This & That

Here's a little bit of what we've been up to, other than the big party! We loved that some of our family from out of town were able to make it to celebrate Eli's birthday. Eli loved his time with cousins Chase & Jacob, and got lots of love from Aunt Katie & Uncle Charles. We can't wait until baby Luke makes his big debut and joins this crazy bunch :) Eli has been the youngest cousin for quite a while now, but that will soon change.

Not so easy to get these 3 to sit still for a picture! We sure do make some pretty handsome boys in this family!

After the party madness was over on Saturday, we decided to spend a relaxing day at the beach on Sunday.

Eli jumped some waves, then ran from some waves, and then ran some more just because. He loves being able to roam freely at the beach. He'll sit down just about long enough to eat some lunch or grab a quick snack. Boy was I glad to have some extra hands for once!
My boys :)
MiMi taught Eli a thing or two about sandcastles. He was interested for about 5 minutes or so.
He loves being outside!
We enjoyed every second of our time with Mimi and Papa Tom, and we were so very sad to see them head off to Texas. But what an adventure they're on! We can't wait to get out to Texas and visit them in the fall. But until then...we're counting down the days until July when we'll get to see Mimi again!
Eli loves his new Elmo that he got for his birthday. He carries it around with him all day somedays. It's been a huge hit in our house. Thanks Billy & Amanda! Amanda even found an Elmo book titled 'SOOO Big!' He just loves it.

Even Papa Tom showed Elmo some love!

That's all for now!