Friday, November 21, 2014

Neighbor Love

Courtney and I will say it over and over again, we have the best neighbors. We have been truly blessed to have neighbors that have become our best friends. Not only have Christy and Josh become our friends, but their kids and our kids love each other more then we'll ever know. Along with that, Courtney and I love their kids as our own, Rylan, Henry, and Brynlee. Their 3 kids are beautiful little kids and we would do anything for them!
 





We can't thank Christy and Josh enough for all they have done for us. For every doctors appointment I have, Christy insists that she watches the girls for me. Of coarse, I feel bad because there are so many times that I have to go to the doctor especially since I started seeing the high risk doctor, but if we are talking and I mention I have a doctor's appointment coming up, she insists that I bring the girls over.
 
Courtney and I will be forever thankful for Christy, Josh, and their kids. We are thankful for the talks, laughter, tears by the kids, and everything in between!
 
Thank you Hartwell Family, we love you!!
 

TeePee Play and Selfies

McKaila got her teepee from Grandpa and Grandma Nancy for her birthday and the girls play with it almost every day. They love putting blankets and pillows inside to make it their house and most of the time they bring all their stuffed animals inside with them. They lay them all down and then cover them up for their nap. It's so cute because they work so well together to put their "babies" to sleep.
 

 
 Most days when I take pictures of the girls playing, it's with my phone, so McKenna started taking out her phone and taking pictures, but she started taking selfies, lol. I had taken out my phone to take pictures of the girls playing in the teepee and after a while, McKenna went to her box of toys and pulled out her phone. Then, she puts it out if front of her, and says "cheese" like she was taking a picture of herself. It was absolute cuteness, but hilarious at the same time.
 


Sunday, November 9, 2014

Air Show 2014

It's been a couple years now, since the last air show that we attended, so we got really excited when we found out that the Blue Angels were traveling around the U.S. doing air shows. Their final stop was going to be in Pensacola, FL which is a couple hour drive from us and also is the home of the Blue Angels.
 
Now, McKaila has always had a love for airplanes. Living in Maryland and Courtney being stationed at Andrews AFB, we saw countless amounts of planes. McKaila can spot out an airplane, even when it's a speck in the sky. She has now passed on her love for airplanes to her sister. Here in Biloxi, we don't see many airplanes, besides the Hurricane Hunters (C-130) flying around here. But, when McKenna spots an airplane, the girl goes crazy.
 
So, when we told the girls we were taking a road trip and going to see the Blue Angels and meeting up with the Papa's and Hartwell's, they got very excited. Days leading up to leaving, that's all that McKaila would talk about and McKenna would make airplane noises to add to it.  
 














Back at Andrews, we would spend the whole day walking through airplanes and watching them fly, but there we could go relax inside Courtney's office and let McKaila run around outside the offices because no one else was allowed in that area. But going to Pensacola for this air show, we figured there were going to be tons of people (heck, it's a free event, and who doesn't like free?) so, we would have to keep an eye on the girls at all times and have them stay right where we were going to be sitting. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, keeping the girls by us, but I think if we would have made it an all day event like we did at Andrews, we would have had a lot of melt downs. So, it all worked out perfect with us only being there for a few hours and then spending time afterwards looking around at the planes and having the kids explore inside them.

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Veteran's Day Parade 2014

Happy Veteran's Day!
 

It was a chilly morning, but off we went to meet up with our friends for the Veteran's Day Parade at downtown Biloxi. The waiting game for the parade to begin was too much for the kids, so to keep them from going to out of control while waiting, the 4 kids ate endless amount of gold fish.

 
Once the parade began, there they all sat waving at all the cars and military men and women go by. They all had a blast, especially when they got candy thrown their way. Needless to say, the kids were all on a sugar high after the parade. It was a great time though, for the kids and adults.







McKaila was really excited because they were handing out American flags, daddy's flag as she calls it