2014 Beach Trip!

At the beginning of the summer we went to Virginia Beach (Sandbridge Beach) with 2 other families. I think multi-family trips are definitely the way to go when you have kids--everyone has such a good time! 

the afternoon we arrived--Sammy's not too sure.

are they seriously holding hands?!

ACK! seaweed! luckily, this was the only time we saw it.

the Gusefski's arrived! yay!

love Luke's hat!

Rodriguez's arrive and it's time for beach presents--coloring books and t-shirts

epic storytime

bright and cheery the next morning

sand angel

love this

the best pic i could get of the kids in their beach t-shirts

crabs!

we dug a giant hole

you guys are too funny

Mmm, hows that sand taste?

this is the face colin makes when i'm checking my camera levels

so cute!

sticking your tongue out, real mature Alison ;)

Elana was very anxious to touch everything (but not Will)

i just liked the way this looked :)

who needs beach chairs when you can customize one in the sand?

let's bury micah

and elana and lili

sam, eh

our last evening

silly pics, nice bum Micah

group shot!

group shot RUNNING (sort of)

one more time...

The End.

Here comes (more) trouble!

I am 12 weeks along with the next little Dwan in our family. After being quite sick I am surprisingly (and all of a sudden) feeling much better. It took about 14 weeks with Elana, and more like 18 with Sam so, to be at 12 weeks and feeling half normal is ... GREAT! I'm convinced it's a girl. We need it to be a girl--otherwise we will have to renovate our attic and Colin does not want to do that. ;) Two boys and two girls seems right, plus I'm not as sick (like I was with Sam), and I'm back to craving sugar (like I did with Elana). So that's what I'm going with. :) We will find out in August; not too much longer to wait!

Haircuts for everyone!!! (6 and under)

This was Sammy's first haircut. He did great besides the puppy-dog "why" look he had the whole time...

Elana got an Elsa braid (Frozen)...

Baseball

First time playing baseball!