Marco Island for fall break.

Mommy, Nana, Papa, Oliver, Hadley and I all went to Florida for fall break.  We love it.  It was warm.  There was swimming.  There was the beach.  There were shells.  There were new playgrounds.  There was eating outside.  There was just a lot of playing, laughing and having fun.  I wish daddy could have gone with us but next time.  Here are some pictures to remember our fall break...

Hadley was always the first one in the water.

 Oliver tested out his new tube.  Hadley and I played in it too. 

 Mommy loves the beach the most and the water was so warm.

 I played football on the beach.

 Check out that catch.

 This was the first time Oliver really got down and dirty in the sand.  He loved it.  He crawled everywhere and loved to get other people sandy too.

 Good pictures are hard to come by...this one comes pretty close.

 We did a little night swimming.  It was fun.

 Scram birds.

 And we did a lot of shell collecting.

 There were a lot of creatures in the conch shells...Hadley was not impressed.

 Jumping in the pool got a lot of laughs.  Hadley's favorite was the seat drop.

 I was trying to perfect my somersault.

 Oliver was a trooper.  He was getting four new teeth and couldn't crawl everywhere he wanted but he still managed to find some fun.

Not pictured...mommy's birthday, lots of card games, lots of seafood dinners, and a trip to Naples to visit friends.

Soccer by Hadley

I played soccer last year but I was not as fast as I am this year so I had to give it another shot.  My friend Ella signed up with me and we are having a lot of fun.  We get to have water and snack breaks, we get to play fun games, we get to jump and there is a little bit of soccer mixed in.  Next year, I am going to play in the league like Rice but for now I am having fun at YMCA soccer.  Hey, and I even got a new shirt.

I am so excited for my first day (my soccer season started before Rice's)

 Lining up for a goal shot.

 Rice...student by day, coach by night.

 Team huddle.

 Warming up.

 Getting ready for game time.

 I know this picture is super blurry but I am all the way over to the left dribbling the ball all the way down the field to the goal...it had to be documented.

 Attacking the ball.

 A little sweaty but had fun.

Lost teeth...

Something is happening at our house.  All of my teeth are disappearing and Hadley even lost one the other day. 

See what I mean...it is getting kind of hard to eat certain foods.

 The morning after Hadley's first tooth fairy visit.  She is showing off her sparkly dollar (there were other dollars so don't go back and compare to my first tooth fairy visit.)

last lake days of the year...

It was hard for us to give up time at the lake this summer...luckily, the weather stayed warm into the beginning of October.  Which means I got more time in wakeboarding, Hady got more time in tubing and Oliver got more time to play in the sand and splash in the water.  We will miss long days at the lake but know spring will be here before we know it.

I would like to say I am a master wake boarder now.  I can go over both sides of the wake...I can jump...I can cut really hard in one direction...next summer I will be catching major air.

Hadley is my number one fan.  Well, daddy is a close second...

 Hadley the master tuber.  She also goes by Hadley 'no hands' L.

 Oh, and Oliver.  He is a champ.  He goes with the flow but loves when he gets to play in the water.

 Reagan even made the kid picture.

 mini daddy

I love to wakeboard but there are plenty of other things to do at the lake....we enjoy all.of.it.

 

Oliver likes the time he spends half dressed.

 And the time in the tube...also, mommy and daddy's lake playpen.

 Hady loves to play in the water with her barbies.

 Daddy and I race on paddle boards.

 Some days require a warm towel, especially in late September.

 Just doing a little digging.

 Side by side bro tubing.

 And Oliver finally got to tube in the water (he doesn't care that the water is about 6 in. deep and daddy is still holding on.