fav

 

my favorite journal entry of rowe's from sept

love being surprised by how much the kiddos have grown.   skirts a bit short, sweets.

why the journal entry makes so much sense 

love being in the middle of our main road with no problemo

love our wonder woman

and some birdie love, too.

been meaning to write these down. couple of my favorite words:  rowe still calls the 'tv' the 'td.' both say 'smookie,' not spooky.  'nibbles,' not the correct lady parts.  need more coffee to remember the others:-)

lots

 

not much going on here - lots of fishing for rowe, lots of caterpillars for chap, and lots of running around in our new to us wheels for me.   lots of florida love your way

news

big news in chapperville:-) 

4

chaps wanted a "bathing suit" party for her big 4 bday so we brought our little everglade city gang to the big city's splash park:-) found some cute/free printables for favors and threw in some leis and pink frosting and what do you know  - bathing suit party! my sweet friend temple brought a beachy watermelon fruit basket, very cute, andy provided the entertainment - who knew that he could also make balloon animals, swords, silly hats, you name it and my husband can do it! chaps new thing is she wants to be a doctor so what gift do you give a future dr? operation of course:-) kiddos had a great time running around and here's a little montage to our sweet almost 4 year old (andy has trips this weekend so we threw the party a bit early so could be there. official bday is monday!

shark

lots of excitement in the lee house over this guy -   mr. black tip shark -  thanks to rowe bo himself

let alone bringing home dinner:-)

wow

stole this from my friend olivia's blog.  wow.  so moved by piper.  excuse the grammar, but i can't not share this.

first

shout outs for the pumpkins.  woop woop!

home

so we are back in the chuck - our sweet chokoloskee:-) what else would be awaiting you in the chuck - a pineapple growing in your front yard, of course! crazy!

and getting pumped up to celebrate this almost 4 year old - speaking of CRAZY!

lastly, we had another big occasion.  robin hood married lady marion - right here in the living room.

nanny

my sweet grandmother passed away this spring and i just found this treasure.  nanny's maiden name was chapin - thus our sweet chap

and some of the kiddos 

and then my sweet nanny & pa

wow

wow. this summer has cruised by and we are almost ready to pack it up and head back down to the everglades.  had lots of fun in pc, fun trip to tn, haircuts, fishing, lots of bathing suit wearing, learning how to tie, trips to bass pro, and one of my favs - making the refrigerator mine:-)