Labor Day Weekend

So this is kind of like the blog post that never ends. You would think since I'm limiting it to one weekend, that there couldn't be too much to say? Well that's not the case, keep scrolling/reading and you'll find out.

Friday morning Tyler and Jackson went off to SeaWorld. Abbie had a rough night and was wide awake at 6 am, so we stayed home. She was so tired she fell asleep while I was holding her on my lap! I was watching Jackson play and honestly had no idea she was asleep until I looked down.  She then slept for over three hours that morning.

I don't think she's ever fallen asleep like this before!

The only picture Tyler took of the morning, aka proof they were there haha

That night we all went to another high school football game, too bad they don't start til 730! I left with the kids during the third quarter with the score tied 10-10. It got pretty exciting after we left but our team lost in double overtime, 34-37.

Jackson and Tyler having fun

Well, here's another picture of sleeping Abbie - fell asleep in the Bjorn right next to the marching band!

Kisses!

Family Shot

Saturday morning we headed off to Blizzard Beach. Since we're swimming, wet, and normally holding babies and toddlers, I rarely ever take pictures at the water park! We didn't take any this weekend but it was a fun morning. Jackson finally got brave enough to go down some of the bigger slides in the "big kid" area and even went down face first on the kiddy slides. We have a year pass to the water parks, so we'll have to go again with camera in hand.

Saturday evening was a ward party, thrown by the Elder's Quorom - aka Tyler. He was the mastermind behind the event and I think everyone had a great time. He threw another party back during Memorial Day Weekend and it's crazy how many new people have moved into the ward just since then. We had it at the Munns' house and he helped Jacque get the backyard ready before the party. He was on the grill for the first half and swimming with Jackson for the rest of the party. Others were boating, playing in the lake, on the water tramp, socializing and playing on the beach.

Jackson getting ready to "jump" to Daddy, he has gotten so brave this summer.

Hanging out by the dock

Abbie is getting pretty close to sitting up! She can balance for about 30 seconds before toppling over now... and ignore the cradle cap.

A group heading out on the boat

Some of my friends chatting and laughing about something :) Amanda, Semra, Andrea

The next morning was Sunday, so of course we went to church, and I actually snapped this pic of Abbie during sunday school bc she was just looking too cute :)

Think our weekend was busy enough yet? Well guess what we hadn't even begun the main event yet - we went on a little "vacation" to St. Petersburg (in Tampa Bay area) for the night. We went with Jon, Semra and their daughter Sahara. But did we get a single picture of the group? No. Did we get any pictures with them at all? No. That's why I felt like I at least needed to include the one from the ward party of Semra haha.

OK anyways, so yeah we drove over late Sunday afternoon and checked into our hotel at the Marriott Courtyard (one of the perks of a traveling husband - free hotel nights!)  Then we went over to the St. Pete pier and ate some dinner as we watched a band play, dolphins swim, and pelicans fly.

Finally at the pier!

Jackson eating his enormous chicken tender with his BFF.

Lifeguard in training.

Abbie and I watching the sunset

Jackson and Tyler walking back

View from the 5th floor of the pier shops - looking to downtown St. Pete

Posing with the Pelican

The next morning we headed over to the beach for a few hours. Again, our friends were with us but we got no pictures, I promise I did not make them up. Is it sounding like we have imaginary friends? One of these days we all need to take a picture together!

The main reason for this little trip was to check out a Rays baseball game! I went with my kids and my family to a Diamondback game earlier this summer but Tyler was back in Florida. So he wanted to make sure he saw a game with his buddy this year. It was a Rays/Yankees afternoon game so it worked out great!

The awesome thing about our hotel was that it was just a few blocks from the stadium and offered a free shuttle to the game! So after the beach we went back to the hotel, got ready and packed our cars and took the shuttle to the front gates of the ballpark.

Abbie loves being forward facing in the carrier now...

So much so that she falls asleep doing it! She slept pretty well considering how loud the people around us were!

So our seats weren't great but they hit a homerun right in our section -10 rows in front of us!

Tyler and Jackson soaking it in

Jackson is normally down for his nap by 2:30 at the latest so he was getting pretty tired by the end of the game, he did pretty well though. We lasted until the middle of the 8th inning but Tyler did not want to leave since it was tied 3-3. The Rays ended up scoring right after we left and won 4-3 :)

We took our handy shuttle back to the hotel and said farewell to Jon and Semra. We hopped in our car and headed back to Orlando (90 minute drive). Both kids fell asleep when we got in the car but dangit Jackson, he woke up when we stopped to get gas 30 minutes later. Needless to say he went to bed pretty early that night.

All in all it was a pretty fun weekend! Too bad Tyler had to go out of town the next morning and then has school this weekend, boo! But I think we fit enough fun in to last a while...