Sand, Water and lots of fun

Anna Claire and Hampton in their July 4th outfits
The boys ready to go swimming on July 4th
Bryan, ansleigh, hampton, jase and sully swimming
Tanner, Bryan, Jh having fun
Hampton and Tanner complaining about the clorine

Anna Claire ready to get on the boat
Sully eating his fun dip on the private beach
I think the fun dip won :)
John Hudson eating his fun dip
Anna Claire in her July 4th get up

John-Hudson in the tree after the picnic
John_Hudson & Sully in the tree
Bryan, AC, Hampton, JH, Sully in front of the BIG propeller
The three boys in front of the big propeller
The "BIG SHIP"

Hampton snorkling in the pool
John-Hudson having fun in the pool
Sullivan acting like a fish... check out those lips
Anna Claire and GiGi at the pool
John-hudson and cousin Holden playing at the beach

The three amigos digging their castles
Back at it again.. you see who the hard workers are :)
John-hudson getting ready to go boogy boarding and sully
Hampton waiting to catch a wave in the ocean.
Anna Claire enjoying the Beach

I finally was able to get my adaptor for my new camera, and hence I am able to load some pics. I have tons of pics from the beach and July 4th, now only if I could figure out the slideshow option. I got very overwhelmed looking at the pictures of Hampton. Where did the time go and how can my firstborn be almost seven? I hope he loves his wife as much as he loves his mother, because she will be one lucky girl!! There are pics of all three having fun digging castles, playing in the ocean, going to the "private" island and having picnics and swimming in the pool. Yes, there are some of ms. Anna Claire too enjoying the beach and sun!!

The boy with many hats!

John-Hudson wanted me to post some pictures of him in his many hats:) OF course being the doting mother I am, I obliged!! John-Hudson loves to wear hats, and will constantly changes out his hats to fit his mood. He is soo imaginitive, and plays so well by himself. I am amazed at his ability to entertain himself. What a blessing when you have four children. Without further ado..here he is one day modeling his favorite ones....

We are on the MOVE

Yep, they say girls do everything faster than boys and I believe it.

Anna Claire started crawling this week and lunging everywhere. She also started saying da, da, and bye, bye, and trying to say ma, ma. Wow.. big difference than my boys who only wanted to sign unitl they were around eighteen months old. We (the boys and I) having been signing to her since she was five months old , but this week we could tell she understood what we were saying. I always sign butterfly at a toy she has on her changing table, and yesterday I signed butterfly and she looked straight over where it was and smiled. We also always sign more and all done, and she has gotten the more sign down pat!! I love signing with my children, it is such a blessing when they can communicate and not get frustrated. Here are some pics of Anna Claire in action :)

Yes I do have more than one child:) Thanks mom for reminding me!

Well, as soon as my sweet, loving husband buys me and adaptor for my new camera I can upload our beach pictures and fourth of July pictures. I did take my old camera with me to the lake and snap some pics of ALL my children. So here are a few pictures from the lake, although the majority were taken with my new camera.

We celebrated with friends and family on July 4th with a cookout and swimming. The children all had lots of fun swimming, and playing together. Later that night, Bryan decided to head to the lake with the three boys leaving Anna Claire and I to chill out at home:) Saturday morning Anna Claire and I headed to the lakehouse to meet the boys for lunch and fishing. It started to rain so we ended up inside most of the day. After supper, Hampton, Anna Claire and I headed on home to go to church on sunday. Bryan, John-Hudson, and Sully spent another night so they could go fishing the next day. True outdoorsman those three.