Friendship and Family

I know Leann is going to kill me for this but while I was sitting here I figured it was a great time to post the past three years of homecoming together. These two have known each other for thirteen years now and have been fortunate enough to have lived in the same states three different times. As our time together in Florida grows shorter, our friendships have grown stronger and they are no longer just our friends, they are our family.

2011 (6th grade)

2012 (7th grade)

2013 (8th grade)

Homecoming 2013

Once again Tucker decided at the very last minute that he did want to go to the NYSA Homecoming dance. With this being his last year in middle school, I was rather relieved. I would hate for him to look back one day and wish he had gone.

Looking just a little too grown up. :(

Sailor's favorite part, seeing all the pretty girls and their dresses.

Yes, this is what Leann and myself deal with every day with these two.

Finally, a normal picture.

And once again Tucker lucked out and got to go with all the pretty girls. I'm starting to think he plans it that way.

Are they not ridiculously cute?!

Fall Soccer

Tucker is the only one playing a sport this fall, which means that Hank and I feel like we are having a mini vacation compared to the chaos and running around that spring sports bring. His team hasn't had the best season but the boys all seem to still have a good time and love the sport. I'm pretty sure if I would get out there and run as hard as they do I would weigh about twenty pounds less, soccer is one exhausting sport!

One of the few wins of the season, they played a great game!

Corn Maze

We decided this year instead of heading to the same corn maze we've visited in the past, we would try out one of the newer ones in the area. I have to say we were very pleased. The Crestview Rotary Club did a great job. This particular maze was not near as crowded as previous ones and Cutter especially loved the hayride.

Which way do we go?!

  This maze had five different mailboxes with a different hole punch at each one. You punched your card at each one for a chance to win a prize.

We didn't use the map for the longest time but eventually had to break it out to find the exit, otherwise we might still be in there.

Time for a little corn cannon shooting.

They also had a small petting zoo which the kids loved.

Sailor got in a little lasso practice while waiting to ride a horse.

This was her first time on a horse of any kind and she promptly told them she wanted a big one, she was in heaven.

Yes, she did ask for a horse after this. No, she isn't getting one.

A little hayride through the haunted cornfields.

 

Great day and lots of fun!

October 15th

October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. Many different events are done throughout the country but in Navarre they participate in an International Wave of Light. The goal is to light a candle at 7pm and have it burn for one hour so that for 24 hours straight on that particular day there is a wave of light over the entire world. This was the first year we had heard about the event here and were able to attend. I took Sailor and Cutter along with me since Hank and Tucker had soccer practice. Sailor was hoping there would be enough lanterns to light up the sky like they did in the movie Tangled.

It was a beautiful night overlooking Santa Rosa Sound where we released our lanterns.

Sailor and Cutter both did a little artwork on our lantern.

This was our first experience with the lanterns and I was quite surprised with how big they were.

 

 

So there may not have been as many as in Tangled, but it was still a beautiful sight.

Snorkeling

Even though we have finally started having cooler temperatures, just a few weeks ago the weather and water were both still warm enough for swimming. On one of the rare days we didn't have anything going on we spent the morning at the beach and the water was calm, clear, and perfect for snorkeling.

 First, a little sand castle building.

  I don't always get in the water but it was entirely too tempting.

I think next year we need to invest in new snorkel sets, my snorkel wouldn't stay up without being held and more than once I drank more than my share of saltwater!

Baby Rabbit

Last month our neighbor came over to ask for Hanks help in catching what he thought was a baby rabbit stuck in his pool. Luckily, whenever it fell in, it had managed to get itself to the skimmer and was able to sit on the flapping door that leads to the skimmer and keep itself safe from drowning. Hank was able to get it out but the poor thing was cold and wet. Hank towel dried it off real good and we decided to put it somewhere safe for the night so it could get fully dried and rested before we released it back in the yard.

Sailor was thrilled to get the chance to pet it, she loves animals. I'm pretty sure she would have gladly kept it as a pet.

Is that not the sweetest face?!

 

We put it in Sailor's hamster cage for the night and even brought it in the house so it could get warm and not be harmed.

Back in the yard to find it's home.