First Family Vacation plus a wedding too! (warning: way too many pictures...)

We've never done a vacation before that wasn't either work related for Jon or with extended family.   Every year I've wanted to go to the beach before the peak season of crowds and unbearable heat.  We thought this would be a good year to give it a shot before our life goes to a school schedule (hard to believe thats right around the corner)!  We were planning on being in Birmingham memorial day weekend for my cousin Kerrie's wedding so we just tacked on a beach trip to the beginning of that. It was a great way to kick off the summer!

Can you tell Wes had fun?  I really should have limited his PBS time before our trip because I'm pretty sure he was screaming that he saw a "Sea Urchin"!

Obviously, We had some wardrobe issues that first day!

We went to get icecream one night so of course I had to take some (ok lots) pictures.  Moments are rare where everyone is relatively clean, dressed and happy!

"OK mom thats enough"

Hard day at the office!

Poor Sleepy Baby.

You have no idea how many tries it took to get a pic with the glasses (halfway) on!

One last picture before leaving

We were sad to see our vacation end but were excited to head to Birmingham for a fun weekend with lots of family and one last BEAUTIFUL Cavender cousin wedding at my Aunt and Uncles House!

Hard to top this for a wedding spot!  

Best way to get everyone to sit still for a picture: Sonic Happy Hour! 

Silly Kiddos!

Just not sure if any of the kids had fun at all??

Congrats to  Kerrie and Jon!! We love you guys!

Banff

Jon and I took a "vacation"/ work trip to Banff in the Canadian Rockies.  The mountains and hotel were beautiful and it was a much needed break from the heat.  There were about 400 people there for the conference and somehow we lucked up with a room with one of best views.  We spent one afternoon in Lake Louise and then another riding the Gondola to the top of one of the mountains where there were great views of the Valley.  Overall, We had a great trip and got to meet lots of wonderful people from all over the country who worked with the company.  We enjoyed it so much that I'm counting on Jon qualifying for the 2014 trip!  ;)

Morning View from our room

Lake Loiuse

Lake Loiuse & 31.5 weeks pregnant (but who's counting...)

Aerial of hotel

Gondola ride, Jon was all smiles coming down.

Sunset @ 10 pm

Last night.

Summer Catchup

It shows I've been slacking on updating when it takes me 5 minutes to remember how to sign on to my site!  We've been having a fun and busy summer so far and I can't believe it's almost half over.  I'm 30 weeks and the time is flying by and my "To Do" list is getting longer!  I uploaded pictures from camera tonight and here are some of the highlights of the fun we've been having so far:

We've played baseball:

 
 Had some screen time:

Rode Bikes:

Then Cooled off with many days of swimming, popsicles, and ice cream:

Done lots of playing with all our cousins:

Spent time with Grandparents:

and Spent some quality time as a family of 3:

     

                             Wes caught his first fish!

Then we put him back...

 4th of July fireworks

More inner tube riding...

Showing me how me does his "Superman Jump".

We've even done some productive things to get ready for #2!

Hmm... Now what should we do?

I think we could all use a good nap!