Weekend Fun

I had meant to post these pictures during the week last week but if you have been following me on my various social media outlets, you know that I have been dealing with a very sick toddler. It all started on Wednesday night and hasn't let up since. Her fever has been going up and down from around 100 degrees all the way up to 104. She looks like crap. I feel so bad for her but we just have to let the nasty virus run it's course. Thankfully my husband and I have been able to steer clear of it so far. I'm just hoping that it isn't laying dormant in my body at this moment just waiting to show it's ugly face. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Okay so on with the show. What I really wanted to talk about in this post is how great I think cousins are. Aubrey has three cousins- Angelia, Nick and Nathan. While Aubs loves them all, she particularly adores Nathan and I am pretty sure the feeling is mutual. They are only 15 months apart so now that Aubs has reached full blown toddler stage they are very much on the same level. It's so awesome to see them play and interact together.

I think that having lots of cousins is kind of dying out. What I mean by that is in general people are having smaller families these days and smaller families means less aunts and uncles and then less cousins. Also people don't hang around were they grew up as much anymore so cousins many times grow up states away from each other. I think that it is kind of sad because I love that Aubs has cousins, just as I loved having cousins when I was little. I am also super sad that my new little one won't have any cousins around her age to play with. I'm pretty sure she will be the baby of the family. She will be just fine but Nick and Lia are so close and now Nate and Aubs that I wish baby girl had a little cousin playmate too.

***These photos were all taken last weekend- we couldn't take sicky out in public or around other littles this weekend***











And then Aubs decided to take a swim with her dress on.....


...at least it got all of the ice pop stains out.

Celebrating Life

Last month my husband's Uncle Dennis passed away unexpectedly at the age of 52 from a heart attack. The whole family was shocked to say the least. He grew up in and lived most of his life in New York so he was flown there for traditional services after his passing. Although they did all the traditional stuff up in New York we wanted to celebrate his life in way he would of wanted down here in Florida. Dennis spent the last four years here in Florida and absolutely loved going to the beach which he called his church. We decided that we would all spend the day at the beach to celebrate Dennis and scatter some of his ashes in the gulf. It was an absolutely beautiful day and we know that Dennis was there enjoying the sun and the sand with us in spirit.


























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Wordless Wednesday: Blue's Fest

Last weekend we went to a blues festival on the water
Joe's dad is a huge blues fan and goes every year
We met Joe's parents, my parents, Joe's brother and our niece and nephew there.
The weather was gorgeous and we had a great time.
My mom even went on one of those bungee trampoline things which she says she has always want to do but was too chicken.

Here's some photos from our day














Do you see my husband showing off doing flips?






Linking up with my usual lovely wordless Wednesday ladies The Paper Mama, Baby Baby Lemon, and then, she {snapped}, Parenting By Dummies and Jenni from the Blog and Project Alicia

Wordless Wednesday: Our Weekend

This Wednesday I thought I'd share some snaps from our weekend.
It was pretty low key
On Saturday we had breakfast at Joe's Mom's house with the whole family and then went up to my parents house for dinner.
The boys went out on the boat but I stayed back with my Mom and Aubs because I haven't been feeling well.
On Sunday we went to the beach in the morning and at night Joe went to his brother's to watch the Super Bowl
















Linking up with my usual lovely wordless Wednesday ladies The Paper Mama, Baby Baby Lemon, and then, she {snapped}, Parenting By Dummies and Jenni from the Blog

New Hair!

I got my hair done this afternoon. It's the first time that I've gotten my hair done besides one trim since the baby has been born. Considering that she is almost 2, I think I was long over due. I had highlighted my hair from the time I was 14 until I was 26 and had Aubs. (Besides a 4 month period when I was 24 and decided to go dark.) When Aubrey was about 4 months old and my roots were about 4 inches long, I decided that I was going to go back to my natural color because it would be easier. The next time I was at the supermarket I grabbed a box of dye and never looked back.... until today. I'm glad to have a little bit of blonde back. I am also happy that the 4 to 5 inches of dead ends are now gone. I was contemplating bangs and was even triple dog dared to get them by my girl Chelsea but I just couldn't commit.
What do you think?




I also got a new camera lens this weekend and I am absolutely in love with it. It's a Canon EF 50 mm f/1.8 and it is awesome for shooting with a really shallow depth of field. I took this gem this morning, it is SOOC.




I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend!
Make sure to check back this week.
I have some awesome Christmas decoration DIYs, a delicious dip recipe and lots of lovely pictures to share.

Sanding Ovation

We had no plans for the weekend so when my friend Kristen mentioned that she was going to a sand sculpture event on the beach, I figured we should go too. I ran it by the husband and he agreed that it would be a good way to spend a Saturday morning.

The sculptures were amazing. I wonder how one acquires the desire and skill to professionally sculpt sand. It's not exactly something you can google. Maybe it's a family thing passed down through the generations. I should have asked one of them but then again they seemed pretty in to what they were doing so I don't think they would appreciate the lame questions.



















The kids were more into the sand trikes and the kayaks