a disastrous party at the yorks...7.2

well, the evening started off harmlessly enough...all the kiddos smothering jake with attention like normal...

then, miss mary brought out the watermelon and there were smiles and messes all around...

griff even thought two slices at a time worked better than one...

and baby jake just made cute faces at us...with his terrible scratch/scab on his poor little nose...

we finished making a huge mess inside the house...

and headed outside for some popsicles and more FUN...

the fireworks were the "fun" that the daddies had in mind...notice how the children reacted...

jake. screaming.

drew covering his ears.

nina covering anna beth's ears.

ava covering her ears.

anna leigh. freaking. out.
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somehow despite the childrens' reactions, the fireworks show continued...

once the torture was over, we did convince a few of the kids to play with the little sparklers...

we quickly called it a night after that...too much excitement and abuse for one night!!!

a little nana lovin'...7.1

(a nice close up of jake's banged up nose...still not sure how that happened. sarah blamed drew.)

jake in a locker...6.27

daddy was being silly and put baby jake in the locker at lifetime...where do men come up with these things?

splish splash...6.25 (and an attempt to catch jake's new teeth)

mmm...pasta night...6.25

sarah and jake...6.24

father's day at the beach...6.21

we were able to spend father's day together with uncle andy on the beach...

we went out to an early dinner at the red bar...

and had to say our good-byes to uncle andy in the parking lot...

as he had to hit the road to make it back to montgomery for the rest of his training...

after dinner, we headed over to the sugar shack for our nightly treats...

we learned early in the week that the strawberry cheesecake ice cream was definitely the way to go...

we were all so worn out from all the fun times...

thank you mimi and poppy for a wonderful trip to the beach!!!