1st Day of CLC - 2011

Tuesday was our 1st day of CLC for the 2011-2012 school year (CLC actually started last week while we were in Florida). These aren't the best pics but I just wanted to document their first day.

This was Bryn's first time in the CLC program. She cried pretty hard when I dropped her off. When I picked her up, she was happy. Her teachers (who are wonderful) said she did pretty well.


Kate was so excited to go back to school! She walked right in like such a big girl. I love her new teachers!

We are so excited for this year!

Destin: Family Pics

We took family pics while we were at the beach. We loaded the big kids up in the wagon to get them out to the sand...
Bryn got a ride from Daddy...

The Hamilton crew!

Papa Lon and CC with the grandbabies...

Quinn, Kate and Brynlee... Ginny and Carter...their wedding is in ONE MONTH!

our family...

Quinn, Katie and Robby...

the girls...(Kate wanted in the picture because she was getting jellybeans for smiling at the camera!)

the boys...

me and Parker...

Papa Lon and CC who spoiled us on this trip!

Sisters...

This picture sums up their feelings for the beach...Quinn didn't love the sand, Kate loved every minute, and Brynlee just tolerated it all!

All done with pictures...the bow is coming off...

Ginny hanging out with Quinn in the wagon...

Bryn got to ride in the wagon on the way back. It was her first wagon ride!

All smiles!

Destin: Beach Break

We took a break from the beach one afternoon and took the kids to a play area with fountains.

Destin: The No Salt Pool

Our house in Destin had a pool on the deck! It was fabulous! Whenever Kate got tired of the ocean, she would ask to swim in the "no salt pool." And before she jumped in, she asked (everytime), this pool doesn't have any salt in it?

playing pool games with Daddy...

working on her tan...

CC and the grandbabies...

Bryn drying off after swimming...

You can really see her teeth now.

She got 2 more on the trip...which made nap time and night time really fun:)

Bryn floating with Daddy...

Bryn and Quinn...

Destin: The Salt Pool

We spent all of last week in Destin, Florida with Parker's family. We had a great trip! The weather was perfect all week and the water was clear and pretty calm. This was our first trip to the beach since Kate was 9 months old. We had been talking about it all summer and needless to say, Kate was so excited to build sandcastles, jump waves and fly kites! So excited that when we woke her up at 4 AM to leave...she DID NOT GO BACK TO SLEEP! Yes, she was awake and giddy the entire 9 hour trip from Shreveport to Florida.

Kate called the ocean the salt pool. It only took one big wave to the face for her to figure out that she didn't want salt water in her mouth. Most of the time she made someone carry her past the waves. When she got tired of "the salt pool" she would go back to playing in the sand.

Brynlee was a little unsure of the sand at first...I think she had just put her sand covered hand in her mouth...

Kate had a blast building sandcastles (or stepping on the sand castles other people built)...

Bryn warming up...

Hanging out in the baby pool...

Bryn loves to splash!

CC and Kate watching the waves...

Flying a kite with PaPa Lon...

Floating with Ginny...

more sandcastles with Karen...

Katie, Robby and Quinn...

Kate, Mommy, Daddy and Bryn...

Bryn and Mommy catching a wave!

Papa Lon and Daddy burying Kate in the sand...