Pool Days!

I recently got brave (aka sick and tired of being inside, but sweating to death transporting the twins in and out of the heat when we went anywhere) and attempted a day at the POOL! Some friends from my church had a pool play date at one of the moms' neighborhood pool so, I got together my checklist.

Twins swim suits - check
Hats, Sunglasses and Baby Sunscreen - check
Two floaty things - check
An extra set of hands - errr oops.

Aunt Robin to the rescue! Aunt Robin, recently married and in the honeymoon, my-husband-is-the-best-ever-goo-goo-ga stage of life, accompanied me on my mommy play date to talk about baby food, cutting teeth and swimmer diapers:) I was nervous about how the twins would do but they LOVED it! We had the best time and somehow outlasted the other kiddos there. (I'm kidding...its easy to handle when you feed them a bottle and they are happy and can't talk back :) )

Jenna LOVES the water! She immediately knew to kick her feet like a little fish. I will call her my little mermaid. Caden was stoic. He didn't cry, but just looked around with a very serious, contemplative look on his face most of the time. So I call him my sitting duck.

We had a great time with Aunt Robin and mommy friends...we will certainly be hitting up our neighborhood pool now!

Yea for our $2 floats from the Twin Consignment Sale! We had to keep blowing up Jenna's shield as you can tell from these pictures!

Loook at this little water baby. Adorable!

My little mermaid....

The Wedding...

Alas, we made it to the wedding. I loved Robin's wedding so much! It was at the beach, fun beachy accents and details, laid back, chill-as-could-be! Robin had a really sweet, fun bridal party so it was such an honor to be her Matron of Honor. Here are some of her bridal portraits....beautiful!

And now...introducing....The Club. This awesome bouquet was handmade by my mom and her crafty friend after HOURS of work. No doubt this is the most awesome, totally unique beach bouquet ever...however the thing is every bit of 10 lbs! Sooo heavy! Good thing the twins have built some arm muscle on these noodle arms of mine so I could hold it during the ceremony. I did switch hands mid-way through the ceremony for fear of dropping it. Ha!




Her photographer was awesome and loved the twins! We had them packed up in the stroller and walked all over Southport following Robin and the photographer. It was such a fun day! She snapped these shots of my beautiful babies!





And here are some of the fun details of the wedding...

Robin and Brad chose to do a sand ceremony instead of lighting a unity candle. Candle + beachy wind = no light :)

Cupcake tower full of deliciousness!

The program / fan!

Cute Napkin holder to go along with the beachy theme.

Soo cute! They had flip flops for people to change into and take home

Father of the Bride and one ADORABLE little nephew of the bride!

Papa T with Jenna Girl

Some fun beach shots...

Of course you have to have a jump-in-the-air shot. Check out Ryans Karate Kid move...

First Dance...

Beautiful ceremony, beautiful scenery!

I love this picture of me and my Jenna Girl...just need to figure out how to photoshop Dad's head out from the background!

Caden LOVED dancing! He had a grin on his face the entire time. Such a sweet time with my little boy. I loved it!

And they are off!

Congrats Aunt Robin and Uncle Brad!

Aunt Robin is Married...part 2

Soooo back where we left off. The Rehearsal Dinner was awesome. Dont you love the views and all of the fun beachy colors!?

Mom and Dad looking very coordinated:)

Bride and Groom

Of course I had to get a picture of me and my hun!

I forgot I had these crazy blue sunglasses on. They were for us to wear after the wedding for pictures. oops :)

Adorable Placecard holders!

and what Rehearsal Dinner on the water is complete without a man falling into the water. yep, I took a picture of it. At least Ryan went to go see if he could help...good citizen :)

Aunt Robin is MARRIED! part 1

Thanks to the Blackmon-Photography-Gene,we have pictures from Robin and Brad's wedding from Cousin Jamie! woo hoo! I can always count on Jamie to capture a kodak moment! But for now, some pre-wedding activities...


We all headed down to Oak Island on Thursday to get unpacked, finish last minute details and well, just to get to the beach earlier! It was such a fun and exciting time! We started the wedding festivities on Friday night when I "hosted" Robin's Bachelorette Party. Here are a few pictures we can post :) haha

Ready to start the night!

Trying to catch shrimp in her mouth from her new boyfriend at the Japanese Restaurant

At the Leaky Teaky Ice Cream Hut ready for some karaoke

We sounded alot better than we looked...I think?

Groom Crash! Yep, halfway through our fun karaoke time, up walks Brad and one of his groomsmen who wanted to go get some ice cream. Batchelorette Party FOUL. :)

End of the night...we still look very good I think!

On Saturday, we had an early morning rehearsal because another wedding was scheduled that night. We learned how to walk in gracefully and not trip on the pier boards:)

Then we went to one of Robin's favorite restaurants on the waterway of Southport and snapped some shots.

We got our nails did :)

That's all I can do for now...Rehearsal Dinner and Wedding next!