Beach Babes

It has been a fabulous beach season already!

The G Fisher Fam LOVES spending the night at the beach, 

and the little fish finally sleep well out there, all three sharing a room :-)

One of our favorite parts of our time out there is exploring outside together and NO technology.

Our cell phones get NO service out there and we LOVE it!

Last Saturday, after G got home and Lukey woke up from his nap, we drove to Treasure Island.

We all got in our swimsuits and headed to the beach.

Mommy was very slow to get in the water, but just when it looked like Daddy would start swimming first, Mommy dove in and the whole family swam to the dock.  Alli and Lukey LOVE swimming and being in the water ~ Eli, not as much but he was a trooper.

Daddy and Eli decided to explore on the beach, while Mommy, Alli and Lukey stayed in the water.

Once you're in, it feels great!

The pictures are blurry but provide proof that Mommy really was playing in the water!

Luke was a hoot, for the longest time, he had his legs in the water kicking but then decided to hop up and lounge, kicking Mommy and Alli in the process :-)

While on the beach, Daddy taught Eli how to find tons of little crabs under rocks ~ very cool!

The next morning, all three munchkins went right back to the beach to hunt for crabs.

That evening was interesting as we forgot Lukey's binky but he told us it was okay.

While we were on the raft, he told me and Alli, "it's okay, I can suck my thumb."

Well, he didn't suck his thumb and didn't go to sleep until 10pm but he wasn't upset.

Alli, being the great big sis she is, snuggled him in his bed for a long time, which Luke LOVED.

Eventually, she was so tired, she went up to her bunk and we pulled Luke out to snuggle.

He fell asleep in Mommy's arms and did great the whole night ~ YEAH!

After breakfast and beach fun, it was time to head to church.

Such a perfect and peaceful beach trip!

The Dock is in!!!

Thanks to Daddy's amazing attitude and willingness to swim at night :-)

In order to get the dock in the water, the tide has to be really high, which was happening around 8pm!

Luckily, he had some cute little helpers to help push the dock.

But he was on his own in swimming ~ Barbie Pop Pop stayed in sweats.

Good thing Daddy is such a good sport!

 Alli was waiting on shore with a towel for her Daddy, then it was time for s'mores, which were enjoyed by all but Lukey, who was VERY tired by this point ~ way past bedtime!

Ready for another great beach season with the dock!

Luke's {REAL} Beach Fun

Playing with Great Pop's scooter.

The little turkey figured out how to insert the key and drive!!!

Luke's first "swim" to the dock

was a hit!!!

Daddy swam him out in the inner tube and Lukey thought it was great.

Both big kids missed the fun for behavior issues but had fun cheering on their brother.

Three 'lil firecrackers

What a FABULOUS 4th of July!!!

Our three adorable firecrackers had a blast at the beach with cousins and friends.

We could not have asked for a better day!

After Luke's morning nap, we headed out for a day at the beach.

The kiddos were so excited to see their cousins again.

This picture of the cousins with Great Pop is a hoot! 

The big cousins (Alli & Victoria have silly faces);

the little cousins (Alexandria & Eli) are so not interested in having a picture;

and the baby cousins (Anna & Luke) aren't quite sure what to think!

We actually managed to get one pretty decent shot of the whole family

(minus Tony who didn't make it up for this trip and was missed!)

And, the Hubers were there too!  Doesn't get any better than this!!!

Even Luke seemed pretty darn happy to be at the beach, enjoying his "office"

and taking a very good nap in the pack-n-play out there.
In fact, it was such a good nap that he missed being in the parade!

He did, however, make it in time to see the tail end of it and seemed very impressed ;-)

The bigs had so much fun in the parade this year.

We brought out both cars, the wagon and the stroller and all were thrilled.

Eli decided he would be the one to help Barbie Gramma decorate this year . . .

Alli and Victoria took turns driving the Escalade.

Taylor drove the Mustang while Lizzy gave the BEST parade wave ever!

Eli and Ava rode in the wagon and tossed (or ate!) candy at the crowd.

Alex happily rode in the red, white and blue stroller.

What fun they had and Victoria even won the prize for "Best Smile" ~ go Vic!

She looked so darn cute in her medal and the prize was $5 ~ woo  hoo!!!

After the parade, the kiddos decided to hit the beach and go swimming with the Dads.

Sadly, given my bum knee, I couldn't go down but based on these pictures, everyone had fun!

By 7pm, the kiddos were getting tired, though not all wanted to admit it, so we headed home.

Thankfully, all three of our 'lil firecrackers are currently sleeping through the loud fireworks!



Fun with Aunt Paula

My Aunt Paula (mom's sister) has been in town visiting for the last two weeks and it has been so great seeing her again.  I haven't seen her since my wedding 10 years ago ~ far too long!!!  Although a bit shy at first, A & E quickly warmed up to her and her delicious butter horn pastries ;-)  Alli loved coloring with her and Eli even started saying Paula and said "love you" to her!!!  The first weekend she was in town, we had her and my folks out to the beach for a fabulously sunny day.  It truly was perfect.

And because I can't resist, here a few cute pictures of A & E that day, they love the warm weather and balancing.  Eli is not quite as steady as Alli yet but he sure does try!

At one point, Eli went inside and fell asleep on the chair (we all thought he was vacuuming ~ he used that as his white noise!) so Alli took full advantage and asked Ducky Gramma to take a picture of the Fisher Family of 3.  Can't say I love this pic of me but it was too sweet not to remember.

We had a a perfect day and were so happy Aunt Paula was able to join us and spend two weeks in WA.

We loved spending time with her and can't wait to see her again!

Fun at the beach - finally some sunshine!

Today was an AMAZINGLY PERFECT day at the beach!

The sun was shining, the skies were blue, the water was a comfortable temp . . .

 and both kiddos were on their BEST behavior!!!

We got out to the beach a little before 10 a.m. this morning and were excited to find Barbie Gramma and Pop Pop there already.  Soon we were headed down to the beach where Mommy, Daddy and Alli all jumped in the water (okay, Mommy and Alli waded up to our waists, while Daddy jumped in!).  Eli is still working on getting comfortable on the beach so he stayed on land and threw rocks before begging to go back up, which he did and played with Barbie Gramma, Pop Pop and Great Pop (who showed up while we were swimming).  Soon, we all went up for some lunch and then got quite a show . . .

Look who decided to sun bathe on our dock while we were having lunch!

Eli, Alli and Barbie Gramma were very exicted (as were the rest of us!) 

According to our neighbor, it is likely that little seal pup was born the day before! 

We even caught him having a little lunch :-) 

Once the seals jumped back in the water and swam away, the kids decided to run through the sprinkler. 

This handsome little man had his 2 year check up yesterday and is up to 35.5 inches and 27 lbs. 

He insisted on going shirtless to be like Daddy ~ too cute!

Alli was shirtless because she wanted to run through the sprinkler too but didn't want to get her shirt wet

(her suit top was cold and wet from swimming earlier and she didn't want to put it back on) 

Great Pop loved snuggling these two and they were so excited he was up from his nap!

So here is our former introvert . . .

She now performs her very own songs and dances 

If you need any entertainment, she's your gal! 

Just check out those moves. 

The grandparents all left in the afternoon and we enjoyed the rest of the day heading back down to the water for some rock throwing before heading back up to play in the yard, pool and sprinkler.  After dinner and baths, we made our way home.  Not surprisingly, Eli was out within 5 minutes of leaving the beach.  Alli stayed up but crashed as soon as we put her to bed.  It truly was a perfect day!

Our 4th of July Weekend

We haven't exactly had much of a summer so far but it came in full force for the holiday weekend!

The entire weekend was warm and sunny :-)

Friday evening, we decided to go out to eat at Famous Dave's and then Alli and I went to Gene Juarez.

This was Alli's first real haircut and she was sooooooo excited!!!

She love wearing the little smock that was just like Mommy's and couldn't stop smiling.

Her stylist, Lisa, was fabulous with her and Alli did a great job of following directions.

She thought it was pretty cool to get her hair washed, cut and styled (hair dryer) while she sat on pillows.

Her appointment took all of about 15 minutes then she went in the mall to play with Daddy and Eli.

Sadly, we didn't think to bring the camera, but I assure you, it was adorable!

Saturday morning was gorgeous and Alli was begging to go to the beach so we packed the car for what we expected to be a weekend at the beach.  Didn't quite work out as planned and we wound up coming home that afternoon for naps before heading back out to stay the night.  Probably should have just stayed home but oh well ;-)  Sunday morning, the four of us participated in the Treasure Island Fun Run before heading home.

How cute is Eli sporting his little shirt???

Both kiddos slept for nearly 4 hours Sunday afternoon and we enjoyed a relaxing evening at home.

On the 4th, another beautiful day, we headed out to the beach again

where Garrett worked hard to get Eli more comfortable on the actual beach. 

It seemed to help, and what helped even more was having the Hubers out there!

 Although, he was still far more comfortable staying away from the water :-)

The girls had a blast decorating Ava's stroller for the parade! 

We were all thrilled that the Hubers were able to join us for the day and Eli kept saying "Aah Vah" when talking about Ava ~ it was ADORABLE!!!

Both Ava and Eli thought it was pretty fun to hang out in the decorated Mustang, even if it wasn't moving.

Alli was beside herself with excitement having her buddies there and she loved all of the decorations.

For the parade, Alli and Taylor drove the Mustang and did a great job! 

Fortunately, G and Miss Kaitlyn did a great job of keeping the two little gals in the Mustang in line :-)

At one point, they even did a 360, which got huge cheers from the spectators and they thought that was about the coolest thing they had ever done AND wanted to do it again! :-)

Lizzy started on the bike but decided to ride on top Ava's stroller :-)

Eli loved riding his bike and was giving the biggest smiles to everyone!

After the parade, we enjoyed yummy food, playing, swimming and lots of fun with family and friends.

 

We finally headed for home around 7 p.m.  Needless to say, Eli crashed in the car (no nap will do that!) but Alli was so excited and wound up from her great day that she would have stayed up all night if we let her ~ we didn't ;-)

Such a wonderful day!