finally!

a perfect day to spend at the beach.

throwing rocks in water,

climbing on driftwood,

setting "boats" to sail.

thank you, big fluffly clouds and constant cool breezes!!

the gamechangers

when aunt amy and mike left us last month,

she gifted us these glasses.

photo courtesy of ShuaCam

we call them The Gamechangers.

something about throwing on a fake pair of frames

changes the game.

makes you feel different and yet still you.

whenever my game needs to change,

i put them on, and presto. 

alteration complete.

joshua and haley partook of them

on shu and my most recent

way-last-minute trip to VA.

game on, kids.

pregame

haley's postgame.

check those av's on the shu.

game changed. who's that little brainiac on the left?

and, just FYI: caroline needs no change to her game.

this, friends, is the life

smattering of cousins

i just stuck my SD card into the computer,

and it pulled up 236 pictures and videos.

236! 

where have i been??

(pay no mind to the date on the pictures... clearly a little off!)

i scanned through the lot, and there is just so much.

particularly the number of

up-close and personal face shots

of a smattering of the cuz.

enjoy :)

our current state of affairs

yep... that's the Shu's doopa above miss M's head.
yep... working the dance moves like his mama taught him.

how my heart doth swell with pride.

love from the webcam

swizz ride, yo

so, uncle spud has this friend.

and this friend has a car.

as we know, the Shu has a special kind of love 

for all things wheeled.

(with a new, special emphasis on roof-less wheeled things.)

its orange. its roofless. its swizz.

it (and mike's not minding a carseat indent on his leather interior) makes us feel like this.

lunch with the jaj

The Jaj took off to the warmth and quiet of FL with The Nana last week.

for 12 days.

we're happy for him, sure.

but we're also looking forward to him getting back here.

you know,

to do things like this:

meet Green

guess who is sipping from this cup!

right there, next to Shu.

 

 

 

its Green, the little man's very first Imaginary Friend.

cousins & their furious birds

wednesday in the park

we shouldn't be left alone

rainy afternoon

cruising.

the view from our hotel room

our room :)

our teeny yet shockingly efficient bathroom

loving life, and we haven't even moved yet

ahhhhhhh

ShuaCam time

ha!

double ha!

making "feetprints" on the balcony

my gentlemen

ShuaCam: Dada

ShuaCam: Vacation Foot

magen's bay, st. thomas

no, no... we didn't love it at all

i mean, how could we? LOOK at the place!

i remember doing this! he loved watching his hands disappear.

bus ride back. sandy. tired. mildly cantankerous.

docked next to a disney boat. shu still calls it "the weweey woud one."

balcony. food. husband.    goofy grin.

on the top of the glass-bottomed boat

diver feeding fish under the glass-bottomed boat

our All-American Boy. angry birds on the shuttle through an island filled with mountains, wild goats and crazy drivers.

and, scene.