| What a summer! We have been having so much fun I haven't stopped to blog about it all. So here is your "catch up" starting with the most recent pics first. | ||||
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| Our Little Blonde Mr. Personality- 8 months old and SO spoiled rotten already! |
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| Celebrating CG's birthday |
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| JG, CG, and Padre caught some catfish, and the Gladden men fried it up for CG's birthday celebration. Delish! |
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| Mom had her last day teaching at Children's Day Out at AUMC in May. We all celebrated with her in Auburn. They had a special party for her complete with square dancers and presented her with this outdoor sculpture for the backyard. She has touched so many little kiddos and their families over the years, and we are so proud of her and all she has accomplished. |
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| We celebrated Mother's Day at the beach with the Gladdens. Alexander LOVES Splash (the family-friendly resort we have been to in Panama City for two years), and we hear about it all year long. |
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| Some of the Gladden Clan in the Gulf |
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| Elliot in his beach tent (this lasted about 30 seconds after I took this picture) |
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| CG and Padre brought their "metal protectors" (as Alexander calls them) to the beach for some sand treasure hunting. A couple who saw that they had metal detectors asked them to help find a lost wedding band. This picture is of the sweet taste of victory after Padre and Steven were able to locate the ring for the couple... true superheroes! |
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Preparing for Pirate Mini Golf   |
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| Batman, I mean Alexander, turned four this May. He has been such a joy to be around lately. He says the cutest things that make me giggle daily, is such a GREAT big brother, and doesn't test the limits quite as much as he did during the "terrible threes." And did I mention that he willingly comes to the table for mealtime and even requests (and eats) some of his favorite foods?!? Hooray for our big 4-year-old! |
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| AO has been obsessed with Octonauts (a show on Disney Jr.) for months now. Somehow, I thought the Curious George phase would never end, but alas, we have Octonauts now! Here he is with the rest of his birthday loot. |
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| We had a super cool pirate backyard birthday party planned for AO this year. Every year on his birthday it has always been gorgeous outside, hot even. So we had water backyard fun planned for the kiddos, and of course it rained constantly the days leading up to the party and we had record low temperatures. Don't worry, Monkey Joe's to the rescue. Indoor fun was had by all. I guess my pirate plans will have to wait for another day... |
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| Flying kites with Uncle Ian and Liam |
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| Yeah for Mark and Dina! So glad our CA friends got to stop by for a visit while Mark was in town for a conference. |
