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Little Miss has been very excited about the anticipation of her birthday. Once her party and birthday rolled around, all excitement went out the door!

We tried to capture some pictures of her after church on her actual birthday. She wouldn't stop playing with the croquet set (props from her Alice in Wonderland inspired tea party the day before) and most certainly would not smile!
 

 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FRANCES!

 

Party posts coming up next!!!

Birthday Palooza 2013

Most of you know that all three of our children celebrate a birthday at the end of June. It's obvious that the twins have the same birthday, but throw in little sister whose big day is just two days later, and that makes for some crazy times!!

We've tried several different options, mostly involving combined parties for the twins and a small family party for Frances.  But after two years of trying to swing all of that in one weekend, I decided to spread the parties out this year as well as let the twins have their own parties.

Now that we've survived what I've affectionately titled "Birthday Palooza 2013", I think we will go back to the drawing board next year.  2014 just may be the year of killing three birds with one birthday stone!  Surely, I can find a theme two girls and a boy can agree on:)

All of that to say, I'm working on birthday posts for all of the fun and festivities we enjoyed during the month of June, but in the mean time, I wanted to post a few birthday pictures from their actual birth "days". 

Here are my twinkies the night before their birthday!  Hard to believe they are seven now!!!

We started their special day at Krispy Kreme!

Followed by a quick trip to Tula and Pops...

 

Next up, TOYS R US! They've never been, so I figured today was the perfect day to go! (Poor Walker.  The sunshine got him again!).

 

Squeeze in picking up Frances' cake and dropping Little Sis off at swim lessons, and then we were off for ice cream!

We ended their big day with pizza and popsicles with the neighbors!  See what I mean, more birthday fun, than one family can handle:)

The Beach 2013

The Tew/Busbee crew converged on Sandestin a couple of weeks back. The weather was wonderful, the water was crystal clear, and thankfully, the crowds didn't seem as bad as they've been in years past!

Here are the girl cousins checking out the bunk beds on our first night there!

 

We mostly stayed on the beach because did I mention that the water was BEAUTIFUL!!!!

Kathryn entertained herself digging in the sand! I promise she dug a hole almost as tall as herself. Needless to say she kept us entertained as we floated like beach bums out in the water;)

There were schools of small fish everywhere, and the kids and I had fun catching them!

See what I mean! CRYSTAL.CLEAR!

Kat and Addi playing in the sand...

And some Frisbee throwing with Uncle Brad and Pops!

Matt and I also celebrated our 11th anniversary while at the beach. Pops and Tula kept the kiddos so we could sneak away for dinner!  We of course headed to 30-A.  It just seemed appropriate since we honeymooned in Seaside!

We were blessed with a weekend of fabulous weather, fun and family!  Can't wait 'til next year's trip!

A Quick Look Back

Summer is in full swing around here, but I would be remiss if I didn't look back at the good times we had in May with all of its end of the school year festivities. So hang on, there's lots to post!

The Kindergarten Fashion Show is the highlight of the year for these boys and girls. They dress up in adult clothes and strut their stuff down the runway! Walker was a surfer, Dude! And Kat Lloyd was a modern day princess (think Kate Middleton hence her British flag to round out her ensemble!).

We also finished out our year of AWANAS with a program in big church.  The big kids each said a Bible verse and Miss Frances and the little two year olds (of whom I proudly serve as a teacher:) said a poem!

 

There was Mother's Day...

 

 

 

And Spring Fling...

 



 

 

Kindergarten End of the Year Party...

 



 

School picnic...Here Kathryn was awarded a medal for running the most laps of all the kindergarten girls!  We were just a wee bit proud;)

 

And finally, the last day of school...

 

Hello, Summer!  We are so happy you are here!!!

Spring Break 2013, Day 4

Just had to get this last SPRING BREAK (Yes, I know! I'm SOOOO behind) post in! Our time in D.C. was so perfect, I couldn't leave out the last day! We were able to just "live life" with the Smith cousins. We went to Mimi and Devon's soccer games that morning. A strong cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee and a few dozen Munchkins and we were ready for the soccer fields!

 

After the games, we headed back to the house to pack up and spend our last hours together releasing butterflies and taking silly pictures;)

 

 

 

 

 

Aunt Amy drove us into D.C. so we could spend the night there and catch our early morning flight the next day.  Thankfully, we were also able to catch up with my cousin, Chris, and his sweet family!

It was fun seeing Walker and Constantin and Kathryn and Sophia just walking and talking!  We walked through the FDR and Jefferson Memorials and made our way up to Pennsylvania Avenue for a quick bite to eat!

 



We were blessed to have such an awesome time with our family and in our Nation's capital.  Here's hoping we can do it again one day soon!!!