Hooray! It's storming outside right now and I'm praying that brings us some cooler weather. I am so over this heat. Yes, I know we live in Florida, but I'm OVER THE HEAT! We need a break! We got a little break last weekend, but that was just a big fat tease. Come on, Autumn!
Anyway, we are making another Ocala trip soon so I thought I should probably finally share the pictures from our last trip back in July. We went down for Jackson's birthday and had a great time, as usual.
On Jackson's birthday we actually went to Jacksonville for the day for my cousin's baby's first birthday party. It was at my aunt's community pool which was huge and had a big slide that Jackson must have gone down 50 times. It was wonderful to see my aunts and uncles and cousins and get to spend the day with them and celebrate baby Oliver's special day. And J had a great time swimming and sliding.
Cousin conversations and hugs before we left...
When we got to Jax my aunts and uncles had bought J some presents since it was his birthday, too. He was SO excited!
Emmett kept saying, "OH! You're so LUCKY, Jackson!"
Little buddies at the pool...
Happy Birthday to sweet Oliver!
It was so great to see everyone! Then when we got home J got to open the rest of his presents and have cake. Presents were mostly Legos and books about Legos. Lol.
Can't believe my firstborn baby is 7 years old!! He is the sweetest, kindest, most loving little boy. So good to his little brothers... God sure knew what he was doing making Jackson the oldest. We are all so blessed to have him in our lives. Ohhhh, I love him so!
Reid wanted to show me how old he is... This is "three". Lol.
My parents had some trees removed in their front yard and my dad had the stumps ground down into sawdust. Reid had a grand old time helping Popeye move the piles of sawdust over to the barn.
I know these are all basically the same but he just looks so cute I can't help it!
Popeye is so patient and always willing to include the boys and let them help in their own way.
Hi, Ben! How 'bout some fresh new sawdust for your pad?
Reid was pretty tuckered out after all that work... He never does this...
Davis had some crazy snaggle teeth going on for a while! It was so cute and funny!
My sweet baby boy...
Watching a truck dumping some other new sawdust onto Popeye's pile in the woods...
Intently watching "Gator Boys" or something... Some show about people catching alligators.
Reid and I went out for lunch at Firehouse one day... He only ate Cheetos and that cookie. Lol.
Davis got sick right before we went home... He was so fussy that last day and would only sleep for a few minutes on me like this...
A Patio Picnic with Popeye before we started our drive home...
Davis passed out right as we went down the driveway and we thought, "Oh awesome! Hopefully he'll sleep until at least Tallahassee!" But so not the case... He woke up after 30 minutes and basically screamed the entire rest of the way. It was so awful! Hoping and praying this next car ride is better for him! But we love the farm and our family so much that the drive is always worth it. :)
