled fishing lines, etc... He really knew what he was doing -- we started catching fish almost immediately. We moved around to a couple of different spots until we had caught our limit (40 fish/10 per person). We had so much fun!

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1st cast of the day - probably about 6:00 AM

all smiles

the birthday boy - relaxing and enjoying the trip

helping Molly reel in a big one

helping Carson reel in a big one, too

Jeff, Carson & Molly with our catch

My favorite part of the day -- watching our fishing guide and Jeff clean all of the fish before we headed home. The kids thought it was pretty cool and gross at the same time.

Easter

Easter Morning

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scavenger hunt to fill their Easter baskets with goodies

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ready to hunt for eggs

on your mark...get set...go!!!

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counting their eggs after the hunt

Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt

on Saturday

Carson and his eggs

Jenna and Molly

he wouldn't even let go of his bucket so he could climb a little easier