Alexis' family bday dinner!

 Like every year, she picks Yamato for her birthday dinner and we all gather to celebrate her!

I cant believe this year, we are celebrating her being 18!

That is just a crazy number! ha!

Though she may be thinking she is an adult and all the things..............she will forever still be our first, and as long as she is still living under us and we are paying for everything, our 'child.' ha! (she loves to hear that part!) :)

This next big phase of her life is coming quick and I am so excited to see what all it has in store for her!

Here's to 18!

The crew!

Opening her gifts!

Her 3rd Summer working!

 Alexis has loved being a lifeguard. So much so that she begged this Summer to do it because Tyler and I thought (and still think) she needs to branch out and do something different....

but, she is loving it and its her 3rd Summer! She is a pro!

We enjoyed getting to see her in action yesterday for a little bit!

She was focused! 

Our weekend!

 I am getting so bad about taking pictures. I dont know why, but it just is something I havent been doing lately.

That doesnt mean we arent still super busy and doing all the things!

Saturday was full of an early dinner with Nan, Pawpaw and Brandi at Tony's in Centre. It is a small trek there but so worth it. It was delicious so we were happy they said to meet them there! It is a gem of a place!

Sunday was full of all things Church, and gearing up for the new week with Greysyn thrown in! We got him and enjoyed a bike ride and then the pool for a little bit before it closed to see Alexis working!

It was a HOT day but so fun to have time with him! Besides some laundry and cleaning thrown in, that concludes our weekend! ha!

Tyler and Lily rode from our house on their bikes so I took Tyler's truck with mine and his bikes...so we had time to swing while we waited on them! We were the lucky ones! ha!

Getting ready to ride!

His little legs! BOY, you could tell he has been in the air conditioning all summer! ha! He was a tired little one! ha!

We had shade for a good bit of the ride which was nice!

Turtle Lake! Checking to see how many turtles and taking a break and drinking some water! ha!

We were READY for the POOL after that ride! And to see Alexis working!

This boy was ready for the pool, to sit in a chair and EAT some ice cream! ha!  We had a great afternoon!

Wordless Wednesday!

 

Father's Day!

 We celebrated our guy, yesterday, and hope he felt the love! Didnt snag a picture, but Lily did and sent it to me. 

Thankful for him.

First babysitting job for Lily....................and tag along Alexis!

 The day we got home from the beach, my friend Leah and Adam texted me asking if one or both of my girls could babysit their 3 girls (Emma, Ann, and Libby).

Since they had 3, both Alexis and Lily went (even though Lily was mad and wanted to do it by herself!) :) 

but they had a great time and Lily loved having her first babysitting job! (they both got paid, so that made Lily be fine!) ha!

They cant wait to babysit again!

This is sweet Emma, the oldest. Ann is beside her. They were laughing at a movie together! Libby (3) was asleep! Alexis did a great job of getting her to sleep!

More beach!

 Another day....another sunset, more relaxing and fun!

Cant beat the view.

I mean is he an alien? ha!

Alexis enjoyed getting to come this year!

The sunset....amazing!

The car kind of took away from our picture but still a beautiful sunset!

Another lazy beach day!

Another beautiful sunset!

Always a great ending when we have SweetFrog!

The Beach!

 Always....always...always...love our beach time!

I literally didnt take many pictures at all. We didnt get dressed up, we kept it all low key and it was very relaxing!

I did have our 'beach outfit' ready and was wanting to take family pictures since we havent been all together since Alexis was in 7th grade.................

but...............

of course, my family vetoed me out and we didnt take any.

BOO!

But, its fine.

I didnt want to have to dry my hair and put make up on either so I get it! ha!

A lot of the pictures are the same of what we did because we literally did the same thing every day! ha! Beach, pool, reading, getting sun, relaxing, floating, walking the beach, playing bocce, and REPEAT! 

Our first full day....along with most of all the other days...consisted of this! Notice...Lily...reading...and Alexis...scrolling! :)

And this was me! 

There was a lot of this from allll of us!

And night swimming by them!

And can NOT beat the sunsets! Just so peaceful and gorgeous! 

Then....another day.....Lily reading.................... Alexis not.............. ha!

Tyler looking all baywatch! ha!

We went to dinner to celebrate Gran's birthday! McGuire's never disappoints! 

Happy birthday!

Then the rest of the evening was this! Rinse and repeat!

When the Messer girls are in town!

 We love when we get to see them! They are like our family! They just fit with us!

We had the best little time when they came and spent the night with us while they were in town for a short period!

We had dinner, did some shopping, did some Michael Jackson dancing and then they didnt sleep a bit while with us!

Best memories made!

They sure do love each other!

I just cant get over how grown they are! Even my 'baby' Camille! I mean, she needs to stop!

Cant sit still!

The Michael Jackson movie is all the craze right now so they were all doing their moves to dance like him! ha!

It was hilarious! 

Until next time! We love having them!

Wordless Wednesday!

 

Life Lately!

 We have been busy busy and soaking up all things Summer....and everything in between!

We have enjoyed going to the REC Center in the evenings with Lily to swim, do the sauna, workout, run, walk.........etc! Alexis has been working so it is giving us something to do!

Snagged this picture. She loves this machine!

And then Lily has her very own personal trainer...........and her Daddy loves the job!

Celebrating Tammy!

 She is 50! ha! We call her 'old!' but we love her just the same! So, some of us coworkers (missed several) surprised her with dinner and bowling to celebrate her and have her feel the love!

Feel the love is a HUGE understatement! She was SO surprised and it was hilarious! 

I also was scared for my life....for planning this for her :)

This was her shocked face...............the entire time! ha!

Then she figured out that I had a candle.........that kept relighting (because she was supposed to have to blow it out...............50 times).........................so she threw it out of her cookie cake! bahaha!

And then said she was going to strangle me! This is MY scared face!..........because she was being serious!

The crew! We make work fun!

Love them!

And then the BIG deal! Bowling! Girls vs Guys! Yeah, the guys won............boo! Such a fun night!

Alexis' JAX State GO! Time!

 Alexis is officially a JAX State Gamecock as of yesterday!

We did all the things JAX State and she is set and ready!

We met her suitemates, Kayleigh and Allie (and I met their Moms) We had lunch with them and they seem so great! I am excited that Alexis will be sharing a dorm with them!

All fun things happening and coming up!

It was a long and busy day but we got it all taken care of and of course, bonus, picture with Cocky!

And Allie just happened to be in Alexis' group! So she got to meet her and hang with her the whole time. Kayleigh was in a different group so they didnt get to see each other except at lunch.

I am excited that their friendship is going to grow!

Meanwhile with Tyler and Lily!

 While Alexis and I were gone, Lily and Tyler still had fun too! Tyler had to work and got to work the ROC Grand Opening which consisted of meeting a lot of famous people like Alabama, Riley Green, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Pam Tillis and MORE! It was a great event!

Lily got to hang and spend the night with friends and then both of them had a fun trip to Auburn and stayed at Grand National too!

So, they were not bored and Im glad they got to have fun too!

This is the only picture I got of Tyler and her adventures..........and this came from another Mom (so that makes sense!) ha!

Lily enjoyed watching Reese's dance recital one afternoon! I love their friendship!

And though I did not get any pictures from Tyler on their adventures.......I have ran across THIS gold from one of Lily's first Grand National Auburn trips! OH my heart!