Beach Pictures 2010

The Beach

Another awesome year at the beach with Mom and Dad and the rest of the gang. You can tell the 7 kids are getting older b/c there are fewer tears and less spats. I'm going to list a few highlights and memories for this post.

1 Singing praise and worship songs while Kevin kicking it on the guitar

2 Doughnuts every night..thanks Dad for the extra 5 pounds

3 The Pool, aweseome temperature and so much time spent with the kiddos learning to swim

4 River getting comfortable going under water and jumping off the edge of the pool

5 Mason sitting in the baby chair on the beach people watching

6 Professional pictures on the beach with the 7 kids

7 Dinner nights

8 Showers outside

9 Hauling our "house" to the beach everyday

10 Go-cart riding- River loving it.

11 Abby and Logan's Birthday celebration-more junk food

12 Kids pushing baby doll strollers, parents taking strollers away

13 Psychiatrist once again...

14 Many Many More...

We are so blessed to have our entire family healthy and able to spend the week together. The weather could not have been any better in Nagshead! Just beautiful.

River's Heart

It amazes how sensitive and empathetic River can be. The other day an SPCA commercial came on and the animals looked so sad in their cages. I looked over at River, who was crying. He said, it makes me so sad mommy to see the dogs in the cage..please don't let me see that commercial again. Tonight he walked in on me reading a friend's blog. I was starting to cry reading the post and he saw my tears, immediately tears starting running down his cheeks. I'm sad mommy because you are crying...he said and gave me a huge hug. Ohh River, these are happy tears I explained to him. Gotta love that boy's heart! He has the kindest soul. Thank you Jesus.

A few of River's latest sayings at 4...

River, I grew up here in Round Hill with GaGa and Poppa when I was a little girl. "Where was Mason and I mommy?" God had not made you yet. "Well, where did Mason and I grow up?"

We were in the car the other day and the song playing said "you paid the sacrifice." I asked River, what does that mean....he answered right away, "it means Jesus died on the cross for us."

"Been berry up there"..."Been berry hopa up there." A line from a movie that he changed and says all the time.

The phone..."the phone is not ringing..." Riv's change to the song...everything is "not".

"Mommy, can we go back to the submarine?" You mean the marina? "Yes, the submarina."

"Hey look, Daddy's bottom is the same age as my bottom..."

"Getty up horse..whoo hoo."

"Speed wreck."