14th Wedding Anniversary!!

Mommy and Daddy celebrated 14 years of marital bliss this year! To celebrate, we headed down to ol' PCB!!! We haven't been there in YEARS, and we had forgotten how fun it was!! Definitely congested (lawd, people watchin' at it's finest!!), but definitely fun!

Heading down to the gulf....just us two!!

First stop, Sharky's!! Happy Daddy...

After stuffing our faces with oysters and shrimp, we TRIED to enter our room. But leave it to us to be obnoxiously early. The room had an automatic lock that did not open until 4:00 pm. So, here we sat for about an hour. :)

Finally, we were able to get in, and we headed straight for the water...

The next morning, we headed out early to do some deep-sea fishing. It was my first time EVER!!

SOOOOOO MUCH FUN!!!

We're on a boat!!

Catching two with one cast!!

This joker had some teeth!!

All our fishies:

Back at the hotel, I fell asleep on a lounge chair for about 45 minutes, and woke up with Josh MIA. Finally found him....

Off to Captain Anderson's, the best seafood on the planet!!!

Day 3 of more beach....

....and more eatin'!! Angelo's is WHERE.IT'S.AT!!!!!

A few pics of our last night on the beach....

But, the best part of the night was......

.....meeting up with these two, Leslie and Steve!!! Fun fact - Les and Josh are related in some weird "by-marriage," double-cousin way that only they can explain.

I so love Leslie. Such a lifelong friend. We don't get to see each other much since we live 1,000 miles apart, but we always pick up where we left off. <3

Before heading to bed, I caught Daddy watching "Descendants" all by himself. Someone was missing his girls!!

And there you have it!! 14 years of marital bliss!! Wish I could tell you how much I love you, Josh. Everyone deserves someone like you.

Cheers to 14 years, and an eternity to go!!

Tooth Fairy on Strike!!!

We've been extracting teeth like crazy this summer!!! Claira has now lost a total of 6 teeth!!

 She pulled this one out herself (in between cannonballs):

 Previous snaggles:

Getting those teeth cleaned like a true diva:

But here's how she feels about waiting on her sisters to get their teeth cleaned.....napping in the waiting room.

 If you know Claira, you know how typical it is for her to be the one to have the FIRST cavity of the family!! And she couldn't care less!! Here she is getting that cavity filled (also, Dr. Deas is the best dentist on the planet!)

 Took it like a CHAMP!! Not a single tear shed!!

Also, the same week that Claira lost tooth 6, Bobby lost tooth #11!!

Then, she turned around two days later and pulled tooth #12!!

(quick recap)

Unfortunately for Ella, the tooth fairy was quite broke by this point and was pretty tired of coming to our house. So, she brought Ella a hand-full of quarters. She also brought a "states map" so that we could find the quarters from every state (that's actually been a lot of fun):

Cheers to that poor, broke tooth fairy!!!

Dance Recitals '18!

We always look forward to our spring dance recitals - they are so impressive and energetic, and this year certainly didn't disappoint!! I got smart this year and took most of the pictures and videos during dress rehearsal so I could enjoy the actual show (especially since Nora performed in all 3 shows!!)

Nora and Lilah both performed in the opening number:

Nora's tap:

Ella's ballet:

Nora's jazz:

Nora's contemporary:

Nora's ballet:

Ella's tap:

Since Nora performed in all 3 shows, we had a lot of "down time" in between. Which means she left little gems on my phone:

It also gave us time to go to lunch and shop a bit in between shows. Love one-on-one time with my oldest girl - we truly need it in this season of life, and it's very few and far between:

Nora got very emotional after her final show - this *may* be her last year at DSD for a while because she has decided to cheer next year for Fairplay Middle. We will just see what God has in store for her....

Cheers to our tiny dancers!! Never miss that chance to dance!!!