Movie Date

Last week we decided to beat the summer heat and head indoors.

Madagascar 3 it was.

Popcorn, candy & air conditioning = a 2 hour break for Mommy!

Court, Tyler, Harper & Leighton

Chasing Fireflies

What better way to celebrate the official first day of summer than to stay up extra late and catch fireflies. It was a split second decision that as we waited and waited and waited for the fireflies to appear Mom & Dad were questioning if this was a good idea. Court was sound asleep and his big sisters anxiously waited for it to be dark enough. Just about as we were about to call it a night, the hunt was on. They lit up the backyard and two little brunettes zoomed around catching every last one. Well, at least that is what we told them to get them to bed. Happy official 1st day of summer!

 The hunt is on...

 Following the lights.

 A little sibling rivalry!

Someone was racking up and someone was a little jealous!

 Score!

 Loving filling up their jar with twinkling lights!

Happy firefly catching girls.

10 days....

I can't remember the last time I went 10 days without posting on the blog. Guess its been a busy 10 days. I managed to snap a few photos last week when we took a trip to Discovery Place on a rainy day. It was a fun morning & I had to literally drag them out after a few hours. Guess we should go there more often! 

 Court checking out the iguana

 Fish, fish, fish

 Checking out the sea life

 Double trouble

 Court doing the lite- brite, a little wet from the water table

 Harpster

 Making tin foil sculptures, did this for over an hour.

And now onto some house news... a lot of the reason why there has been little time for blog posting. Lots going on... all of the brick is up! Should be painted in the next few weeks. And we have walls, all of them. Its finally coming together. 

 The house, June 2012

Top front window will have a wood detail on it and there is a raised scroll detail on either side.

Right before sheetrock went up.

View into the Family Dining area and Family Room/Kitchen

 Kids playroom, stage on left with the windows.

 View from the front door in...

And the fun stuff... paint and all finishes were finalized.

Supposedly 11 weeks out. 

Summer Time!

Summer is finally here! And summer at our house means the BEACH!

We have finally hit the age where the beach is so easy.

Wake up... go to beach... eat.... go to beach... bed!

Our three are official beach bums and will have their toes firmly planted in the sand for a lot of the summer. They are content just building sand castles, splashing in the waves, hunting for seashells and relaxing on the beach. We have finally arrived at ages that make for an easy summer!!!

We spent our first trip to the beach with the Culps and had the best time...

 Water Bugs

Tyler, Court, Harper & Leighton

Goggles are very cool to 4 year olds!

 Sandcastle time

The girls and their two Dads... 

Royer & Harper, Dad & Tyler

Katherine & Mom happily watched from our beach chairs.

 A little boy and his boat.

Leighton & Court

Wedding predicted for 2035!

Kid free dinner!
Royer & Katherine with Baby Culp #2 11 weeks to go.

Memorial Day Fun...

Memorial Day... yes a little late on this one but better late than never! We had a fun Memorial Day spending the morning at the pool and the afternoon at CCC with Ebby & Poppy and a whole bunch of fun animals to pet and feed. 

 Ebby, grandmother extraordinaire!

Animal on the loose...

 Doing magic with Daddy

 Tyler

 Harper & Banks

 Mommy & Court with the baby kangaroo

 Aunt Jac, Banks & the Joey

 Banks & Court ~ best friends!

Getting their grub on!

Happy Memorial Day.

A boy and his truck

Its a love-love relationship.

His constant companion.

Best playmate.

And the occasional foot rest.

One fish, two fish, three fish, four...

We have some professional fisherman & fisherwomen on our hands. Pop got them each a new rod and we spent hours at the lake over the weekend catching fish. Catch, release, catch, release. It never got old with these three.

 Tyler, all smiles with her new rod

 Court's method of catching the fish... by net.

 Mommy caught one.

 So excited!

 Harper, our hyper fisherwoman

 Patience....

 and voila!

 Court;s stance most of the weekend....

 patiently awaiting a new catch.

The pros!

Happy fishing!

Last Day of School!

This school year went SO FAST! They all grew so much and changed so much. They made friends, they learned letters, Tyler & Harper's differences in their personalities really became evident, Court finally gained some independence in the last month of school and actually walked in without crying for Mommy- only took him 7 months to get used to the place, they each loved their teachers so much, they created amazing art projects and they had fun. A great school year!!!

 First Day of Preschool 2011, 8 short months ago

 After 3 days of this... movies, naps, cuddle time due to the stomach bug all three were ready for their last day of school.

 Last Day of preschool 2012... a bit disheveled, hair brushed- probably not, there on time- doubtful, all running down the hall to their classroom so excited- absolutely!

Sweet Sisters. I asked them what their favorite thing was from school this year.... both responded being in the same class. One more year of 24 hr togetherness then off to the big leagues for Kindergarten (where being in the same class is not an option, shhhh... don't tell them!)

A little Court cuteness

A little Court cuteness post bath the other night. 

Seriously the happiest kid I have ever met.

Good thing I snapped these when I did because ALL 3 came down with the stomach bug at just about the same time in the middle of the night just hours after I took these photos. We have never had the bug before and it was just about the worst thing that has ever happened. So to have it hit all 3 at the same time was almost humorous. I think as Ian and I crossed paths at 4am going from kids room to kids room to laundry room to kids bathroom and we actually just burst into laughter. Seriously 3 at one time was pretty ridiculous.