51 More Weeks

Hanna and Ike were no match for our family! We spent last week at Emerald Isle and had beautiful weather and a GREAT time! We spent hours on end playing in the sand and water and even found time for putt-putt, bumper boats, race cars, the aquarium, ice cream, and delicious dinners every night! Papa and Eric even found time for golf! Aside from our regular motley crew, Aunt Becky from Cali joined us - it was great seeing you Aunt Beck! Thank you Grandma, Papa, Bebe, and Mamo for such a fun week!

But most importantly, Happy Birthday Aunt Darcy! We celebrated Aunt Darcy's birthday at the beach and we are looking forward to the same next year!

The kids had a blast - Kyle now says "fut-ball" and throws his arms in the air when anyone says touchdown and Riley can't get enough of the surf! Soccer started for Ri when we got back from vacation and we'll have tons of pix of that in the future! Both Riley and Lexa were Much better than we thought they would be:-) We took over 200 pix, so no stories, just pix this week...
(for a ton more pix, check out Aunt Darcy's blog - http://umsteadupdate.blogspot.com )

The annual matching clothes picture.

Kyle and Lexa in the baby pool on the beach - the water was ROUGH so the baby pool was a great alternative. Notice the monster sand castle in the background!
Eric and Riley in the water.


The Rodrigues crew (plus husbands)

The Surratts (minus Tracy)

Pigs may now be flying... Bev is using a computer!
Birthday Girl in the Birthday Hat!
Emerald Isle Butts!
Eric being swept to sea with all the kids
Grandma tickling the girls on a night time walk
My favorite picture - Touchdown!
(Grandma, Kyle, Papa)

Riley's 1st soccer practice

We did a lot of singing and dancing to Mama Mia this week - here is just the beginning of Kyle getting into his moves...