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:)