Quite a Few Days Ago

***I shared these pictures yesterday, but not long after the post went live my whole blog disappeared! Apparently my account was tagged for "unusual" activity and was blocked. It took more than 24 hours to get it back....which seemed like an eternity! But luckily everything is back up and work just fine, so I figured I would republish these pics just in case anyone missed them in all the excitement of the disappearing blog:)***

Our last trip to the beach for the summer:

blue skies and rough waves

soaking in the last days of summer

digging in the sand

having a little fun

trying to be just like his big brother

making sand angels

Fourth Birthday Fun

Today is Eli's birthday!

He is now officially four years old...though for most of the day he has insisted that he is still three:)

 He {with a little bit of encouraging from me} decided to have a farm themed party to celebrate. So I thought it would be fitting to take a few fourth birthday pictures with our Little People farm set... especially since it has been one of Eli's favorite toys forever!

 We spent most of today shopping for farm themed stuff for his party that is happening on Saturday despite the fact that I am more than a week behind in planning and prepping for it because of Hurricane Issac. So while I'm getting ready for the party, Eli will be playing with all of his farm animals and practicing his rendition of Old MacDonald:)

Happy Birthday Eli!

August Recap Via Instagram

We started August off with a trip to the pool.

 We spent quite a few days {and nights} watching the Olympics.

 Jason and I started P90X again...which only lasted about two weeks:(

 We took a trip out in the gulf with some friends!

 First day of school for Henry and Grant:

 I tried to be a better homemaker, and pulled out the crockpot to make dinner.

 We had a little fun with some stick on mustaches:{)

 I made back to school apple waffles for the boys and shared the recipe HERE.

 I spent a lot of time in the car rider pick up line in August.

 We {and by we I mean Jason} did a couple at home haircuts on the boys.

 Eli had his first day of preschool!

 Henry and Grant started peewee football.

 I planned a fun surf party for Grant's birthday...

 ...and made cute shark cupcakes for his class.

 This kiddo turned 7!

We celebrated with a fun surf party!

 We spent most of Sunday getting ready for Isaac {and enjoying happy hour slushes from Sonic}.

 We loaded up on Tuesday and headed over to my grandparents' house to ride out the storm.

 The boys had a blast playing in the rain:)

 It continued to rain and rain and rain!

 Our road flooded and we had to evacuate in a National Guard Hummer. The boys were thrilled...I was not!

 The weather finally settled down a little, but Jason still had to work a ton.

He brought me a yummy Cookies n Cream milkshake to cheer me up after the stress of the week...and it worked:)

Hurricane Season Kinda Stinks

If you live anywhere near the coast {especially the Gulf Coast, since we seem to be the target of all these tropical systems} you know that hurricane season can be a pain in the behind. After a major hurricane like Katrina I think everyone is a little more cautious about any storm that rolls in...which was the case with Hurricane {though it was a Tropical Storm the majority of the time} Isaac. Just to be safe {and because Jason had to go to work and stay overnight}, the boys and I loaded up and headed to my grandparents' house which is a little further north and a little further east than our house....but not before making sure that everything in our yard was secured.

 Jason strapped down the trampoline and moved a bunch of stuff up close to the house and out of the wind. We also turned over the picnic table and moved all of our patio furniture inside the house just in case a big gust of wind came though.

 Jason also had to anchor the Airstream down.

 Then we packed up and loaded my car...

 ...with all kinds of hurricane stuff!

 We spend a little more than 24 hours at my grandparents' house {Tuesday morning through Wednesday afternoon} playing games, watching the weather, and pretty much having a fun hurricane party. Yesterday the storm seemed to finally be moving out so I headed home with Grant and Eli {Henry went to stay with my mom since the boys were out of school again today} hoping that Jason would be home before dark. 

However, Isaac had other plans! Jason ended up stuck at work until around 10 pm, and then he had to drive through terrible weather to get home! We had worse weather last night and this morning that we had during the first two days of the storm...flooding roads, tornado reports all around us, and the power went out {though thankfully it was only out for about an hour}!

Thankfully we haven't had any damage...just a bunch of rain and wind! But it looks like today will be another day stuck inside watching the weather and hoping that this darn storm finally decides to move somewhere other than here!

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 A few weeks ago, Jason found these fun stick-on mustaches for $3 in one of those cheesy gift shops at the beach. We broke them out last week and the boys had a ton of fun posing, smiling, and trying out different mustaches...Jason and I even had a little fun with them too:) They were a whole lot of fun for just three bucks!

Wordless Wednesday: First Day of School 2012

**Monday, August 6th**

One Last Hurrah

On Sunday afternoon, we loaded up in our friends' boat and headed out into the Gulf of Mexico for one last hurrah before the school year started! The boys had a great time riding in the big boat, swimming at the islands, and jumping off the side of the boat into the deep water!

Henry and Grant started school yesterday.

Eli and I are adjusting back to it just being the two of us...for now anyway!

He starts preschool two days a week soon, and then it will be just me!

Check back tomorrow for first day of school pics:)