First soccer game of the season

A little over a week ago Sailor had her first soccer game of the season, and what a fun game it was. She did great and put a ton of effort into playing, I was so proud of her. Her team won 4-0!

Sailor got the first kick of the game, she was so excited.

Paddleboarders

Cutter and I love walking the pier, especially on some of the cooler mornings we've had lately. Last week we got over there early one morning and although nothing exciting was being caught on the pier, there were quite a few paddleboarders out. I love watching them and can't wait to give it a try myself one day. Come to find out we should have gone to Pensacola that particular day as Jimmy Buffett was in town and doing a little paddleboarding of his own at his hotel.

Can't start the day much better than this!

Regatta time

Last weekend for my birthday we met our friends over at the beach for lunch at Juana's . Lucky for us in addition to the gorgeous weather they happened to be having a regatta going on. The kids loved seeing all the boats and bright colored sails.

The buildings you see in the distance are at Pensacola Beach.

Backyard visitor

For the past few days we have had a regular visitor to our backyard. Daisy stays in the backyard and even though we have an underground fence to keep her to certain areas I was still quite surprised to see a rabbit in our yard. We typically have been seeing the rabbit underneath the swing set but have yet to figure out where it stays or might be coming from. We have a small group of palmetto along the fence line that I despise and am afraid I may have to deal with it if that is where the rabbit is living. The kids have thoroughly enjoyed getting to watch him and are busy trying to decide on a name for it.

Soccer Practice

Back to school means back to all our after school activities. This year Sailor decided she wanted to play soccer again. She played while in NC but this is the first year since we moved here that she really begged to play again. Last week was her first practice and she was thrilled to find out she is playing on an all girls team. The coach let the kids decide on their own name and being as it is an entire team of 6 and 7 year old little girls, they decided to be the "Soccer Fairies". They have decided the only thing that might make it better is if they get pink uniforms!

One of the assistants, I can't remember his name, but he plays soccer for the high school team.

Cutter and Tucker getting in a little football during practice.

I'm not sure who left more exhausted, Sailor or Cutter.

Parasailing

Teresa and her mom flew down at the end of July to stay with us for a few days. One of the things Teresa wanted to do while here was go parasailing. I was certainly game! That was something I had always wanted to do and you certainly can't get much better than the beautiful waters of Destin. We left my mother in law and the kids home as Sailor was running a slight fever that morning and Teresa and I headed off to Destin. I have to say we couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day, sunny, hot and gorgeous blue water. While waiting for the boat we got to watch a mama duck and her babies, so sweet!

Our view of the harbor while waiting to leave.

Here we go!

We were the only ones to see fish and dolphins while up in the air.

A little dip to cool us off.

And back to the boat for our landing.

A couple of the nice boats parked in the harbor.

School Days

Yesterday was the first day of school for all three of my kids. Tucker's started 6th grade, Sailor started 1st grade and Cutter started pre-k. We actually had a very smooth morning and everyone was up and cooperative. The schools here start at different times to allow the same buses to be used, which means although we have to be up very early for Tucker to catch the bus, I am able to get all the kids ready in shifts. Tucker catches the bus at 6:30 in the morning but was home by 2 yesterday afternoon. I was very worried how Cutter would handle his first day of school since he hasn't been to daycare or anywhere away from me for any length of time, but he had a great day! He was very excited about going and never looked back when I left him and didn't shed one tear, I on the other hand had a harder time leaving him but am so glad I did. I get 4 hours a day 3 days a week with no kids and it's amazing how great that feels. At the end of the day everyone came home very excited about their day and I can only pray that this is the beginning of a wonderful year for all three.

Such a happy toothless grin!

I think his favorite part of school is carrying a backpack.