Florida - Sunday

After church on Sunday we all relaxed and enjoy the day & evening together.  The kids went swimming in the Butler's pool and played outside.

Cray & Aunt Jill getting a quick cat nap.

 Cray River was a great little traveler.  He enjoyed being on the go the whole weekend and LOVES his car seat.  Mommy had a very easy weekend taking care of this lil guys to.  Made for a nice vacation!!!

 Kora Lily & Willow had a great weekend playing together.  It is so much fun to watch the girls grow up and how they play and interact together.  

 You can check out my sisters blog for other fun pictures of our time in Florida.  The girls had our camera most of the time... so we had lots of interesting pictures.  

http://sunnyoharas.blogspot.com/

Florida - Saturday Afternoon

Saturday afternoon we went in and toured around Ft. Matanzas.

The kids enjoyed playing on the canyons and climbing up the fort. 

At 1:30 they let off one of the canons 

This picture explains it the best.  Cooper was worried about the sound.  Eli & Scarlett were trying to figure out where it was going to land in the water.  Kora could care less.  Maddie and Molly were ready to take the perfect picture!  

Fun and tiring afternoon at Fort Matanzas

Florida - Saturday AM

Saturday morning we went to St. Augustine to spend the day.  The kids enjoyed walking the streets with no COATS or WINTER BOOTS!

This cracked me up... they were so entertained by....

hmm... what could it be..

a drain!  bigger than all the kids!

 Entertainment and great conversation!

 Over a drain!

 Kora Lily & Willow

I was so excited to go back to my favorite store!!!

 Inside they had a sign that said 

 Just because the economy stinks 

... you don't have to....

 It was great to be outside and walk 

around enjoying the nice weather!!!

Florida - Friday

The Butler's are moving to Cincinnati!  Even though we are very excited they are moving closer to home - we are very sad that our random trips to Florida will be over.  

We left on Thursday at 1 pm and got to Florida at 3:30am on Friday morning.  With 8 kids - we didn't exactly make great time... but we arrived safely!!!!  The butler girls couldn't wait to have  a tea party with everyone. 

They played house...

and a fun trip to the beach.  Do you see anything wrong with this picture?  

1 - We are the ONLY one's at the beach!

2 - Heavy Storm clouds 

3 - Ice in the water (well not really - but it was FREEZING cold water)

Cooper & Maddie

The kids running

Kora Lily

Eli helping Willow

Great fun day at the beach!

Tea Party - Birthday Party

For Grandma Hartzler's Birthday this past Monday we threw a little last minute tea party together to celebrate.  We are so blessed to have such a special women in all of our lives.  We love you Grandma!

Tea Time

Kora gets to play with her magic teas set when:

1 - When Kora is a REALLY good girl 

2 - When mommy REALLY wants to get something done 

3 - The kitchen floor REALLY needs washed 

4 - Kora REALLY needs to drink more water 

Kora Lily will play for hours and hours!  She pours water from cup to cup and drinks lots of water - most of it ends up on her or the floor.  But it has been a very nice thing for the Gardners to have around!  

Cray is usually out of the splash zone - but close by to hear kora playing.  He loves sitting and sleeping in his car seat and swing.  Kora always makes sure he has some kind of toy or animals - just in case he starts playing.  

Sun = Mud

In the winter odds are if the sun is shining - there is lots of mud.  However I let Kora out the back door to play the other day since it was so nice out.  It didn't take her long to get stuck in a mud hole. 

She was thrilled to get to take a tubby in the laundry sink - since I was doing laundry.

She was a little prune when she finally let me take her out.

My Binky Babies.....

My Binky Babies...  Yes I have TWO binky babies... 

One lil' man and One big girl!

Hopefully one of the last binky pictures of them together.  

Snow

Sadly we have not had a ton of snow this year.  Kora has enjoyed every little bite that she could with her daddy.  

Ryder & Cooper's Birthday Party

In January we celebrated Ryder & Coopers birthday's with a football theme.  

Joanna did an awesome job creating a football stadium out of Lego's 

It was really awesome - these pictures do not do it justice