Devlin"s first day of 1st grade!!!!

Anna Maria Island 2016

We rented East of the Sun for a week this summer. 

 View from the deck. 

 Playing in the house. 

Fishing pier.

Collecting shells, live clams, driftwood, and seaweed.

Evening walk on the beach. 

Buying treasures at Circus City Salvage.

Working on our puzzle.

 Finally done!

Tired Colette.

Tired Griffin riding the trolley.

A policeman stopped by the morning we were leaving and made the kids junior deputies. They also got to sit in the police car and turn on the lights. 

Devlin's kindergarten graduation

Devlin had his kindergarten graduation this past week. Devlin's graduation was moved inside due to Tropical Storm Colin. 

His class performed 3 songs.

The kids did a great job with their performance

Devlin is said to say goodbye to Ms. Kinney and his friends, but is excited for his summer adventures and to start 1st grade.

Graduation 2016

The twin's school had a graduation ceremony for the Senior class and VPK students. The twins' class performed two songs. 

Mother and Son Event

Devlin and I attended our first Mother and Son event this past weekend at Cedarkirk Camp. We were excited to spend the day together and had a full day of activities planned. 

Our friends Gabriel and Marilyn joined us on our adventures.

 We started the day with a 2 miles canoe trip down the Alafia River.

Just a small alligator to keep us company. I am glad he was not around when we had to get out of the canoe when we got stuck. 

A hiker happened to be videotaping as we came down the river and got stuck. Marilyn asked him to send her the video and he did!

We were happy to get out of the canoe because our tushes were sore and we were starving. 

After lunch, we did some rock climbing. I think Devlin and I need to work on our upper body strength. 

Next up was zip lining. Devlin had been talking about this all week and it was as awesome as he thought it would be. 

The last activity of the day was archery. Devlin tried really hard, but he was so tired. We made the decision to go back to ziplining for the last 20 minutes of the day. 

Devlin and I had a blast at the Mother and Son event and were so lucky to have great friends with us. I cannot wait for next year's adventure!

Ninja training

My Aunt Mary gave me the great idea of creating an obstacle course for the kids. It was a huge hit and they are now exhausted and ready for naps.

Painted lady butterflies