HALLOWEEN

You all are probably wondering okay how do we get from the 4th of July all the way to Halloween. I went to the doctor yesterday and they have scheduled baby Heinz's delivery for Halloween. Our little goblin will be here on Halloween morning unless he or she decides to come earlier. There have been suggestions of Hallie, Elvira, or Ichabod for names, but I think we will stay away from those. The doctor did make me promise that I would not have a pumpkin cake every year for the baby's birthday. So anyway the countdown is on.

4th of July

The Fourth of July was my 32nd Birthday. We celebrated by having my family over for lunch and a little bit of pool time. It was one of the most relaxing birthdays I've ever had. Here are some pool pics.


After everyone left we hung out around the pool and swam with the kids for a little bit before heading up to Heron Lakes to enjoy the fireworks. Here are some pictures of the fireworks I took with my camera.



Here is one of my favorite pictures of Clara at HLCC waiting for the fireworks. She also stole the camera and took one of me and Ben. She took a lot of others which were deleted, but this one somewhat turned out.

Pappy's 70th Birthday Party

July 1st was Pappy's 70th Birthday. We celebrated with a pool party at our house. Here are a couple of pics from that day of Pappy with his grandkids.

Sharks

Over Father's Day weekend when we were at Orange Beach we saw a shark just a few feet off of the beach. We were able to take this short video of it.

Father's Day Weekend

We spent Father's Day weekend at the Beach with Ben's parents, Liz, Maggie and Johnny. We stayed at Seachase Condominium and had a blast. When Hurricane Ivan hit, it did a substantial amount of damage to the condominium. Since then they have totally redone the outside of the condominium complex. They have fountains, baby pool with a mushroom waterfall, four pools and a couple of hot tubs. I highly recommend it for anyone with kids. Here are some pictures of John Hunter and Clara in their floats that Mimi bought them, a picture of Connell and Johnny at the pool, Maggie and Johnny by the pool and Connell trying out his snorkle.




The next couple of pictures are pictures of Clara playing in the sand and a picture of Ben's attempt at a sandcastle. I think this explains why he went to law school instead of architecture.

June Pool Time

We had lots of visitors in the month of June who stopped by to hang out with us in the pool. So much so that one night we even had a party so all our friends could hang out and swim. Here are just a few pictures from the month of June at our pool.

Cecilia hanging out in the pool.

Anna Witt in the pool.

Maddie and Uncle Ben.

Clara our bathing beauty.

Joe Joe, Connell and Brady.

Trophies and Parties

After the official end of the t-ball season, The Angels had a party at Springhill Swim Club. There they were presented with team trophies. Connell's coach said to a Lefty who really came through with some big hits, Rootbeer Heinz.
Here's a picture of Connell's team.

After that party it was announced that we would have to play the Yankees for the division championship. After that game, Connell was presented a trophy from the park for winning their division. Again he was called out as RootBeer Heinz. I realized then with much certainty that he will forever be known as Rootbeer.




Notice the hat in the last picture. Our beloved Casey Pup Rocket Rock-n-Roll Star Spiderman Heinz decided his hat needed some character before he even played the first game.