hali part 2!

 wed crystal took the afternoon off and we went to the beach with the kids, normally i loath the beach BUT wed is was over cast and "cold" so i was able to sit and watch the kids with out baking in the heat. it was truly an enjoyable afternoon....we even made the kids carry their own weight. hahaha

 our 4 blessings. joey stayed with nana and papa :)

 my loves

 charlie and ellie. best buds

 big brother and ellie-joy

 the little lady bug and charlie

 my boy!

 the 4 cousins

 my super hot sis and ellie-joy

 sooooo........cry wasnt "off" the afternoon....she took about 12 dozen WORK calls!!!! at the  BEACH! 

 at the end of a long, hard, dirty afternoon!

 see!

 so thankful for family

 hahahaha. i was putting the kids to bed and they all took off. i then i found the kids like this. hahaha. my girls were watching a show put on by quinn and nate. love it

 they were having such a great time

 thurs afternoon it was cold and raining. so mom and i took the kids to the movies. we saw finding dory

 ellie-joy!

 quinny!

 nate!

 me and my bud. im SO proud of my son

 thurs we hit up the hot dog/pop/ chip/candy night

 love them!

 fri we headed home.  about 40 mins into the drive ellie told me "mama, im going to sleep." and she did for 2 hrs. she woke up when i pulled onto our street1

 sleeping beauty

and thats a wrap for dbvs 2016!  i survived the week to tell the story!  chris had a WONDERFUL time home, ALONE! hahaha

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