Myrtle Beach

We had a great time at the beach this past week. Looking back at the week together, we recall the long drives, the greasy, delicious dinners, the hot sun, the terrific ocean breeze, the fun lazy river, the sadness of loosing one of the original Jackson Five members & the loss of Brian's first love, Farrah Fawcett, the arcade, the Ripley's Mirror Maze, the occasional fights between the kids, riding the waves, searching for seashells, celebrating Father’s Day and 13 years of marriage, evening walks at sunset and drinking lots of root beer and other beverages :)!

One evening we visited the restaurant Dick’s Last Resort.  A place where the servers are rude and really smart mouthed to their customers…..we felt like we were at home!  The boys LOVED the atmosphere and they couldn’t get enough.  They even tried to come back with a few, but they were shot down every time.  Our server made each of us hats with funny phrases:

 

Alyssa’s hat says “I tore my mommy a new one”  Little do they know, Alyssa was a c-section…so no tearing!!  My hat said “Brady is my favorite accident”.  He wasn’t accident, but he sure was a surprise, especially only two months into our marriage.

Waiting for a good wave to ride……and FINALLY!!!

 

 

Some more evenings out on the town.

  

 

Walking the beach as the sun is setting is a wonderful thing!

 

Alyssa LOVED the camera this week and I think the camera is fond of her too!

"Take me out to the ballgame..."

Our evenings are just about consumed at a softball or baseball field these days. Between Alyssa and Cole, rarely does a free evening pass us by.

Watching 4-5 year olds play t-ball is very entertaining and at times a bit painful. Alyssa only goes because she knows there will be a drink and a snack afterwards. The video below is Alyssa's first time at the tee. It's so cute to hear her teamates cheer her on.



Cole is doing awesome! He has made the All Star Team and will participate in a 4 game tournament in mid July. His last game he received the game ball for hitting 4 doubles (or as Brady calls them "twoers"). Check out one of his hits!

Cole's LAX

Cole is done with lacrosse for the spring. We overlapped a few weeks between lacrosse and baseball....very busy.



Check the video out of a great catch and then the goal he made...even after a quick stumble...at the end of the video, some guy says "Alex, nice job"...he's confused...

In memory of BFF

Well, the summer heat got the best of BFF...he croaked!!! No really...he croaked..not the froggy kind of way but the terrible

"your're the worst Mommy in the world, you kill everything"

kind of way. I thought BFF would enjoy spending some time outside. I felt awful, especially because a few hours before we found the beta fish dead too.........which of course was my fault...

In loving memory of BFF (BullFrog Forever). May 2008-June 2009. BFF joined us as a slimy, dark green tailed tadpole in the late spring of 2008. He went through all the phases of a bullfrog from a poliwog to a froglet which consumed crickets. He was blessed by Father Daily at St. Michael's Catholic Church in the fall of 08. He enjoyed spending time under his rock and appreciated water changes so he could exercise by hopping around the kitchen floor dodging the bulldog. Recently, BFF moved to a new habitat in which he lived his last few weeks happy. In lieu of lily pads, please consider attending the Adoption Appreciation Night at the Columbus Zoo on June 24th in order to adopt an amphibian in honor of BFF. See site below:

http://www.columbuszoo.org/ADOPTAppreciationNight.aspx


We are trying again with three tadpoles, B, F & F, their names in honor of our cute little bullfrog that the kids will never ever let me forget.