Mom and Dad's Visit

My parents were here a few weekends ago and my goodness we had the best time!  We did something on the water every day they were here.  My dad has a really stressful job so I love that when he comes up here he can just relax and hang by the water... his favorite thing.  And the boys are always SO excited when they come... we were counting down the days for weeks!

The first day they were here we rented a pontoon and went out on the bay.  It was seriously an amazing day!

Getting ready to leave the dock...

Dad in his happy place!  Floating with a big 'ol gin and tonic!  :)

It was hot (of course) so we just drove for a few minutes and then stopped to jump in and cool off.

J manned his station again at the front of the boat.  Popeye liked it up there, too.

Davis was obsessed with feeling the vibrations on the speakers from the music we were playing.  He did this off and on all day.

The water was absolutely gorgeous that day...

We were parked at the jetties where the bay meets the gulf and a Navy hovercraft went right by us coming in from the gulf!  So cool!  At one point we also passed by what we assumed were some Navy Seals in the bay.

Davis fell asleep and slept like this with me for over an hour!  I loved the snuggle time.

Jackson was so sweet... Grandy asked him if he was having a good time and he said, "Yes... because of you."  And Emmett told them it was more fun than the boat party we went to a few weeks ago!  That's high praise.  They sure do love their grandparents.

We also went up to the Navy base again and played in the bay and on paddle boards.  It was much choppier than the last time we were there so paddle boarding was a bit more challenging.  :)

Davis was a little fussy that day, but he did enjoy floating in the waves.

The day before they left we went to the beach.  Can you get over this water??  So beautiful.

It was very wavy that day, so Davis stayed out of the water, but everyone else enjoyed it.

Reid is still obsessed with his diggers...

Can you spot J's head under that wave?  J and E were having so much fun rolling with the waves in their life jackets.

These people here were just struggling with that raft because of the waves.  Phil leaned over and said, "I think they escaped from a Carnival cruise."  And oh my gosh I just died laughing because it totally did look like that!  Phil is so funny!

D spent most of the time snuggling with me again.  I love my baby.

Reid was watching my mom's iPad one night and we looked up once and noticed he looked like this...

The rest of the time we just enjoyed being together at home (and spent some time up at the pool).  We also got a sitter one night and went out to eat at our favorite restaurant.  My dad was dying over his pork dish!  :)  I just love having my parents here so much.  I wish they lived next door.  One last pic from a highlight of their visit... J and E got to take Peaches (Grandy and Popeye's golden retriever) to Petsmart to pick out a new toy!  They thought this was the coolest.

Love you so much, Mom and Dad!