PRETEND THERE IS A CREATIVE TITLE!

I've got nothing! I just have not had any desire to write a blog post lately, maybe because we've not really done anything exciting:)

David got his "sabbatibeard" shaved off..He starts back work on Monday:

When we go on sabbatical David lets his hair and beard grow but when it's time to get back to work he cuts it off:)

Meanwhile, Morgan wanted to redo her room so she painted some canvas' to hang on her wall. I left her about 11 PM one night working on them in her room. This is what I found the next morning when I went to check on her:

Bless her heart! She was up untill 1 AM painting.  Once she starts High School in a few weeks I am sure this is a scene that will repeat itself over and over.

We took McKinley to get her school supplies, last year we took all 3 girls at the same time and I almost had a melt down in walmart... never will I do school shopping for all 3 girls at the same time again!

3rd grade...yikes!

I took Morgan to do a little school clothes shopping...She has always wore uniforms until now, she is very excited to say the least:)

I can't believe we only have a few more weeks left of summer. I am a little sad but I am starting to crave my routine again. This year is going to be a little tricky with Morgan being at another school. I will have 3 kids getting out of school at 2:30, 2:45 and 3!!!! Soooo I am going to have to be on a strict schedule to make that work.

Well I better go, Morgan is having a pool party her today so I have some cleaning & cooking to do!

Happy Friday!

Melissa

16 years!

It has been a wonderful, scary (at times), fun 16 years, babe!  I love you!

SIX

Madison turned SIX yesterday! This was her 2nd birthday with us and she had a great day. We spent the last 3 days at the Nick hotel in Orlando.

Madison & McKinley got "slimmed" 3 different times, played for hours on watersides & had hours of fun.

Waiting to get slimmed!

 I even got slimmed once..there will be no pictures of that to follow:)

I think McKinley could spend all day long on the water slides, two days in a row she spent 4 hours straight going up & down the slides:

Madison enjoyed them too:

They got some tattoos as well:

And we even had breakfast with sponge bob & all his friends one day.

Morgan has been a real trooper. I know that when your sisters are 6 & 8 years younger than you she has endured lots of things that have not been so fun for her:) She joined right in on the picture taking fun and even got slimmed with us one day. Morgan your the BEST!

 They brought Madison out a cupcake with a candle at breakfast:) the cupcake had a pink umbrella on it and oddly enough that was her favorite thing..she carried that umbrella around all day!

Happy Birthday to my sweet & sassy girl!  I love you!

BOATING!

We rented a boat for our last day at the beach and the girls went tubing and had a blast!

 Morgan & her friend Claudia!

 Even Madison got in on the fun. Morgan was so good with her, She made sure she didn't fall off.

Morgan also taught McKinley how to tube like a pro!

As much as David tried Morgan didn't fall off not even once!

She was getting a little cocky:)

Happy Friday!

beach pictures

Nothing to report here, but I took a few pictures on the beach with Madison I thought I'd share.

 Happy Wednesday!

Alafia river

well we enjoyed being home for a week:) We got a few things done round the house and Morgan got to spend some time with a few friends. David was finally able to get his kayak out on the water. He & McKinley went for a 3 hr ride on the Alafia river.

Not much going on last week which was nice since we had 5 straight weeks of going going going!

We left for the beach on Sunday and some friends met us there. The girls had a blast on the paddleboard.

They spent a while "burying" Madison in the sand.

Beautiful day at the beach!