Summer Vacation ~ Monday

Monday was just as nice as Sunday! The weather was perfect and the ocean was clear. Hannah and DJ got a little too much sun on Sunday so I made Hannah wear my hat and her cover up while in the sun. She is just so fair!

The next three photos are of Ethan, Claudia and Trey. They were screaming "cannon ball" and then running and jumping into the water. It was pretty cute! They all had a great time playing together.



Hannah and DJ were hard at work at a tunnel that you could actually go thru. They dug so deep there was water collecting in the bottom of the tunnel. The next photos are of them in the tunnel.



 The above picture is DJ "testing" the tunnel before the kids could go thru it and just as he started to go in it collapsed. :(

 So he decided we could bury him instead!

And Trey wanted to be buried too!

Summer Vacation ~ Sunday evening

Thanks to Ellen, we were able to get our annual family beach photos. And as always, she did a great job! Here are my favorites...

 Back ground story for the picture above...since DJ and I have been dating we have a sign that is just ours. The top is "DJ" and under that is "JJ" (when we were dating it was "JD") and all the initials are surrounded by a heart. I know it is corny, but we love it! So DJ made a big one in the sand. I just love this man!

Our traditional group picture with the Cortez family.

After the beach pictures we went back to Pier Park to eat at Red Brick Pizza. We found this place last year and loved it. So we made it a new tradition this year. And like last year we bribed this kids with ice cream if they were good during pictures. They were! So we ate frozen yogurt after the pizza. Thankfully it is just next door to the pizza!

 After pizza and ice cream we took the kids to the carnival at Pier Park. They only got to ride a few rides because they were closing. But they still had a great time!

Trey got to ride this balloon ride with daddy by himself but my phone wouldn't take a good photo. This time Hannah, Carson and Tori rode with DJ.