we're BAAAAACK!!

Hey everybody! Hope you didn't miss us too much. :) We have been MIA the past week or so because we went on vacation! We normally to head out to Myrtle Beach at the end of the summer, but this year we decided Tampa, FL (really, Indian Shores) at the end of April sounded GREAT! We went with some good friends of ours, James and Ginger Boyce and their 3 kiddos. We had so much fun, the weather was beautiful every day we were down there. and...the best part...Luke LOVED the beach and the ocean. Last summer when we went to Myrtle Beach he really did not like it too much....but he was only 11 months old then...he is now a big boy ya know!

Luke loves airplanes so we were excited to get him to the airport so he could see them up close and personal, although, we were a little nervous how he would do on the actual flight, but he was perfect. He would just stare out the window and point at everything before we took off, saying "That?? That???" meaning in his language...."what is that dad??" He even slept on the way there and on the way back for about an hour each time! oh...I'm pretty sure Brandon is fake sleeping here. HA!
Here are the kids after we arrived in Tampa having a snack while the guys got our rental cars and loaded up the luggage. How cute are these kids?? Checking out the view from our room...don't worry, we made sure the kids couldn't fall over the balcony. :)

Playing in the sand Out to dinner with mom and dad (if you think his lip looks weird...you are right! He fell the first day we were there on the tile in our condo and got a big fat lip that scabbed over. poor guy can't catch a break! but it healed really quick. )
This by far is one of the funniest pictures we took down there. We are in St. Pete and there was this really cool tree that you could climb up on and take pictures. Do you think Luke wanted to sit up there?? I could have sworn he said he did.....but maybe I was wrong.


Here he is next to his annual "name in the sand" shot.... Here is Luke's from last year to compare

Just walking the beach....he was very very tired at this point and only wanted daddy to hold him

Trying to get a picture with the Lukester....he is such a wiggle worm these were about the best ones we could get. I think we each took about 10 pictures of each other to get one good one! hahaha..
more playing in the sand!

how cute is this little boy?

swimming with dad at the pool (it was freezing!!!) Hamming it up at dinner at Gators on the Bay.
He really figured out how to use a juice box quite well while we were there.
Tanning themselves


At St. John's Pass (again...one of a few shots that turned out decent)

and more playing at the beach!

don't you want to just EAT HIM!! (not really people...you know what I mean!) he is so cute!
Bye Bye Tampa! so sad......