Vacation Time!

We vacationed in Hilton Head again this year. We had such a great time we are already planning our next visit. This was our first trip in the "fall" and it was really nice to have the place to ourselves for the most part. The weather was in the low 80's most of the week and was beautiful.  We stopped at the GA Aquarium on our way down again this year and Hayden loved it.  We split most of our time on the island between the beach and the pool and we went on a Sunset Dolphin Cruise Thur night.  We had the boat to ourselves and it was the best tour of anything we have ever been on.  Our guide was really nice and was great with Hayden.  Since it was a negative low tide we were able to see the dolphins strand feeding several times in the salt marsh.  Strand feeding is where 3 or 4 dolphin work together to run their bait onto the shore and then they jump out into the mud on their side and gobble them up.  This was really amazing and is quite rare to get to see, there was even a boat out there with us with a bunch of fancy cameras capturing the dolphins.  Hayden was very excited to get to go on his first boat ride and got upset everytime we entered a no wake zone because he wanted to the boat to go faster.  What a great week creating new family memories and traditions, we are truly blessed.

 Diving for fish in the baby pool.

 Hayden by the "Jungle Tree"

 The boys flying a kite.  Hayden flew it by himself for quite a while, got distracted picking up a reed and it flew off into a tree.  Jason was able to retrieve it :)

 The turtles in the lagoon at the condo were very hungry, so we fed them some crackers.

Video of the Dolphins

Great Gma's Custard Party

Great Grandma Sax turns 90 this month and we all got together at Eckert's for some sweet cool treats.

All the kids running wild.

The guest of honor enjoying her treat.

 PawPaw hid Hayden's shoe from him, so Hayden took PawPaw's shoe and tried to toss is over the fence(under advisement from from a witness to his own shoes theft).  This quickly turned into an entertaining game with all of the kids involved.

All of the little ones posing!

My little helper

Hayden has been helping me with some easy chores around the house.  Setting & clearing the table, separating the laundry, feeding the dog, and he does windows ;)

A break from the heat

We took advantage of a beautiful Aug day and headed out to the zoo and enjoyed the mild temps.

I don't think I have ever seen these guys awake!

This is what he was dying to see, the crocodile. 

New Room

Hayden got new big boy furniture and a new room.  He wants to decorate his room with boats, so we are going to go shopping and see what we can find to spruce things up.  He loves sleeping in there and still stays in bed in the mornings until we come get him.  He gets "new" and "old" mixed up, so this is his "Old Room" to him :)

Can you tell he likes it?

3rd Birthday Party

Hayden wanted a Pirate Party this year!!  So we invited everyone over for some BBQ.  We went on a treasure hunt and searched for buried treasure in the back yard!  Hayden had a blast and loved every minute of it.  Luckily it had cooled off some by the evening and we were able to spend some time outside, but we had a little trouble competing with the noise from all of the cicadas.  They are so loud you can hear them over your car radio as you drive down the road.  All of the kids enjoyed playing with his new game "Pop-Up Pirate" after we headed inside to cool down.  A big thanks to everyone who celebrated with us. 

 Arrrr!

 Pirate Nina

 Mimi makes a good Pirate too!

 Trey & Gretl.

 Every pirate needs a ship!!

 And a costume!!

 Julie & Gary

 Byron & Daddy

 Searching for buried treasure

 All of the kids putting the puzzle together to get their final clue in the treasure hunt.

 Our neighbors Derek & Teresa helping with the puzzle.

 Looks like they figured it out where the treasure was hidden.

Treasure!!

 Our cakes this year.

Blowing out his three candles, can't believe he is three already.