Saturday, August 17, 2013

Family Reunions and Birthdays

Once again mom organized a summer Crown family reunion at Carlouel for all the cousins and extended family. We had a great time - she had fun games for the kids and we always love eating down at the beach and playing in the sun with family. Mom had put the kids into two teams for the games, divided by ability, but the big girls saw the list and decided they all wanted to be together so instead the oldest were teamed with the youngest versus the ones whose ages fall in the middle. I'll let you guess who won the games - perhaps the girls should have left things as they were!

**Thanks to Mom and Stacy for sharing their pictures, I hardly took any on my phone **


The red team.

The blue team - waiting on Davis.
Baker and Lilly

Tug of War

Big Daddy with the boys at lunch.
Mimi and the girls.

Ali, Stacy, Me, Shannon, Brian, Davis, Bill, Baker, Lindsey and Jen.

Shannon, Padgett, Drew, Aunt Karen, Uncle Bob, Aunt DeLene and Ellis.

The water balloon toss.

Lala and Ellie cheering from the sidelines.

So ready to see the end of the fish lips pose.

Lucien at bat for some baseball.

Jude and Davis having a convo.

Mari at bat.
Ellie and Sloane cool off in the surf.












We went from one event right to another - we headed over to Mama and Papa's to celebrate Samantha and Dad's birthdays. We had a great time swimming and partying some more. 

Rough life eating popcorn and drinking slushies in the jacuzzi.



Dad and Uncle Wayne







Stacy looking hot in the German WW2 hat.


Lilly and Katie. .. not sure where, when or why, but again with the fish lips.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Beach Time!

The view from where we stayed.
Our first day was of course spent soaking up the sun!! Ali and Lindsey and their kids joined us, along with mom, for a full, fun day out at the condo. The kids preferred the pool and the adults preferred the beach so there was a bit of back and forth between the two.

Josie and Mari ready to go.

Katie and Anna

Me, Mom, Ali and Lindsey

Katie and Megs




Lindsey and Baker



Thumb War!! Baker tended to cheat :).

Mimi painted everyone's toes.




Ali showing the girls, and Baker, pictures of Lilly at cheer camp.

Dinner at Saltwater's - YUM!


Besties

Enjoying her ice cream but missing Lilly


The little two got to spend the night at Aunt Ali and Uncle Stacy's and have a late-night swim.



Lizard girl.