Beach-lovin' Fools!

Talk about a rowdy Spring Break! You should have seen this crew on the beach in Florida mid-March!!

Lots of half-naked bodies... (Where's the pool?)

The pool at the condo was as warm as bath water! And although I am generally anti-water-wings, this trip was all about Grandma and Grandpa, so water-wings happened...

The "M" family was definitely partying hard!

Sometimes we were so wild and crazy, we had to nap on the beach!

But most of the time we could be found splashing in the surf...

digging in the sand...

building sand castles (I think the dads did this more than the kids!)...

carrying buckets of water (many, many buckets of water)...

burying Uncle Alex in the sand...

and just having a blast!

Grandpa and Grandma even took Abbie and Jonas on a special "Pirate Cruise!"

"Yo, ho, ho!" Hmmm...I bet there are a lot of Spring Break pictures out there that look JUST like this!!! :)

We had a fun time!

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

1st Birthday (or should I say "non-birthday)!

Ok, well the first 2 pictures aren't from Miles' Birthday party, but they were worth posting.
First, a rare moment of sharing between brothers. This is one of many pictures I snapped while the sharing was happening...it was so cute. Miles was SO pleased with himself that he was getting to eat part of Jonas's apple!

Here are the toy binoculars that Jonas got as a "prize" at Cost Cutters after his recent haircut. Seriously, they have provided so much fun, I would have paid $12 just for the binoculars! He says he is "just like Diego with his 'telescopes.'"

And here's the Birthday Boy...you can't read it very well in this picture, but his t-shirt says "Leap This!"

The following two pictures capture the only 2 seconds that Miles actually participated in the gift-opening. Most of it was done by Jonas and cousin Noelle while Miles proudly carried around the new toothbrush that he got in the 1st gift he opened. Unlike Jonas, who barely poked a finger into his 1st birthday cake, Miles really got into it!!

Mmmmmmmmmmm....I LOVE CAKE!