A Ball at the Beach

That is definitely what we had, a BALL at the BEACH!  

This past weekend Andrew, Aunt Stacie, Afton, Lacey and I headed down to Poppy's beach house in Destin.  No, Daddy couldn't come, :( due to the (much needed) rainy weather last week Drew had to work over the weekend so he missed out on all of our beach fun.  And man did we miss him!  But we made do without him and tried really hard to have a good time. ;)

 A couple of wave jumpers

 Andrew met a friend while we were there, Carson.  Here they are "wave fighting," Ben 10 style.

When Andrew first saw him he took off to go introduce himself then about half way there he turned around and ran back to me and said, "I'm a little nervous.  Can you come with me?"  It was so sweet!

 My Coppertone baby aka hat stealer taking a break from the sun.

 We had lots of seaweed on Saturday, Andrew of course loved catching it in his net....

 And using it as icing for his sand cakes...yes you read that right. 

Sand.  Cakes.  Aunt Erin, you would have been so proud!

 Livin' on Love :)

We definitely made some great memories at the beach!  But we couldn't wait to get back home to our favorite person. :)

Dancin' in the Rain

Monday I took the day off to spend it with my favorites two boys.  I couldn't have asked for a better day!  We are a very productive threesome.  My boys love projects.  So when we decided the day's project was planting a garden, Andrew couldn't wait to pick out his plants. 

It's so wonderful to have a husband who can build just about anything.

Andrew was pretty proud of his strawberry plants and Mammoth sunflowers!

Once his plants were in the ground, my helper became a little distracted.

Sand tends to do that to little boys. :)

As soon as I had the tomatoes, squash, zucchini, jalapenos, serranos, and bell-peppers planted the rain set in.

And Ben 10 challenged it face to face.  And then....

.... we danced in it!!

I sure do love this little boy.

Once the rain let up, guess where I found him once again...

 The sand of course...it's all over my house!

 He wrote, "Ben hearts Dad & Do-Dah."

 I'll put up with a little sand inside for love notes like this. :)

The Adventures of Ben 10

When we picked up Andrew he wasn't feeling so hot.  Drew & I think he's starting to get car sick on his long trips.  So we decided to go to the park in Meridian for a little while and let our little man get some fresh air before heading home.

On our way to the park, he informed us, "My name is Ben 10 now, and my nickname is Andrew."  For those of you who don't know Ben 10 is a boy super hero who can turn into 10 different aliens and harness their powers for the greater good of our universe.  I know it's quite a serious undertaking, but Drew & I are very proud of Andrew and we are behind him 100%.  

Thus begins the adventures of Ben 10!

As you can see here, Ben 10 is wearing his trusty Omnitrix.  

This allows Andrew to turn into different species of aliens and warns him when serious danger is lurking nearby.

Here he is as the agile Spidermonkey.

Escaping the DNAliens!  

Who knew the park would be crawling with villains!  Daddy had to become a sidekick so he could join in the fight, Kevin Levin to the rescue!  Another note for you Ben 10 non-enthusiast, Kevin can absorb energy and matter to become whatever he is touching.  Such as concrete, water, fire...you get the picture.

Ben 10, as he crosses a not so sturdy bridge over some unseen terribleness below.

Half way over the bridge, Ben 10 had a momentary lapse in super heroism and needed a little assistance.

Hey, all super heroes need a little help from time to time.

Ben 10 lives to see another day!

Ben 10 seems to have a few weaknesses:  Heights and Hershey's Chocolate.  You have been trusted with this sensitive information, please keep it on the down low from any alien bad guys you may cross.

I played the damsel in distress, Vilgax had me trapped on top of a tower.  Ben 10 saved me!

And I got a kiss!  (Sigh)

Ben 10, you're my hero!!

Tune in tomorrow for more adventures from Andrew, uh Ben 10....