Monday, July 8, 2013

Fourth of July and Wedding Time!

We interrupt this beach week for a wedding!!!!
And a walk down memory lane in a yellow polka for bikini....
Take two:

The kids had sooooo much fun at the beach! We can't wait to go back to "the condo beach" at the end of this week!! 

The first floor location has been such an added bonus! It makes everything so much more convenient and less scary (balcony with a one year old daredevil? No thanks!)
I think I said "I love this!" and "this is perfect!" and varying forms of "I loooove this day!" about a thousand times. 
It's been so fun watching the kids have fun at the beach, heading to the condo for some lunch, laying Grady down for marathon three-hour naps, while Whitney and Eric r Gramps or Mac bring her back for more fun in the pool. 
Sooooooo much better than last year, when Grady was just nine weeks old and Whitney was still just little enough toske me nervous on the beach. 
But in the last two weeks, Whitney has officially become a swimmer! Yes, this girl swims. And she looooves it!!
She is so proud of herself and it makes this vacation so much more enjoyable. 

Edited to add real camera pictures:















































On Saturday, Eric was performing the ceremony for and I was a bridesmaid in our cousin Mandi's wedding. The wedding was about three hours away, so my parents were awesome and offered to keep the kids overnight at the beach. 

Whitney was soooooo excited, and while she likely would've loved to see her cousins at the wedding, it wasn't logistically possible for both kids to join us while Eric and I were both in the wedding. 

So Grady came with us, and Whitney got to have a beach sleepover with her Mac and Gramps. Lucky girl!!!!

(And really?! Look at those beach curls. Lucky girl!!!)

Whitney can make friends everywhere!


Bright and early on Saturday morning, Danielle and I road tripped it to Clearwater to get our bridesmaid gig on! 

We met up for pedicures and a brunch and then threw ourselves a little hall party while the bride and other bridesmaids worked out last minute details!

We all had fun getting ready and then celebrating Mandi and her high school sweetheart Oliver! 


Eric performed the ceremony and did an awesome job!!! So proud :) 








After a great long weekend at the beach with my parents, and a whirlwind day trip to wedding it up yesterday, we are all home and ready to begin a fabulous KarMandoo 2013 vacation week, filled with Disney and character dining and pool time and beach days ahead! 

We are so blessed with so many wonderful family and friends in our lives! 

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