Elijah spends so much time not smiling for pictures, I forget how cute he is when he actually does it.
Sarah was thinking about doing some tight rope walking.
Could this kid be any cuter? I highly doubt it.
Two little monkeys in the tree at the alligator park.
One of the gators we saw.
Jeremiah looking cute. You should just imagine an identical picture, only with Elijah, because he looked a little stoned in his picture.
Our morning started off well.
Sweet Sarah!
Mamaw Velvet and Owen. He wasn’t so sure what he thought of the ocean. He was intrigued, but a little scared.
Amy and Jeremiah got knocked down by a wave. The picture I missed would have been even better, but, um, I was laughing too hard to take it.
Daddy and Kyra waiting on a wave.
Me and Owen, napping in the shade.
My sweet, sandy, sunburned baby, right after his nap.
Look at that happy all over Jeremiah’s face.
We’re all having a great time. I’m trying to post pictures a little here and there, so I don’t have a huge bunch of pictures to post all at once when I get home.
Here are some photos from my second trip to visit Chris at Fort Jackson, on the fourth of July.
Owen having some watermelon at the Chaplain Picnic.
Elijah enjoyed the watermelon, too.
This is how you wash your hands in the Army!
Fort Jackson has some majorly cool pine cones, too!
Kyra’s a pretty good photographer. I like this picture.
Chris and Owen hanging out by the playground behind his apartment at Fort Jackson.
Kyra was loving all over her Daddy the whole time we were there.
The kids had a lot of fun playing at the playground.
I failed to blog about them on their birthdays, but Kyra turned five on the 20th and Owen’s first birthday was the 26th. Today, we had a party for both of them.
Here are most of the kids. I think it’s everyone but Owen.
Kyra got lots of really great presents.
Kyra was really excited about all of her great new toys!
Owen needed a little help with his stuff.
Owen really liked all of his gifts…
…but I think there was a clear winner!!!
When we gave Owen some cake, he was a little timid at first.
He got the hang of it, though.
Mamaw gave Owen a bath after all the cake.
Elijah looking like Daddy. Check out his new haircut.
Kyra being silly.
Could he be any cuter? I think not.
The monkeys… 
I like this one. I think it’s funny.
Owen wasn’t cooperating for this one.
